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Fitzgerald could better serve veterans
To the editor: Veterans Day was Nov 11. Please take time to reflect on the sacrifices these men and women have made for us. Without them there is no us. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald was a lieutenant colonel in the National Guard who deserves our thanks. As a congressman he has presented himself as an advocate for our veterans and in truth he has done good things. But there are still overwhelming issues facing our vets as well as those currently serving.
Milliman analysis: Multiemployer pensions' aggregate funding level reaches 106% at midyear 2026, highest in study history Original
Milliman analysis: Multiemployer pensions' aggregate funding level reaches 106% at midyear 2026, highest in study history Investment returns, contributions in excess of plan costs, and special financial assistance push funded status to new high SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the midyear 2026 results of its Multiemployer Pension Funding Study (MPFS), an interim update to its annual study, which analyzes the funded status...
Multiemployer Pension Funding Study: Midyear 2026
Milliman’s midyear 2026 Multiemployer Pension Funding Study is an interim update to our annual study published in the first quarter of the year. This study updates the estimated funding status of U.S. multiemployer defined benefit (DB) pension plans as of June 30, 2026, showing the change in funding levels from December 31, 2025. Key findings The aggregate market value funded percentage for multiemployer pension plans is estimated to be 106% as of June 30, 2026, up from 103% at the end of 2025.
Koniec marzeń o europejskim MAGA. Świat pozbył się złudzenia, a Trump musi się zmierzyć z niewygodnymi faktami
Konsekwencje zdecydowanej porażki wyborczej Viktora Orbána sięgają daleko poza Budapeszt i są czymś więcej niż tylko policzkiem dla byłego węgierskiego przywódcy. To także bezpośredni cios w strategiczną wizję Europy prezydenta USA Donalda Trumpa, w której Węgry Orbána odgrywały kluczową rolę. Dla Białego Domu Orbán był kimś więcej niż tylko kolejnym życzliwym nacjonalistą za granicą.
Europa odgrywa się na USA. To zemsta za upokorzenie z przeszłości
Frustracje Donalda Trumpa związane z działaniami Europy w sprawie wojny w Iranie mogą przypominać o pewnych historycznych wydarzeniach. Tym razem jednak role się odwróciły. Podczas kryzysu sueskiego w 1956 r. demonstrujące siłę Wielka Brytania i Francja liczyły na wsparcie USA. Jednak zamiast tego, Waszyngton publicznie zdystansował się od operacji, naciskał na ogłoszenie zawieszenia broni oraz poparł rezolucje ONZ potępiające inwazję.
Milliman analysis: Multiemployer pensions’ aggregate funding level reaches 103% at year-end 2025, highest in study history Original
Milliman analysis: Multiemployer pensions’ aggregate funding level reaches 103% at year-end 2025, highest in study history Investment returns, contributions in excess of benefit costs, and Special Financial Assistance (SFA) lead to funding improvement SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the 2025 year-end results of its Multiemployer Pension Funding Study (MPFS), which analyzes the funded status of all U.S. multiemployer...
Multiemployer Pension Funding Study: Year-end 2025
Milliman’s December 2025 Multiemployer Pension Funding Study reports on the estimated funded status of all U.S. multiemployer defined benefit (DB) plans as of December 31, 2025. Key findings The aggregate funded percentage for all multiemployer plans was 103% as of December 31, 2025, up from 97% at the end of 2024. The funded percentage has surpassed 100% and sits at its highest level in our nearly 20-year study period.
How does MAGA crowd explain this?
To the editor: The news cycle now moves so fast, writing a letter before it’s old news is difficult. The past week has been no different, so, I’ll take this opportunity to reach across the aisle and ask my MAGA friends to help me with a little insight into their logic. Not asking them to look anything up, but just their own personal logic on key events. Start with the government shutdown and its ending. Choices as I saw it were starving Americans or let them die without insurance.
Fitzgerald failing veterans, rest of us
To the editor: November 11 is Veterans Day, to thank and reflect on all our veterans have done for us. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald sees it as an opportunity to grandstand. He addressed the West Bend American Legion on Oct. 6, blaming the shutdown on the Dems despite his Republican party controlling the House, Senate, courts and White House. Not just hungry children, unemployed vets, unpaid federal workers, everyone feels the sting of the shutdown coupled with higher grocery prices.
