%- >> THE FOLLOWING
PROGRAM IS
A%-PBS WISCONSIN
ORIGINAL
%-PRODUCTION.
%- >> I'M HERE
TODAY
TO
TALK
ABOUT
%-SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T
GET
%-ENOUGH
ATTENTION.
%-I'M HERE TO CELEBRATE
THE
%-PROGRESS
WE'RE
MAKING IN
SUPPORT
%-OF
BLACK
SMALL
BUSINESSES HERE%-AND
AROUND
THE
COUNTRY.
%- >> A
MILWAUKEE
VISIT
FROM
%-DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN
%-FORESHADOWS
THE
POLITICAL
%-LANDSCAPE TO
COME
IN
2024
AS
%-WISCONSIN
REPUBLICANS
MAKE
PLANS
%-TO
MAINTAIN
CONTROL
OF
BOTH
%-CHAMBERS.
%-I'M FREDERICA
FREYBERG.
%-TONIGHT ON "HERE AND
NOW,"
BIG%-BREAKING
NEWS FROM
THE
WISCONSIN%-SUPREME
COURT
ON
REDISTRICTING
%-MAPS.%-SPEAKER VOS SAYS
REPUBLICANS
ARE%-GOING
TO
WIN
IN
2024 BECAUSE
OF
%-BETTER
CANDIDATES.
%-THEN,
DETAILS
ON A
NEW
TRIBAL
%-TUITION
PROMISE
AT
UW-MADISON,%-AND THE
HEAD OF
THE
STATE
%-ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
AGENCY
SAYS
%-BIG
TECH IS
COMING
TO
WISCONSIN.
%-IT'S "HERE AND NOW"
FOR
DECEMBER
%-22.
%- >> FUNDING FOR "HERE AND NOW" IS%-PROVIDED BY THE FOCUS FUND FOR%-JOURNALISM AND FRIENDS OF PBS%-WISCONSIN.
%- >> THE WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT
%-RELEASED
ITS
RULING THIS
%-AFTERNOON OVERTURNING
%-WISCONSIN'S VOTING
MAPS.%-THE
VOTE
WAS
4-3
WITH
%-CONSERVATIVE
JUSTICES
%-DISSENTING.
%-THE LIBERAL MAJORITY
ORDERED
NEW
%-MAPS
BASED ON
THE
%-CONTIGUOUSUITY.%-THE NUMBER OF
STATE
LEGISLATIVE
%-DISTRICTS
CONTAINING
TERRITORY
%-COMPLETELY DISCONNECTED FROM THE
%-REST OF THE
DISTRICT IS
%-STRIKING.%-AT LEAST
50 OF
THE
99
ASSEMBLY
%-DISTRICTS
AND AT
LEAST
20 OF
THE
%-33
SENATE
DISTRICTS
INCLUDE
%-SEPARATE
DETACHED
TERRITORY.%-IN
DISSENT, CHIEF
JUSTICE
%-ANNETTE ZEIGLER
SAID,
QUOTE,
%-THIS DEAL
WAS
SEALED
ON
ELECTION
%-NIGHT.%-FOUR
JUSTICES
REMAP
WISCONSIN,
%-EVEN
THOUGH
THIS
CONSTITUTIONAL
%-RESPONSIBILITY IS
TO
OCCUR EVERY
%-10 YEARS AFTER
A
CENSUS.%-BY THE
OTHER
TWO
BRANCHES
OF
%-GOVERNMENT.
%-CONTENTIOUS, TO BE
SURE.
%-SENIOR
POLITICAL
REPORTER, ZAC
%-SCHULTZ, JOINS
US
WITH
DETAILS.
%-ZAC, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH
%-US.
%- >> MY
PLEASURE.
%- >> SO THE
COURT
RULED
DETACHED
%-TERRITORY
OR
THE
CONTIGUOUSNESS%-OF
THE
MAPS
VIOLATES
THE
STATE
%-CONSTITUTION.%-DESCRIBE WHY.
