WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court today deferred to a Republican request and agreed to delay consideration of a lawsuit that would eliminate subsidies in the health care marketplace, according to the Associated Press. Republicans believe the suit now is unnecessary, because Donald Trump could simply order the payments cut once
Month: December 2016
Robert Reich: Trump’s trickle-down populism
By Robert Reich Originally published at RobertReich.org Republished with permission Last Thursday President-elect Donald Trump triumphantly celebrated Carrier’s decision to reverse its plan to close a furnace plant and move jobs to Mexico. Some 800 jobs will remain in Indianapolis. “Corporate America is going to have to understand that we have to take
Toys for Tots gets Christmas boost from Marines in Ashwaubenon
ASHWAUBENON -- Rather than dress blues, these Marines should have been wearing red Santa suits when the shopped Thursday at the Bay Park Square Mall ShopKo. They were buying presents for the Marine's annual Toys for Tots program that they will distribute to families through Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Northeastern Wisconsin. WBAY
Marines in Ashwaubenon to shop for Toys for Tots
ASHWAUBENON -- Rather than dress blues, these Marines should have been wearing red Santa suits when the shopped Thursday at the Bay Park Square Mall ShopKo. They were buying presents for the Marine's annual Toys for Tots program that they will distribute to families through Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Northeastern Wisconsin. WBAY
Town drops lawsuit after utility clears trees
Via Walworth County Today TOWN OF GENEVA -- A utility company finished clearing trees along a power line route in Geneva Township before town officials had a chance to stop them in court. Instead, the town issued citations to American Transmission Company for violating ordinance No. 58. The ordinance says a building
Investigation: Costs of widely prescribed drugs jumped more than 5,000 percent
By Sean Kirkby, Dee J. Hall and Bridgit Bowden Wisconsin Health News, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, Wisconsin Public Radio WAUNAKEE, Wis. — Jess Franz-Christensen did not realize the seriousness of her son’s Type 1 diabetes diagnosis until staff in the doctor’s office offered to call an ambulance to take him to