Hegseth, Trump push agenda on military
To the editor: First off, I have total respect for the members of our military. And I will not reference the Epstein files, Trump's “bone spurs” that kept him out of the military or his disparaging remarks about the military. Pete Hegseth is “undoubtedly the least qualified nominee for (defense secretary) in American history. And the most overtly political,” said Paul Rieckhoff of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, a sentiment echoed by many. Ironically, Hegseth's Sept.
Hegseth, Trump push agenda on military
To the editor: First off, I have total respect for the members of our military. And I will not reference the Epstein files, Trump's “bone spurs” that kept him out of the military or his disparaging remarks about the military. Pete Hegseth is “undoubtedly the least qualified nominee for (defense secretary) in American history. And the most overtly political,” said Paul Rieckhoff of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, a sentiment echoed by many. Ironically, Hegseth's Sept.
Milliman analysis: Aggregate funding for multiemployer pensions reaches 100% at midyear 2025 Original
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced that the aggregate funded percentage for U.S. multiemployer defined benefit pension plans has reached 100%, according to its midyear 2025 Multiemployer Pension Funding Study (MPFS). The MPFS estimate is based on assumptions and data in the latest Form 5500 filings for all U.S. multiemployer plans.
Noem whiffs on habeas corpus
To the editor: The question came up in conversation: Who spent more time in makeup every morning, Kristi Noem or Chewbacca? Regardless of results, Chewbacca is a beloved icon of brute abilities, loyalty and resourcefulness with a Mr. Rogers heart underneath. Kristie Noem, not so much. The time in makeup was part of Chewbacca’s (actor Peter Mayhew’s) job. Again, Cosplay Kristie, not so much. Noem is, however, good at the job Trump gave her.
Democracy taken for granted
To the editor: Americans have a proud history of protesting. Saturday was one for the books. The right will, however, always find something to whine about. Protests in countless cities including Oconomowoc “blocked the sidewalks.” OK, maybe a few of the thousands bought coffee and bagels. Barbara Dittrich will go ballistic when she sees the lawn was trampled at the Madison Capitol ... again.
Trump unqualified for presidency
To the editor: Just days before the fatal collision between an American Airlines plane and a military helicopter where 67 people died, President Donald Trump was under fire for implementing a “dangerous” federal hiring freeze. He dismissed the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard and dismantled a crucial aviation safety advisory committee. He told air traffic controllers to accept a buyout and consider leaving the government.
Trump unqualified for presidency
To the editor: Just days before the fatal collision between an American Airlines plane and a military helicopter where 67 people died, President Donald Trump was under fire for implementing a “dangerous” federal hiring freeze. He dismissed the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard and dismantled a crucial aviation safety advisory committee. He told air traffic controllers to accept a buyout and consider leaving the government.
Keeping score with the angry right
To the editor: From the top down, rhetoric on the right is just nasty. Why are they so angry? In school, did gay kids make fun of you and beat you up for being straight? Do people make fun of your looks, name or skin color? Are you still mad that the South lost the Civil War because the North cheated? By the way, do you really want losers to have statues? Did immigrants take your parents’ jobs picking strawberries? Do you think Hitler was OK but single mothers are a real problem?
Adipose tissue protein kinase D (PKD): regulation of signalling networks and its sex-dependent effects on metabolism
Abstract The protein kinase D (PKD) family of three highly homologous isoforms (PKD1, PKD2, and PKD3) are implicated as nutrient sensing signalling kinases that regulate the response of adipose and other tissues to the nutrient environment. However, the physiological role of adipose tissue PKD and its downstream cellular signalling targets are not well characterised.
Art of the deal
To the editor: Letters here on the Afghan troop withdrawal point fingers right and left, although Trump did initiate the deal. But 2,500 miles away from Afghanistan is another Trump-negotiated deal. Trump touted “peace in the Middle East” but made no mention of leaving an Israeli-Palestinian agreement out of the package. Trump's “historic” 2020 Middle East peace deal between noncombatants ended where many experts said it would.
