Wednesday, June 10: Protecting access to birth control, Bangstad is off the ballot, House Republicans approve $70B for immigration enforcement, private equity in nursing homes, feds retreat on voter data, Trump strikes Iran, Wisconsin health department issues guidance on Medicaid work requirments
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“This is a scary situation. I can remember the days when people said Roe would never be overturned.”
– State Rep. Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) on the need for legislation to protect access to birth control in Wisconsin
Rep. Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) said at the press conference in the state Capitol Tuesday that the right to contraception is in the “crosshairs” right now. (Baylor Spears/Wisconsin Examiner)
Wisconsin Democratic lawmakers and reproductive rights advocates called for a state law to protect access to birth control Tuesday. State action is necessary to protect Wisconsinites from the Trump administration and the Supreme Court which could target access to birth control, they warned. Baylor Spears reports.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission met Tuesday to adjudicate more than a dozen challenges to the nominating signatures of candidates for the Legislature, U.S. Congress and Secretary of State. For the most part, candidates were not disqualified, although Minocqua Brewing Company owner Kirk Bangstad did not meet the threshold for ballot access in his quest to run for governor. Henry Redman reports.
U.S. House Republicans on Tuesday approved three years of funding for immigration enforcement without any new guardrails on how federal agents operate. The 214-212 vote sent the nearly $70 billion package to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign the measure. Jennifer Shutt reports from Washington.
Private equity-backed Genesis HealthCare, among the largest skilled nursing operators in the nation, has faced lawsuits or investigations in multiple states over allegations of patient neglect or abuse. Recently, private equity’s foray into hospitals and nursing homes has drawn public outrage and legislative scrutiny, Anna Claire Vollers of Stateline reports.
PLUS:
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail under President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail ballots. Jonathan Shorman reports.
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