%- >> PART OF
AN OLD
TOWNSHIP WHEN
%-A
CITY
INCORPORATES AND
GRABS
A
%-SUBDIVISION, IT WOULD
LEAVE A
%-LITTLE ISLAND
THAT
BELONGED
TO
%-AN OLD
TOWNSHIP,
AND UNDER
THE
%-MAPS, AND FOR
THE
PAST
FEW
%-DECADES, THEY'VE LEFT
THOSE WITH
%-THE OTHER
TOWNSHIP, AND IF
THOSE
%-HAPPENED ON THE
DIVIDING
LINES%-OF
AN ASSEMBLY
DISTRICT, PART
OF
%-THAT ISLAND
GOES WITH
THE
OTHER
%-DISTRICT.%-PAST COURTS HAVE
RULED
THAT THAT
%-IS
OKAY.
%-THIS
COURT
SET
PRECEDENT
GOING
%-BACK TO
THE
1800s,
WHEN
THEY
%-SAID
THAT
CONTIGUOUS
MEANS
%-CONTIGUOUS.%- >>> WHAT ELSE STOOD
OUT?%- >> IT WAS THE
TIME
LINE OF
THIS%-AND THE
FACT
THAT
THEY'RE
%-GETTING AWAY
FROM
LEASED
CHANGE.%-THAT WAS
THE
CRITERIA THAT
THE
%-LAST
COURT
INVENTED
FOR
WHICH%-THEY WOULD
CONSIDER
THESE
MAPS,
%-SAYING THAT THEY WANTED TO%-CHANGE THEM
AS
LITTLE
AS
%-POSSIBLE.
%-THIS
COURT
SAID
THIS CHANGE IS
%-NOT A
FACTOR,
WE
DON'T
THINK
IT%-SHOULD
BE
USED,
IT WILL
BE
%-THROWN
OUT.
%-THIS
COURT
HAS
DECIDED
THAT%-THEET
GIVE
THE
LEGISLATURE%-THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE THE
%-LEGISLATURE A CHANCE TO
DRAW
THE
%-MAPS AND
SEE
IF THEY
CAN COME
UP
%-W
DEAL WITH THE
GOVERNOR.
%-THAT'S
UNLIKELY.
%- >> WHO DRAWS THE
MAPS?%- >> THERE
ARE
TWO
ROUTES.
%-LEGISLATURE
HAS THE
OPTION
OF
%-PASSING
LEGISLATURE.%-THOSE
WILL
SUPERSEDE
ANYTHING
%-AND THEY'LL
GO
INTO
PLACE.
%-SINCE WE
KNOW
THAT'S
PROBABLY
%-NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN
GIVEN
THE
%-POLITICAL REALITY WE'RE
IN,
THE
%-COURT HAS SAID
THAT THEY
WILL
%-HIRE
CONSULTANTS
TO HELP
LOOK
%-AND
APPRAISE
DIFFERENT
MAPS THAT
%-ARE BROUGHT
TO
THEM AND
%-PRESENTED
TO
THEM.
%- >> DO ALL
132
LEGISLATORS HAVE
%-TO
STAND
FOR
ELECTION
UNDER
NEW
%-MAPS?
%- >> NO.
%-WHAT THEY ALSO
RULED IS
THAT
%úSENATORS
ELECTED UNDER
THE
OLD
%-MAPS
JUST TWO YEARS
AGO WILL
NOT
%-HAVE TO GO
UP
AGAIN
UNTIL
A.E.D.
%-26.
%- >> SO
MEANWHILE, THE
COURT
ALSO
%-SET
A
JANUARY
12
DEADLINE
TO
%-SUBMIT THESE
NEW
MAPS.
%-TALK
ABOUT
FAST-TRACKED.
