For the first time in three years, La Crosse's Memorial Day parade took to the streets to honor those who sacrificed their lives before ending at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Local Democratic lawmakers push for expansion of BadgerCare
May 24, 2021 11:13 PM Site staff
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT)- Local democratic lawmakers are pushing for the expansion of Badgercare in the state.
State Senator Brad Pfaff and State Representatives to Jill Billings and Steve Doyle talked about the benefits Monday during a press conference.
Governor Tony Evers called a special session for Tuesday to take up a bill that would use nearly a billion dollars in federal stimulus money tied to expanding Medicaid on dozens of projects across the state.
The expansion of BaderCare would cover an additional 91,000 people.
The St. Clare Health Mission in La Crosse is a free clinic serving the working poor and uninsured.
Olivia Herken
La Crosse Tribune
A group of state and local lawmakers joined Gov. Tony Evers on French Island Wednesday to reintroduce a bill which addresses PFAS contaminations being increasingly found across the state, including most recently on the island.
The lawmakers met at the F.J. Robers Library to announce the CLEAR Act, which leaders hope can either supplement the funding for PFAS mitigation in Evers budget proposal, or act as its own first step solution.
On French Island, which shares a border and some of its landmass with the city of La Crosse, including to house its airport, nearly 200 private wells have been discovered to be contaminated with PFAS, a group of toxic forever chemicals believed to have derived from firefighting foam used at the airport.
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