Newsmakers, May 9, 2013

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Passive Home construction; Upcoming Entitlement Town Hall meeting

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  • Passive Home construction

    The Passive House, a home constructed with high energy efficiency that can save as much as 90 percent on home energy costs, hasn’t really taken off in this country. They are more popular in Europe. But the Center for Building Innovations at Western Technical College is planning to start construction this summer on the first of three Passive Homes in the city of La Crosse.

  • Social Security and Medicare Town Hall meeting

    Senior citizens in the La Crosse area are invited to a Town Hall Meeting about proposed changes to Social Security and Medicare. We compare competing federal budget proposals that would affect Social Security and Medicare. The director of La Crosse County’s Aging Unit also talks about the impact of potential cuts to the Meals on Wheels program.