by bhague@wrn.com | Jul 18, 2017
A charge of hypocrisy has been leveled by Wisconsin Democrats, over Governor Scott Walker’s plans to drug test public assistance recipients. At a Capitol press conference on Tuesday, Scott Ross with liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now said the Republican...
by Bob Hague | Apr 18, 2017
Criticism is being leveled as the state moves closer to drug testing for Medicaid recipients. The Walker administration is requesting a federal waiver to allow the state to implement the mandatory testing for childless adults on BadgerCare. Robert Kraig is executive...
by Andrew Beckett | Dec 14, 2016
A state lawmaker plans to introduce a bill next session that requires schools to perform random drug tests on students. The bill would make any student participating in extracurricular activities or who parks on school property subject to random drug tests. It’s...
by Andrew Beckett | Apr 12, 2016
Governor Scott Walker is asking federal officials to allow Wisconsin and several other states to require drug testing for those receiving food assistance benefits. Walker and the governors of ten other states have signed on to a letter to Congressional leaders calling...
by Andrew Beckett | Jul 15, 2015
Wisconsin’s attorney general has filed a federal lawsuit aimed at allowing the state to enforce a new drug testing requirement for food stamp recipients. The provision, included in the state budget signed by Governor Scott Walker over the weekend, allows the...
by Andrew Beckett | May 19, 2015
A controversial drug testing proposal will remain in the state budget. The legislature’s Joint Finance Committee on Tuesday approved requiring those receiving some categories of public benefits to submit to drug testing. Those who fail would get taxpayer funded...
by Jackie Johnson | May 6, 2015
Two Republican bills would require unemployment benefit recipients (AB-192) and job-training candidates and food share recipients (AB-191) to answer drug questionnaires, and possibly take drug tests, and maybe even enter treatment programs to stay eligible for...
by Bob Hague | Feb 3, 2015
Governor Scott Walker’s state budget plan is expected to require drug testing for some public benefits applicants. The provision – described as a way to help move people from government dependence to independence – was contained in a workforce...
by Jackie Johnson | Jan 22, 2015
Walker moves ahead on campaign promise to include drug testing requirements in his budget. Governor Scott Walker’s 2015-2017 state budget plan includes a proposal to require drug testing of recipients or applicants of public benefits, such as unemployment...
by Bob Hague | Jan 22, 2015
Governor Scott Walker wants to require Wisconsin residents who apply for some public benefits to undergo drug testing before they can receive them. The provision – described as a way to help move people from government dependence to independence – is...
by Andrew Beckett | Dec 31, 2014
Despite criticism for the plan, Governor Scott Walker still intends to pursue a drug testing requirement for many individuals receiving public assistance. While on the campaign trail the governor proposed drug testing for those receiving taxpayer-funded assistance,...
by Bob Hague | Sep 17, 2014
There’s some criticism for the governor’s drug testing plan. Governor Scott Walker’s proposal to require drug testing for adults getting unemployment and food stamps is drawing fire from at least one Democratic lawmaker. “You really have to...
by Bob Hague | May 27, 2011
The legislature’s budget committee has added a drug testing component to Wisconsin’s unemployment compensation program. Lose your job, fail a drug test and lose your benefits for a full year. The Joint Finance Committee also passed a provision that would...
by WRN Contributor | May 26, 2017
Wisconsin is one step closer to being the first in the nation to make lower income, able bodied adults seek jobs and pass drug screenings to get Medicaid. The state Legislature’s finance panel voted 12-4 Thursday to go along with Governor Scott Walker’s...
by Bob Hague | Feb 3, 2021
Governor Tony Evers has announced his proposed two-year state budget will include language aimed at limiting prescription drug costs in Wisconsin. “No Wisconsinite should have to choose between paying their bills and affording their prescription medication,” said...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 4, 2017
Able-bodied adults who apply for benefits through the FoodShare program would have to be screened for potential illegal drug use and submit to treatment if they test positive, under rules submitted by Governor Scott Walker’s administration on Monday. In a...
by WRN Contributor | May 24, 2017
Prescription drug drop boxes can be found at police departments all over the state and they are supposed to be an easy way for people to discard old or unused medications. But last week the Green Bay Police Department found more than what they bargained for while...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 25, 2011
A state lawmaker wants to increase the penalties for W-2 applicants that fail a drug test. Under current law, testing is already required for anyone applying for the state’s Welfare to Work program who has a felony drug conviction. If they fail, their benefits...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 9, 2007
UW-Stout will require its athletes to undergo random drug testing, a direct response to police searches that netted steroids and other drugs from the homes of two football players back in December. School officials said yesterday (Thursday) that the football...
by Raymond Neupert | Jul 8, 2021
Wisconsin families should be seeing an average income tax cut of 800 dollars under a new state budget signed today by Governor Tony Evers. Evers says he’s used his veto powers to target those tax cuts to families across the state. “I’m newly...