Critics ought to recognize state maps ruling as legitimate
To the editor: As we start the new year, wouldn't it be great if our legislators' resolutions were to spend just a little time trying to help their constituents rather than infighting for more power, or dumping tax dollars on useless lawsuits, or ignoring public opinion, or just flat-out lying for personal gain? Brad Schimel aspires to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. His comments, with others from the right, on the recent gerrymandering case are either uninformed or deceptive.
Before Trump
To the editor: Before Trump, anonymous juries were rare and normally reserved for organized crime trials. Donald gets one for a defamation civil suit. It won't, however, remove the danger his comments already put the law clerk in. Also, both sides of the Wisconsin Legislature agreed on protections for poll workers. That's good, but nonetheless, its legislation was unnecessary for hundreds of years before Trump. Get daily updates from The Freeman sent directly to your email inbox.
Swimming with the Spokane River's signature fish — a living symbol of the river's resurrection
Fifteen years ago, when I was ready to escape the boredom and chlorinated air of indoor swimming pools, a friend introduced me to "The Big Eddy" in west Spokane. Surrounded by bare, dunelike hills to the west and pine-covered slopes to the south and east, the "Eddy" is a majestic opening in the river about a mile downstream of the T.J. Meenach Bridge. I remember one of my first conversations on the bank. A woman with sunglasses saw me putting on my swim cap. "Iron man?" she called out.
Your guide to the deep history of the Inland Northwest, through six earthly wonders
On a shelf behind me is a naturally laminated cobble about the size of a door knob. It's a beauty, a sedimentary mudstone geologists call argillite, in which the "g" is pronounced as a "j." I plucked it from a pile of loose rocks along the Spokane River bank in late August. Among its layers is a swollen varve that brings to mind the Great Red Spot of Jupiter. It's a rock that looks like it has stories to tell.
Dan Kelly speech
Dan Kelly’s post-election speech was truly without class. Candidates do not control much less approve of all the campaign advertising and Kelly’s ads were nasty as well. Kelly said: “I would be able to concede to a worthy opponent. But I do not have a worthy opponent to which I can concede. This was the most deeply deceitful, dishonorable, despicable campaign I have ever seen run for the courts. It was truly beneath contempt.” At least he didn’t claim fraud. — Tim Connor, Oconomowoc
Idaho Grain Producers Association
This post was originally published on this site Article Source: Your guide to the deep history of the Inland Northwest, through six ... - Inlander On a shelf behind me is a naturally laminated cobble about the size of a door knob. It’s a beauty, a sedimentary mudstone geologists call argillite, in which the “g” is pronounced as a “j.” I plucked it from a pile of loose rocks along the Spokane River bank in late August.
Your guide to the deep history of the Inland Northwest, through six earthly wonders
On a shelf behind me is a naturally laminated cobble about the size of a door knob. It's a beauty, a sedimentary mudstone geologists call argillite, in which the "g" is pronounced as a "j." I plucked it from a pile of loose rocks along the Spokane River bank in late August. Among its layers is a swollen varve that brings to mind the Great Red Spot of Jupiter. It's a rock that looks like it has stories to tell.
Letter to the editor: Vote Protasiewicz for Supreme Court
To the editor: There’s this Orwellian echo chamber about the “other party’s” select few wanting to rule our lives. Suggesting that Judge Protasiewicz run for Assembly is exactly the problem. Gerrymandered control of Wisconsin continues, years after Scott Walker. Only one of almost 90 incumbent Assembly seats lost and Rs have retained a stranglehold majority since 2011. In that time, Wisconsin voters have twice elected Democrats to the White House and the governor’s mansion.
How to Make Love Your Practice
Maria Oelke () viewed the archived webcast, Every Second Counts … and Counts: Why Everyone Should Use HR Tech with Employee Self-Service. The Internet and mobile technology have changed the way we generally go about our days, with Pew Research reporting over 77% of Americans using smartphones. However, one area in the U.S. has yet to implement app usage: the workplace. With today’s workforce expecting business technology on the job, it may be up to you to point the C-suite in the right direction.
The economy of the future
In much of the developed world, the gig economy has formed as part of the evolution of the job market -- a result of traditional industry and services-embracing technology. There are definite pros and cons, and in nations accustomed to defined salaries, holidays, and employee benefits, it has faced a lot of negativity as it has bedded in. But bed in it has. As with everything derived from supply and demand, where there is a need for a service, there is opportunity.
Is Your Money Language Making You Poorer?
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