%- >> THIS HAS BEEN
FAST-TRACKED%-FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS
%-LAWSUIT BEING
FILED
THE
DAY
THAT
%-JUSTICE PROTASIEWICZ WAS SWORN
%-IN ALL THE WAY
TO
ORAL
%-ARGUMENTS, THIS DECISION COMING
%-OUT IN
JANUARY
UNPRECEDENTED.%-CANDIDATES CAN FILE
IN
THESE NEW
%-DISTRICTS IN
APRIL,
SO THEY HAVE
%-TO MOVE ON A
FAST TIME
LINE,%-WHICH IS WHY
WE'RE
SEEING THE
%-COURT SAY
WE'RE
GOING TO
DO
THIS%-AT THE SAME TIME
THE
LEGISLATURE%-CAN BECAUSE
WE
DON'T
TRUST
THEM%-TO
GET
IT
DONE
ON
TIME.
%- >> THEY'RE
HIRING
THESE
%-CONSULTANTS TO HELP
THEM
DO
%-THIS, AND
KNOWING WHAT
WE
KNOW
%-ABOUT
HOW
THIS
STATE
WORKS RIGHT
%-NOW, I
CAN'T
IMAGINE
THAT ALL
OF
%-THESE PIECES
CAN
COME
TOGETHER
%-IN
TIME
FOR
THE
NEXT
YEAR'S
%-ELECTIONS.
%- >> WELL, THEY HAVE
TO,
AND
%-THAT'S WHAT
HAPPENS EVERY
10
%-YEARS
EVERYWHERE
ELSE.
%-IT WILL
GET
DONE.
%-IT'S JUST
PEOPLE WILL BE
SAYING
%-THAT THEY'RE JUST
AS
BIASED IN
A
%-DIFFERENT WAY
AS THE
LAST
MAPS
%-WERE
BIASED.%- >> THANK YOU,
ZAC.%-ROBIN VOS
SAYS
HE
EXPECTS THIS
%-CASE TO
HEAD TO
THE
U.S. SUPREME
%-COURT.
%-ZAC
SPOKE WITH
THE
SPEAKER
PRIOR%-TO THE
MAP'S
RULING THIS
WEEK ON
%-A
VARIETY
OF
ISSUES.
%-LOOKING BACK AT THE
LAST
YEAR
%-AND
WHAT'S TO
COME
IN
2024.
%- >> WRAP UP 2023
FOR
ME.
%-HOW DO YOU FEEL
THE
YEAR
WENT
%-FOR
LEGISLATURE?%- >> I
THINK BY
AND
LARGE, THERE
%-WERE
AN AWFUL LOT OF
SUCCESSES.
%-IF YOU
GO ALL THE
WAY
BACK, WE
%-HAVE SEEN SOME
THINGS WHERE
IT'S
%-OBVIOUS BECAUSE
WE
HAD A LOT
OF
%-COVERAGE WHERE WE
HAD A
GOOD
%-DEAL
ON
SHARED
REVENUE.
%-THE
FIRST
MAJOR
INCREASE IN A
%-GENERATION.%-WE
HAD A LOT
OF
MONDAY
GO
INTO%-TRYING TO
CREATE MORE
HOUSING
IN
%-WISCONSIN.%-WE
HAD
THE
STATE
BUDGET
WHICH
%-INVESTED IN
EVERYTHING
FROM
%-SCHOOLS
TO
LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS,%-AND IN ADDITION
TO
THAT,
HAD
%-GOOD INCREASES FOR
OUR
WORKERS
%-WHO
WORK AT
THE
STATE, LIKE
%-PRISON
GUARDS.
%-WE HAD
SOME
SEPARATE
BILLS
THAT
%-DIDN'T GET
AS
MUCH
COVERAGE.
%-ONE THAT
I'M
REALLY PROUD
OF,
%-INCREASE THE
AMOUNT
OF FUNDING
%-FOR
LITERACY, BECAUSE WE
KNOW%-THAT IF
YOUNG
PEOPLE DON'T
READ
%-AT GRADE
LEVEL,
THEY'RE
%-SIGNIFICANTLY LESS
LYING TO
%-GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND GO
%-ON TO
COLLEGE.
%-WE HAD
A
BILL
THAT
ACTUALLY
%-WORKED
ITS
WAY THROUGH
THE
%-PROCESS THAT
DEALT
WITH
CRIMINAL
%-JUSTICE.
