Wisconsin Morning State News for Thursday 2/1/18
>>UPDATE–No Injuries To 3 Members Of Wisconsin Congressional Delegation
(Crozet, VA) — House Speaker Paul Ryan and fellow congressmen Sean Duffy and Glenn Grothman report they weren’t hurt when a train carrying Republican members of Congress was involved in an accident. The train slammed into a garbage truck at a crossing in a small Virginia town near Charlottesville. The 28-year-old truck driver, Christopher Foley, was killed and two passengers injured. A Minnesota congressman suffered a concussion. The Republican Party members were all traveling to a retreat in West Virginia. U-S Senator Ron Johnson wasn’t on that Amtrak train.
>>President Offers Support For Johnson’s “Right To Try” Bill
(Washington, DC) — President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address to offer some support to legislation authored by a U-S Senator from Wisconsin. Republican Ron Johnson’s “right to try” bill has made it through the Senate and is being considered by the House of Representatives. It gives terminally ill patients the right to use drugs which haven’t been approved by the F-D-A. More than three dozen states already have similar laws on the books. Opponents say laws like Johnson’s give false hope to people who are dying.
>>Eau Claire Area Citizens Learn About Growing Industrialized Hemp
(Eau Claire, WI) — Eau Claire area citizens are learning about how to grow a potentially profitable crop in the area. Farmers from across the area attended a seminar Tuesday night at Chippewa Valley Technical College in Eau Claire to learn about growing industrialized hemp. The crop has only three tenths of a percent or less of T-H-C, so its potency is nowhere near that of marijuana. Officials say the main market is food grade material.
Source: WRJC.com
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