Erik Gunn

1 week ago | wisconsinexaminer.com | Erik Gunn

State legislation that would require the Wisconsin health department to verify that all Medicaid recipients are eligible twice a year was met with resounding opposition at a public hearing Thursday. The bill, AB 163, also would add restrictions on the verification process. With a few differences, the legislation echoed a bill that failed to pass two years ago. Only one witness testified in favor of the measure: its Assembly author, state Rep. William Penterman (R-Columbus).

2 weeks ago | apg-wi.com | Erik Gunn

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2 weeks ago | wisconsinexaminer.com | Erik Gunn |Jason Kerzinski

In 2023 a group of Haitian immigrants began arriving in the central Wisconsin community of New London. The Haitians were admitted to the U.S. through a humanitarian parole program in response to lawlessness and deadly violence in their homeland. The newcomers became part of the community, said immigration attorney Marc Chistopher, a New London resident whose law offices are in Appleton and Milwaukee.

2 weeks ago | wisconsinexaminer.com | Erik Gunn

by Erik Gunn, Wisconsin Examiner April 10, 2025 Republicans in the state Legislature are taking another run at changes to unemployment insurance and workforce programs in Wisconsin that Gov. Tony Evers in August 2023. While sponsors of the bills cited a couple of modifications in some measures, they are for the most part unchanged, they said during public hearings Wednesday for four bills in the Assembly’s labor committee.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Erik Gunn |Jason Kerzinski

Some of the 40 residents of New London who came out Wednesday morning to support migrants, many of whom work at Tyson Foods across the street from where they held a rally. (Photo by Jason Kerzinkski for the Wisconsin Examiner)In 2023 a group of Haitian immigrants began arriving in the central Wisconsin community of New London. The Haitians were admitted to the U.S. through a humanitarian parole program in response to lawlessness and deadly violence in their homeland.