%-SO
WE
HAD A LOT
OF
GOOD
THINGS%-THAT
HAPPENED
THROUGHOUT
%-WISCONSIN.%-WE HAD
SOME
THINGS THAT
WERE
%-DISAPPOINTING THAT WE DIDN'T
GET
%-ACROSS
THE
FINISH
LINE.%-THERE WERE
STILL
SOME
THINGS
%-WAITING.%-WE
STRONGLY
SUPPORTED
TO
MAKE
%-BIRTH
CONTROL
AVAILABLE%-OVER-THE-COUNTER SO
WE
DON'T
%-HAVE A
NEED
FOR
AS
MANY
%-ABORTIONS IN
WISCONSIN.
%-STALLED IN THE
SENATE,
BUT
%-HOPEFULLY THEY'LL
GET
IT
ACROSS
%-THE FINISH
LINE.
%-WE
HAD
A
BILL
THAT DEALT
WITH
%-PROCESSING BALLOTS ON MONDAY
SO
%-WE
DONE
HAVE
LATE
NIGHT
BALLOT
%-DUMPS.%-HOPEFULLY THAT WILL
PASS IN
THE
%-STATE
SENATE.
%- >> YOU
MENTIONED ONE OF
THE
%-SUCCESSES JUST A LITTLE
BIT
AGO%-IN
THE
BUDGET, THE
RAISES, AND
%-IT TOOK
UNTIL
JUST
THIS
WEEK FOR
%-THE UW PORTION
OF
THOSE
RAISES%-TO BE
THROUGH.%-THEY WERE
NEGOTIATED
THE FIRST
%-TIME.%-DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAD%-LEVERAGE TO
NEGOTIATE OVER
THOSE
%-A
SECOND
TIME
AND IS
THAT
PART%-OF THE
LAWSUIT
THAT GOVERNOR%-EVERS
HAS
FILED
TO
TRY
AND
STOP%-SOME OF
THE
OVERSIGHT THAT
THE
%-LEGISLATURE
HAS?
%- >> WELL,
AGAIN, THIS
IS
WHERE
%-PEOPLE TRY
TO
REWRITE
HISTORY.
%-IT'S
BEEN
VERY
COMMON THAT THE
%-LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
DOES NOT
%-APPROVE
THE
FINAL
PRODUCT
UNTIL
%-SOME
TIME IN THE
FALL,
SO
WE'RE%-IN
THE
NORMAL TIME
LINE.%-THAT
IS
A
BOGUS
ARGUMENT.
%-IT'S
ALSO
TRUE THAT
THE
%-LEGISLATURE HAS
THE
ABILITY TO
%-GO
THROUGH
THE PLAN
WHERE
THEY
%-GIVE
US A
WHOLE
BUNCH
OF
CHANGES%-AS TO THE
WAY THEY WANT
TO
PAY
%-EMPLOYEES, WHAT
INSURANCE LOOKS
%-LIKE, WHAT
HAPPENS
WITH
%-DIFFERENT RULES FOR
REGULATING
%-THE
WORKPLACE,
ALL
THOSE
THINGS
%-HAPPEN, AND
IT'S
VERY
COMMON FOR
%-US TO
DO
IT.
%- >> BUT YOU DID SEPARATE
OUT
THE
%-RAISES,
THE
STATE
WORKER
RAISES%-FROM
THE
UW
RAISES
AND
THEN YOU
%-SAID I'M
NOT APPROVING
THOSE%-UNTIL I
GET
MORE
CHANGES.
%-ISN'T
THAT
A
SECOND
SET
OF
%-NEGOTIATION?%- >> NO.
%-THAT'S
THE
WAY THAT
WE
NORMALLY
%-HAVE DONE
THINGS.
