Latest Wisconsin Headlines
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Wisconsin Governor Lets Apartment Sprinkler Requirement Stand
Feb 13 2017 // Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s administration has reversed itself and no longer plans to roll back a requirement for fire sprinklers in many new apartment buildings. The state Department of Safety and Professional...
Report: Opioid Prescriptions Drop 11.7% in Wisconsin
Feb 9 2017 // A new report says opioid prescriptions dropped nearly 12 percent in Wisconsin in the last three months of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015. The report from the state Controlled Substances Board found the number of...
Majority of Workers at Wisconsin Shipyard Test Positive for Lead
Jan 18 2017 // Health officials say the majority of more than 200 workers tested for lead exposure at a Superior, Wis., shipyard had elevated levels of lead in their blood. Wisconsin and Minnesota health departments began a joint...
Wisconsin’s Robertson Ryan & Associates Acquires Allied Insurance Centers
Jan 12 2017 // Robertson Ryan & Associates Inc., based Milwaukee, Wis., has acquired Allied Insurance Centers. Allied Insurance Centers President James Polaski will continue to own and service his client book and serve as a vice...
Some in Wisconsin GOP Softening on Medical Marijuana
Jan 9 2017 // As a marijuana extract used to treat seizures becomes more widely embraced, even by former Republican opponents, the conversation in Wisconsin is shifting to whether the time is right to approve medical marijuana. Assembly...
Wisconsin Shipyard to Pay $500K in Settlement Over Worker Safety
Jan 9 2017 // Fraser Shipyards in Superior, Wis., says it’s reached an agreement with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration to improve worker safety and reduce a proposed fine. Last summer, OSHA proposed a fine of...
Midwest Regulation Report Card: States’ Grades Range from A to D
Jan 9 2017 // Grades assigned to the insurance regulatory systems in the Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin range from A to D in a...
New Hurricane Research Looks Like Good News for Atlantic Coast
Jan 5 2017 // Active Atlantic hurricane periods, like the one now, are not necessarily a harbinger of more, rapidly intensifying hurricanes along the U.S. coast, according to new research performed at the University of...
Wisconsin’s AIS Technology, Maryland-Based Kite Tech Merging
Dec 30 2016 // Maryland-based Kite Technology Group and Wisconsin-based AIS Technology are merging their operations effective Jan. 2, 2017. The merged company will operate under the name Kite Technology Group. Nick Oliver, owner and...
Wisconsin DNR Backtracks on Climate Change Cause
Dec 30 2016 // The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has quietly removed language from its website that said humans and greenhouse gases are the main cause of climate change. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports the website now...
Report: Operator Error Caused 2015 Wisconsin Train Derailment
Dec 29 2016 // Federal investigators said crew fatigue may have contributed to the derailment of a BNSF freight train that spilled more than 20,000 gallons of ethanol last year in western Wisconsin. The engineer and the conductor scored...
Trump vs. California Climate Battle Brewing
Dec 29 2016 // California vs. Trump, so to speak, is shaping up to be a heavyweight match. On one side is the world’s sixth (or so) largest economy – home to Disneyland, Hollywood and Big Sur. On the other is the reality show...
Wisconsin Company Cited in Teen’s Machine Shop Death
Dec 29 2016 // A federal workplace safety agency has cited a Wisconsin company after a teenage worker was fatally injured at a machine shop. The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration said Tuesday it has issued multiple...
Midwest Regulation Report Card: States’ Grades Range from A to D
Dec 22 2016 // Grades assigned to the insurance regulatory systems in the Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin range from A to D in a...
Wisconsin Commissioner Elected President of NAIC for 2017
Dec 16 2016 // Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel has been elected as president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). Created in 1871, the NAIC establishes standards and conducts peer reviews for...
American Family’s Conversion Plan OK’d by Policyholders
Dec 8 2016 // Policyholders of American Family Mutual Insurance Co. (AFMIC) have voted to approve the company’s plan to convert its corporate structure to a mutual holding company. Madison, Wis.-based American Family said it...
2016 State Specialist P/C Insurers Revealed: Demotech
Dec 5 2016 // The Demotech Company Classification System categorizes insurers into one of 11 categories based on an analysis of data reported by companies to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). The 11 categories...
Officials: Wisconsin Calves Linked to Drug-Resistant Salmonella
Dec 1 2016 // A multistate outbreak of salmonella bacteria that is resistant to several drugs has been linked to infected dairy bull calves purchased in Wisconsin, according to federal and state health officials. According to the...
Worked to Death? Employees with Little Control Over Their Work Die Younger
Nov 23 2016 // Previous academic research has found that having greater control over their job can help people manage work-related stress. But it’s never suggested that it was a matter of life and death — until now. New...
State’s Self-Insurance Plan a Concern for Wisconsin Healthcare Groups
Nov 17 2016 // A group of healthcare stakeholders have asked Gov. Scott Walker to consider how self-insuring state workers could affect Wisconsin’s economy and its health care market. The Wisconsin Hospital Association, the...
