Tag: Domestic Violence

According to a report released yesterday, 2009 is on pace to be among the deadliest years this decade for domestic violence deaths. The annual report issued by the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence indicated thirty people died in domestic violence incidents statewide from January 2009 to July 2009, putting the…

A snapshot of 2008 arrests in WI along with a trend review of the same between 2007 and 2008. Also included is law enforcement statistics.

Yet more proof that our current health care system is absolutely fine just as it is: [I]n DC and nine other states, including Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyoming, insurance companies have gone too far, claiming that “domestic violence victim” is also…

Just a few random thoughts after a long, hectic day: The Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee voted 16-0 last week to request Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen open a fraud probe to investigate whether administrative fraud has occurred in Milwaukee County’s operation of several social safety net programs. Not surprisingly, Walker…

Is there a man in your life that you love? Would you like to recognize that man and let him know how loved he is? Then think about entering the MEN WE LOVE DEDICATION PAGE CONTEST: Men We Love is a photo journal book celebrating the many good men who…

…seems to be a spike in domestic violence and child abuse deaths: “We have families in crisis,” police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz said today. “Chief Flynn wants to let people know this is occurring and there are resources to help.” Milwaukee has reported 17 homicides so far in 2009, compared…

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Mayor Tom Barrett will strut the runway this spring. It’s for a good cause, too. Barrett and his wife, Kris, as well as Kenya Bell, wife of Milwaukee Bucks player Charlie Bell, and former TV reporter Julie Feldman will take part in “Awear,” the fifth…

This is unrelated to politics, but I’ve been following the story of pop singer Chris Brown’s alleged assault of Rihanna closely, simply because the issue of domestic violence is something I have a keen interest in, due in large part to what I do for a living. Earlier today, Brown…

Meg Jones of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported yesterday that in December 2006, Deputy Thomas Hutchins was ordered by a Milwaukee County circuit judge not to phone or threaten his former wife, Mary Hutchins, and to stay at least 200 feet away from her and her home. While the fact…

A Milwaukee County Sheriff’s deputy is being held this afternoon on a possible charge of attempted homicide in connection with a double shooting last night that wounded a 31 year-old woman and her 12 year-old neighbor, according to police reports. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting Thomas D. Hutchins, a…