%-AGAIN, THERE WERE A LOT OF
%-THINGS THAT
WORKED
THEIR
WAY%-THROUGH THE
PROCESS.%-THEY
WANTED
AN
ENGINEERING
%-BUILDING, THEY WANTED MORE
MONEY
%-FOR
PROGRAMS.%-THOSE WERE
ALL
THINGS THAT WERE
%-PART OF THE
PROCESS,
TOO,
AND
%-THAT'S
A
NORMAL
WAY
WE
%-NEGOTIATE.%-WE TRY TO FIND
A
CONSENSUS.
%-I GIVE
PRESIDENT
TO
PRESIDENT
%-ROTHMAN
AND
THE
CHANCELLORS.
%-THEY NEGOTIATED IN
GOOD
FAITH.
%-THEY
DIDN'T GIVE ME
SNEER
AS
%-MUCH
AS I
WANTED
BUT WE
GAVE
%-THEM
THINGS THAT THEY
WANTED.
%-THAT'S WHAT THE WORLD
NEEDS MORE
%-OF
IS
CONSENSUS
AND
COMPROMISE,
%-NOT
"IF I DON'T GET
IT
MY
WAY
%-EXACTLY I'M GOING TO
SUE,"
OR
IF%-I DON'T FIND A
WAY TO GET
TO
AN
%-ANSWER
THAT
ONLY I
CAN
SUPPORT,
%-WE
DO
NOTHING."
%- >> SPEAKING OF THE BOARD OF%-REGENTS,
HOW DO YOU
INTERPRET
%-THOSE
TWO
VOTES?%-WHAT
CHANGED FROM THE
FIRST TO%-THE
SECOND?%- >> YOU'D HAVE TO
ASK
THEM.
%-INVOLVED.%-WE NEGOTIATED FOR
MONTHS.
%-I
KNOW THAT
THE
CHANCELLORS
AND
%-PRESIDENT
ROTHMAN
WERE
IN
%-CONSTANT
COMMUNICATION WITH THE
%-REGENTS.%-I CAN'T IMAGINE
THEY
CAME TO
US
%-AND SAY
WE
COULDN'T HAVE
A
DEAL
%-IF
WE
HADN'T RUN
THEM BY
THE
%-REGENTS.%-MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT%-GOVERNOR EVERS
AND
HIS
STAFF
%-WERE ACTIVELY TRYING TO
KILL
THE
%-DEAL MULTIPLE
TIMES.
%-THEY DIDN'T
WANT
CONSENSUS.%-I DON'T KNOW
WHY,
BUT
THEY
%-DIDN'T
WANT
CONSENSUS.
%-ULTIMATELY, EVEN THE
GOVERNOR'S
%-OWN
REGENTS
IGNORED
HIS
WISHES%-AND DID
THE
RIGHT
THING,
SO I%-DON'T KNOW WHY
IT
HAPPENED, BUT
%-THE
RIGHT
THING
HAPPENED AT
THE
%-END.
%- >> REGARDING
DEI IN
THE
UW
%-SYSTEM,
WHAT
WILL
CHANGE WITH
%-THIS DEAL AND
ARE
YOU
CERTAIN%-THAT THIS
WILL
ROUTE
OUT
DEI
AS
%-YOU'VE REQUESTED, OR
JUST
GIVE
%-IT A
NAME?
%- >> NO.%-IT'S A
START.
%-LET'S JUST
TAKE
ONE
EXAMPLE,
%-ZAC, THAT'S
GOTTEN
AN AWFUL LOT
%-OF --
NOT
ENOUGH
COVERAGE.%-IN THE
1940s
AND
'50s,
WE%-HAD A
PROBLEM
WHERE THERE
WAS
%-PERVASIVE
RACISM
FOR
%-APPLICATIONS INTO THE UNIVERSITY
%-SYSTEM.
%-RIGHT?%-IF YOU
DIDN'T
HAVE
THE
RIGHT
%-SKIN
COLOR
OR
PERHAPS THE
RIGHT
%-GENDER, YOU
DIDN'T HAVE A
CHANCE%-TO
GET INTO THE
UNIVERSITY.
%-SMART
PEOPLE AT THE
TIME
DECIDED%-THAT WE WERE
GOING TO
DO
THE
%-S.A.T.
