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How Madison’s public health officials talk to the business community

WEBEmails between the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce and Public Health Madison & Dane County show a close, collaborative relationship. This story was …

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New co-responder programs for mental health crises offer …

WEBBoth of these programs are improvements on the past. Police are not trained mental health experts, and we should not expect them to be. But these pilots are …

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The Meriter nurses’ victory will resonate beyond one hospital

WEBIllustration by Maggie Denman. Nurses at Unity Point Health-Meriter Hospital won a significant victory earlier this month with the ratification of a new labor contract. …

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This public-private partnership makes Madison sick

WEBCollaboration between government officials and the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce compromises public health in more ways than one. Image: …

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Journey Mental Health Center's union says it's fighting for strained

WEBThe National Labor Relations Board is scheduled to take up a labor complaint against Journey in January. (Illustration by Shaysa Sidebottom.). Journey Mental Health …

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Contraception has a new weight post-Roe in Madison

WEBHolly Marley-Henschen is a freelance journalist, editor and communications consultant based in Madison. Their work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, U.S. …

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Funding non-police mental health responses in Dane County is …

WEBThe $250,000 for mental health response teams at the sheriff’s office in the 2023 budget will fund a program under which DCSO responds to mental health crises …

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Epic workers aren’t just mad, they’re organizing – Tone Madison

WEBEpic Systems is putting Madison back in the tech-industry spotlight, this time for its troubling public health and labor practices. As COVID-19 cases mount in …

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I'm a midwife on Madison's north side, and the F-35s will harm the

WEBThe fighter jets will intensify noise and chemical pollution that threaten the health of babies and parents. Illustration by Shaysa Sidebottom.. I live in one of the …

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Wisconsin Watch: Wisconsin's Medicaid postpartum protection …

WEBWisconsin an outlier. People with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty level receive pregnancy-related Medicaid coverage for 60 days postpartum under …

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Wisconsin’s ‘death grip with alcohol’ is killing more residents

WEBIn 2020, Wisconsinites died from alcohol-induced causes at a rate nearly 25% higher than the national rate. The rate tripled from 6.7 to 18.5 per 100,000 from …

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John Porcellino on The Hospital Suite – Tone Madison

WEBThe book follows a years-long arc through Porcellino’s various mental and physical health struggles, from an excruciating digestive ailment to debilitating spells of …

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Wisconsinites need more help accessing period products than ever

WEBThe word “menstruation” almost always automatically engenders feelings of discomfort, whether or not you experience a period. In fact, according to the Female …

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Portrait of Sarah Ornst Bloomquist, Co-Founder and Executive …

WEBSarah Bloomquist, co-founder of Milwaukee-based Moms Mental Health Initiative, says she can't imagine what it would be like to lose health insurance 60 days …

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Two fistfuls of fury from We Should Have Been DJs and New Primals

WEBMadison band We Should Have Been DJs pulled off a heroically raggedy feat on last year’s album Side A, which ranked among our top 20 Madison records of …

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Song debut: Vanishing Kids, “Mockingbird”

WEBMadison band Vanishing Kids‘ work so far has been about finding coherence in a disoriented swirl of influences—brooding post-punk, jagged metal, synth-driven …

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The military cracks down on PFAS, but is it too little too late for

WEBA toxic flow. In Madison, the wider public began to learn of PFAS pollution in the local drinking-water supply in 2019. In March of that year, the Madison Water Utility …

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A few Wisconsin bands you should see this summer, for WORT-FM

WEBA quick look at Tenement, Kiazma, and a few other exciting Wisconsin acts playing in and around Madison this summer.

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The Wisconsin State Journal demonstrates how not to write about …

WEBSource image: Karolina Grabowski via Pexels. A sloppy story about a malpractice lawsuit plays right into dangerous right-wing narratives. Last week the …

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Legislators could cost Wisconsin more than $100k in federal arts

WEBThe NEA allocated $887,100 to Wisconsin in its latest round of state match funding—this corresponds to the federal government’s 2021 fiscal year but the state’s …

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New shows: Baroness, Tales From Planet Earth film fest, and more.

WEBThe week's best Madison show announcements. Music; Film; Politics; Culture; Events; Series Menu Toggle. Post-Roe family planning in Madison

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