Politics - April 17, 2008
Empowered Milwaukeeans find a Common Ground
Common Ground, nearly two years in the making, describes itself as an organization of organizations. With slogans like, "Building a Stronger Community Together" and "Transforming Lives, Strengthening Communities," Common Ground held a Founding Convention Sunday at Midwest Airlines Center.
Tags: common ground, reverend willie davis, reverend brian sonderman, crime, guns, education, health care, housing, poverty, immigration

Marketplace - Dec. 13, 2007
Wisconsin's glass is more than half full
Every year in early December, the good folks on the board of directors at the Council of Small Business Executives (COSBE) are kind enough to invite me and a couple other business news editors to a round-table discussion.
Tags: COSBE, small business, health care

Marketplace - Nov. 21, 2007
Meet the heroes among us
In this age of "if it bleeds, it leads" journalism and the seemingly endless, negative presidential campaign that has only begun to get ugly, it's way too easy to become jaded, cynical and even isolated.
Tags: health care, physician, nurse

Politics - Sept. 21, 2007
Calculate and compare your company's health care costs
To get a state budget done before the holidays, it's looking more and more like Democrats will need to take their bold Healthy Wisconsin off the table as a budget item, if the Republicans agree to consider the reform plan on its own merits in the next session.
Tags: health care, healthy wisconsin, social security, taxes

Politics - Sept. 14, 2007
Business voice is needed in health care debate
The health care reform movement is moving forward -- with or without input and ideas from Wisconsin's business community.
Tags: health care, california, Tilmar, Healthy Wisconsin

Politics - March 19, 2008
Stop 10% Medicare Cuts on July 1st
Stop the 1 July 10% cuts to Physician Reimbursements  In three short months Medicare will cut physician payments by more than 10 percent. This cut will be a disaster for both Medicare and Tricare patients, as 60 percent of physicians say they will be forced to limit the number of new Me...
Tags: veteran, health care, medicare