AND
A.C.T.
TESTS OVER
%-TIME SO THAT
THE BEST
QUALIFIED
%-PEOPLE
GET TO
THE
UNIVERSITY AND%-ARE ADMITTED ON
THEIR
GOD-GIVEN
%-ABILITY.%-THAT'S THE
NORM
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OUR
SOCIETY.
%-IT'S RIDER
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EVERY
STUDENT%-TAKE THE
A.C.T.
TEST.%-ALL OF A SUDDEN COVID
COMES
AND
%-THEY
COULDN'T
GATHER FOR THE
%-TEST AND THE
UNIVERSITY DECIDES
%-WE'RE
NO
LONGER GOING
TO
USE
%-STANDARDIZED
TESTING.%-WE'RE GOING TO
LET
PEOPLE
WRITE
%-AN
ESSAY.%-WELL, THAT'S WHAT THEY
DID IN
%-THE 1940s
AND
'50s
WHEN
THEY
%-HAD
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND
NOW
%-WE'RE DOING THE
OPPOSITE
WHERE
%-WE'RE SAYING YOU CAN
BE
THE
%-SMARTEST KID,
BUT
IF
YOU
DON'T
%-HAVE
THE
RIGHT
CODE
WORDS,
%-YOU'RE
NOT
ADMITTED
INTO ONE OF
%-THE
UNIVERSITIES.%-THAT'S
AWFUL.
%-SO WE WANT TO
PUT
THE
A.C.T.%-BACK
IN.
%-THEY
SAID
ABSOLUTELY
NOT,
SO
WE
%-COMPROMISED AND
SAID WE'RE GOING
%-TO TAKE
THE
TOP
5%
OF
STUDENTS
%-ADMITTANCE FROM
ANY
SCHOOL IN
%-WISCONSIN, TOP
10%
FOR
ANYBODY
%-BUT
MADISON.
%-THAT'S A GOOD
COMPROMISE THAT
%-WINS
FOR
EVERY
PART
SO THAT
IF%-THEY
HAVE
SMART
KIDS,
YOU
DON'T
%-HAVE TO GO
TO
ANOTHER
STATE TO%-BE
ACCEPTED.
%-THAT'S A
WIN.%-A LOT OF THE
THINGS WE
DID
WERE
%-GOOD
COMMON
SENSE
MIDDLE
GROUND
%-FINDING WAYS TO GET
TO AN
ANSWER
%-THAT
SHOW
THAT
DEI
ISN'T
ABOUT
%-DIVERSIFYING THE
CAMPUS.
%-THAT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE
IN.
%-WE ACTUALLY
WANT
MORE
DIVERSITY.%-I WANT
PEOPLE
COMING INTO THE
%-CAMPUS NO
MATTER
WHAT
COLOR
OR
%-RACE YOU
ARE.
%-WHAT THEY WANT
IS
PEOPLE
GIVING
%-SPECIAL PRIVILEGES BASED ON
%-CERTAIN CATEGORIES
THAT
THEY
%-LIKE.
%-WELL, THAT'S NOT
THE
WAY
THE
%-WORLD SHOULD
BE.
%-SO DIVERSITY IS
WHAT
WE
SUPPORT,
%-BUT
DIVISION,
SECLUSION
AND
%-INDOCTRINATION, WHICH IS
WHAT
%-IT'S
BECOME,
IS
WHAT
WE'RE%-OPPOSED
TO.
%- >> SO
HOW DO
YOU
WIN
THE
P.R.%-BATTLE WHEN
IT
COMES
TO
PEOPLE%-WHO HAS
HEADLINES
AND
SEE
%-REPUBLICANS ARE OPPOSED
TO
%-THINGS
THAT
WILL
HELP EVEN
OUT
%-THE PLAYING FIELD
FOR
BLACK
%-PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
%-MARGINALIZED OR DISCRIMINATED%-AGAINST IN
THE
PAST,
WHEN
%-THOSE --%- >> BUT IT DOESN'T EVEN
OUT
THE
%-PLAYING
FIELD.%-IT GIVES
PEOPLE
A
ESPECIALLY
%-AVANTAGE, THAT IF IT
WAS
%-1950s
ALABAMA WE
WOULD
CALL
%-RACISM.
