As reported by WisPolitics.com, the Joint Finance Committee reworked the Evers administration’s $36 million plan for opioid settlement funds in the upcoming fiscal year to send more money to capital projects, medication assisted treatment and law enforcement, among other things. In all, the committee signed off unanimously on redirecting $15.5 million of the funds that GOP members proposed. Rep. Tip McGuire, D-Kenosha, said he largely supported the changes, though he found some investments lacking. But Co-chair Mark Born, R-Beaver Dam, countered that the GOP plan makes investments in other prevention efforts. That includes, for example, $1 million more for community-based prevention grants than what DHS had proposed.
Wisconsin recorded the second-largest drop in opioid deaths nationwide in 2024, a report from health care research nonprofit KFF found, and Dane County also saw a drop in overdose deaths.
On May 1, the Wisconsin 4-H Foundation announced this year’s scholarship recipients, noting that year was another extremely competitive year, with only the top 5% of all applicants receiving scholarships.
Stoughton Trailers, LLC, a global leader in transportation equipment, broke ground May 9 at their national 53,000-square-foot headquarters site at Stoughton in Dane County. Stoughton Trailers is the nation’s fourth-largest manufacturer of semitrailers.
