MILWAUKEE (AP) — A state senator whose husband died while waiting for a transplant is proposing legislation requiring Wisconsin employers to allow unpaid leave for donating an organ. Republican Sen. Alberta Darling’s bill, to be unveiled Tuesday, would apply to companies with 50 or more full-time employees and would provide up to six weeks of unpaid leave. Darling’s husband died in March at age 71 while waiting for a kidney and pancreas transplant. The senator says the bill could boost donation of organ donations because people wouldn’t be worried about losing their jobs if they take time off for surgery. About 2,300 people are waiting for transplants in Wisconsin, most needing kidneys or livers.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
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A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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