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Nearly 27,000 Wisconsinites have given their lives on battlefields around the world, and we honor them with our thoughts, prayers, and tributes. This Memorial Day, however, I would like to also draw attention to the casualties that occur off the battlefield – the veterans who fall to suicide.
We must never forget those who died so that we never make that mistake again.
This Memorial Day, remember those who gave all, by seeking the unity required to leave a strong and free nation for our children and grandchildren.
Wisconsin lawmakers are expressing frustration and condemnation of the Evers administration following a report showing the state Veterans Home at Union Grove is one of the most troubled veterans nursing facilities in the nation.
Having the RNC in Milwaukee is a disaster waiting to happen.
Dean Knudson deserves praise for telling the truth about the November 2020 elections.
Now is the time to speak up for Wisconsin seniors so the health care coverage they need under Medicare Part D is fully covered in the future through the Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act.
Seniors in Wisconsin and nation can’t afford it. US Senate must act to rein in prices.
Trust me, there will be plenty of time for political posturing, for using the deaths of 19 children however we can in an important election year. For now, can we just grieve? Can we cry? Can we, dare I say it, offer our prayers?
As long as guns remain a senseless symbol of freedom to millions of rabid gun owners, nothing will change. This will happen again.
A cliché more worthless than ‘thoughts and prayers’
Each county must enact its own ban on private spending on elections administration.
It will raise the city’s profile.
Despite a shortage of health care providers, which will only get worse in the next couple of years, Gov. Tony Evers vetoed bipartisan legislation that would have allowed well-educated advanced practice registered nurses to work to the full extent of their education, training and certification.
The Institute for Reforming Government offers a plan to help the wealthy.
The issue arises anew after Milwaukee school board members give themselves a raise.
A long-dead casino project in Kenosha is being resurrected by the Florida Indian tribe that partnered on a similar proposal nearly a decade ago, Capitol sources tell Empower Wisconsin.
The former senator from Wisconsin took charge of the nation’s leading progressive legal organization in February 2020 at a point when President Trump was facing the first of his two impeachments for shredding the Constitution.
State lawmakers can protect them from government bullies by passing anti-SLAPP legislation.
Gov. Tony Evers is pulling more money from his taxpayer-funded re-election slush fund in an attempt to revise his miserable record on law enforcement and public safety.
Nearly 27,000 Wisconsinites have given their lives on battlefields around the world, and we honor them with our thoughts, prayers, and tributes. This Memorial Day, however, I would like to also draw attention to the casualties that occur off the battlefield – the veterans who fall to suicide.
We must never forget those who died so that we never make that mistake again.
This Memorial Day, remember those who gave all, by seeking the unity required to leave a strong and free nation for our children and grandchildren.
Wisconsin lawmakers are expressing frustration and condemnation of the Evers administration following a report showing the state Veterans Home at Union Grove is one of the most troubled veterans nursing facilities in the nation.
Having the RNC in Milwaukee is a disaster waiting to happen.
Dean Knudson deserves praise for telling the truth about the November 2020 elections.
Now is the time to speak up for Wisconsin seniors so the health care coverage they need under Medicare Part D is fully covered in the future through the Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act.
Seniors in Wisconsin and nation can’t afford it. US Senate must act to rein in prices.
Trust me, there will be plenty of time for political posturing, for using the deaths of 19 children however we can in an important election year. For now, can we just grieve? Can we cry? Can we, dare I say it, offer our prayers?
As long as guns remain a senseless symbol of freedom to millions of rabid gun owners, nothing will change. This will happen again.
A cliché more worthless than ‘thoughts and prayers’
Each county must enact its own ban on private spending on elections administration.
It will raise the city’s profile.
Despite a shortage of health care providers, which will only get worse in the next couple of years, Gov. Tony Evers vetoed bipartisan legislation that would have allowed well-educated advanced practice registered nurses to work to the full extent of their education, training and certification.
The Institute for Reforming Government offers a plan to help the wealthy.
The issue arises anew after Milwaukee school board members give themselves a raise.
A long-dead casino project in Kenosha is being resurrected by the Florida Indian tribe that partnered on a similar proposal nearly a decade ago, Capitol sources tell Empower Wisconsin.
The former senator from Wisconsin took charge of the nation’s leading progressive legal organization in February 2020 at a point when President Trump was facing the first of his two impeachments for shredding the Constitution.
State lawmakers can protect them from government bullies by passing anti-SLAPP legislation.
Gov. Tony Evers is pulling more money from his taxpayer-funded re-election slush fund in an attempt to revise his miserable record on law enforcement and public safety.
