威斯康星州长 Tony Evers 发布退伍军人节致辞：约30万名退伍军人生活在本州
威斯康星州州长 Tony Evers 11月11日在州府 Madison 发布退伍军人节视频致辞，向生活在威斯康星州的约30万名退伍军人致谢，感谢他们对州与国家的服务，并强调要支持退伍军人及其家人。Madison 位于威斯康星州戴恩县，是该州州政府所在地。
Evers 已宣布2026年11月11日为威斯康星州「退伍军人节」、11月5日至11日为「退伍军人表彰周」。他在致辞中说，美国建国250周年之际，人们纪念从欧洲战场、越南丛林到朝鲜的泥雪与伊拉克、阿富汗的沙漠，一代代威斯康星州军人的牺牲，自由从来不是没有代价。
就业方面，Evers 11月10日刚宣布，威斯康星州在帮助退伍军人对接工作、保持就业方面已升至全美前三，并在州劳工发展部（DWD）与退伍军人事务部（DVA）的推动下连续四年保持全美前五。
支持退伍军人一直是本届州政府的优先事项。2022年，Evers 签署第157号行政令，设立退伍军人机会蓝丝带委员会，并据其建议投入1,000万美元，补齐退伍军人服务缺口，包括扩大高等教育与职业培训机会、缓解住房不安全、加强心理与行为健康支持及物质使用障碍治疗。
州政府去年签署的2025至27双年度预算继续加大投入：500万美元支持威斯康星州退伍军人之家运营；20万美元增加对各县的交通补助；5万美元提高 Camp American Legion 的补助额；为各县与部落退伍军人服务办公室增加5%的经费。
住房与纪念设施方面，预算另设250万美元新补助计划，为退伍军人提供住房与综合支持服务；3,500万美元用于退伍军人之家的大楼维修项目，包括管道维修、除铅、锅炉更换与技术升级，其中340多万美元续建北威斯康星退伍军人纪念公墓；另拨500万美元，补助人口较多县的战争纪念设施。
Evers 还呼吁扩大「退伍军人与遗属房产税抵免」的适用范围，把租房者也纳入减负，并继续投资威斯康星大学失踪军人寻回与身份确认项目。他在致辞结尾说，不能让国家的英雄为住房发愁，各方要共同找出办法，让退伍军人不只是生存，而是过得更好。
（来源：威斯康星州州长办公室）
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers Marks Veterans Day: About 300,000 Veterans Call Wisconsin Home
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers released a Veterans Day video message in Madison on November 11, thanking the approximately 300,000 veterans who live across Wisconsin for their service to the state and the country and emphasising the importance of supporting veterans and their loved ones. Madison, in Dane County, Wisconsin, is the seat of the state government.
Evers proclaimed November 11, 2026, as Veterans Day and November 5-11, 2026, as Veterans Recognition Week in Wisconsin. In his message, marking the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding, he recalled the sacrifices of generations of Wisconsin service members, from the battlefields of Europe and the jungles of Vietnam to the mud and snow of Korea and the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan, and said the freedom Americans enjoy comes with a cost.
On jobs, Evers announced on November 10 that Wisconsin now ranks among the top three states in America for successfully helping connect veterans with available jobs and maintain employment, and has retained a top five national ranking for four consecutive years, thanks in large part to the Wisconsin Departments of Workforce Development (DWD) and Veterans Affairs (DVA).
Supporting veterans has been a priority of the administration since day one. In 2022, Evers signed Executive Order #157, creating a Blue Ribbon Commission on Veteran Opportunity, and invested $10 million based on its recommendations to expand access to higher education and job training, address housing insecurity, and increase mental and behavioural health support and substance use disorder treatment.
The 2025-27 Biennial Budget signed last year added $5 million to support the operations of the Wisconsin Veterans homes, $200,000 to increase transportation grants to counties, $50,000 to increase the grant amount for Camp American Legion, and a five percent increase for county veterans service officers and Tribal veterans service offices.
The budget also provides $2.5 million for a new grant program to fund housing and comprehensive support services for veterans, $35 million for capital building projects at the Wisconsin Veterans Homes, including plumbing repairs, lead abatement, boiler replacement and technology upgrades, with over $3.4 million devoted to continuing expansion of the Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, and $5 million to support a grant for war memorials in populous counties.
Evers also continues to advocate increasing eligibility for the Veterans and Surviving Spouses Property Tax Credit and offering a credit to those who rent their homes, and investing in the University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project. He closed his message by saying the nation's heroes should never have to worry about having a roof over their heads, and that veterans must be helped not just to survive, but to thrive.
(Source: Office of the Governor of Wisconsin)
来源：威斯康星州州长办公室
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图片来源：图：位于威斯康星州 Madison 的退伍军人纪念体育馆（Veterans Memorial Coliseum）。照片：Dori 摄，CC BY 2.5，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Madison, Wisconsin. Photo by Dori, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
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