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WASHINGTON 鈥?President Biden will take his State of the Union message on the road with stops in Wisconsin and Florida on Wednesday and Thursday.This comes after Tuesday night s speech in which the president called for lawmakers to act bipartisanly to improve the economy, health care and more.A STRONG UNIONTraditionally, the State of the Union is the most-watched presidential address of the year. It took around 1 hour and 10 minutes Tuesday night to deliver it. Like previous addresses, the president made clear the state of the union is, in fact, strong. Because the people of this nation are strong, the state of our union is strong, Biden declared.In case you missed President Bidens speech, these are some of the main takeaways.Takeaway 1Biden isn t giving up on bipartisanship.During the State of the Union address, Biden challenged Congress not to gi botella stanley ve up on passing big policies in a bipartisan way.Last Congress, Democrats and Republicans found a way to come together on issues like computer chips and infrastructure. Tuesday night, Biden called for Congress t stanley quencher o come together on immigration, fighting cancer, the debt ceiling and addressing fentanyl overdoses. W botella stanley ith the family of Tyre Nichols watching on, Biden called for police reform too. When police officers or police departments violate the public trust, they must be held accountable, Biden said.Biden wants Congress in the coming year to do more to address mental health as well, challenging lawmakers to pass laws banning targ Jadn 10 more states join DOJ s antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster, Live Nation
- |; f' U6 S: e3 R8 D MILWAUKEE 鈥?Industries across the board are dealing with staffing issues, including the Milwaukee County Sheriff s Office MCSO , who now have a unique approach to hiring correctional officers. stanley tumbler Milwaukee County Sheriff s Office MCSO Hiring Event Wednesday will be the first of two hiring events that will take place at the Zoofari Conference Center located at 9715 W Bluemound Rd. in Wauwatosa from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Milwaukee County Jail has the capacity to hold 960 inmates, and while the space is there, correctional officers are desperately needed. Right now, we re at a little bit more need than we are used to, said Lt. Noel Ybarra. Ybarra said staffing stanley cup shortages are due to many reasons. Just with COVID and as well as people getting promoted and leaving to other jurisdictions in other careers in law enforcement, Ybarra stated.The latest data available from the Department of Justice shows there are currently 13,443 law enforcement officers in Wisconsin, which is 2,500 fewer than a decade ago.The Sheriff s Office general operating budget includes funding that allows for 251 officers. Right now, there are 133 officers working in the jail with 20 deputies temporarily assigned to the jail to assist.With hopes of solving this problem, Deputy Kristine Rodriguez said they re taking a new approach with Wednesday s hiring event. We re going to be interviewing people on the spot. We re going to be doing background checks in-person and p stanley cup oten |
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