%-RIGHT?
%-IT'S
THE
2020s IN
WISCONSIN.%-WE
DON'T
WANT
RACISM
HERE
%-EITHER.%-WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT IF YOU
%-ARE THE
SMARTEST,
BEST,
MOST
%-CAPABLE
PERSON,
MAN,
WOMAN,
%-BLACK,
WHITE,
HISPANIC,
ASIAN,%-WHO
CARES?%-YOU SHOULD
GET
THE
JOB.
%-YOU SHOULD
GET
THAT
POSITION.
%-YOU SHOULD BE
ADVANCED.
%-THAT'S
WHAT I
THINK
EVERYBODY
IN
%-WISCONSIN WANTS.
%-THE IDEA
THAT
WE'RE
SOMEHOW%-GOING TO
NOW
USE A NEW
FILTER
OF
%-RACE AS A
WAY
TO
OFF-SET
THE OLD
%-FILTER OF
RACE IS
WRONG.
%-REDLINING HAS BEEN ILLEGAL
FOR
%-50
YEARS.%-IT SHOULD
BE.%-IT WAS
HORRIFIC.%-ALL OF
THESE THINGS THAT
WERE A
%-PART
OF
OUR
HISTORY
SHOULD
NEVER
%-BE
FORGOTTEN BUT
NEVER
BE
%-REPEATED.%-A LOT OF
THE
THINGS
THEY'RE
%-TALKING ABOUT IS REPEATING THE
%-PROBLEMS OF THE PAST TO TRY
TO
%-FIX WHAT
THEY THINK
ARE
STILL
%-THE PROBLEMS OF
TODAY.
%-SO I THINK WE HAVE A
WAY
TO
%-GENERTE
A
CONSENSUS, WE HAVE A
%-WAY TO BE
ABLE
TO
MOVE
FORWARD
%-ON
PEOPLES TALENT AND ABLE
TO.
%-YOU AND I KNOW
THAT MOST OF THE
%-REASON
PEOPLE
DON'T
SUCCEED IS
%-POVERTY OF IT'S
NOT
RACE
IN
%-AMERICA ANYMORE.
%-IT'S BECAUSE
THEY'RE
POOR.
%-LET'S FOCUS
ON
LIFTING
UP
PEOPLE%-WHO ARE
IN
POVERTY
NO
MATTER
%-WHAT
THEIR
SKIN
COLOR
IS
AND
NOT
%-OBSESS ON
PEOPLE WHO ARE
WEALTHY
%-AND PERHAPS A
MINORITY VERSUS
%-SOMEBODY
WHO IS NOT
WEALTHY
AND
%-NOT A
MINORITY.
%-SO
HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND
THAT
%-CONSENSUS.%- >> MOVING ON TO
THE
ANOTHER
BIG
%-ISSUE, SUPREME COURT IS
TAKING
%-UP
REDISTRICTING
CASE.%-THEY HAVE
HAD
ORAL
ARGUMENTS.%-WHAT ARE
YOUR
THOUGHTS ON
THE
%-POSSIBILITY
OF --
%- >> IT'S NOT A
POSSIBILITY.
%-THEY'VE ALREADY
PREDETERMINED%-THE CASE
OF
EVERYBODY
IN
%-WISCONSIN KNOWS
THAT THIS
IS
A
%-FARCE.%-THEY'VE
ALREADY
DECIDED TOWN%-HALL
MEETING
DRAW
NEW
MAPS
%-BECAUSE JEANNETTE
PROTASIEWICZ,%-BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST
ITALIAN IN
%-THE
HISTORY OF THE
COUNTRY,
%-PREDETERMINED
CASES
WHEN SHE
WAS
%-RUNNING FOR
ELECTION.
%-THAT'S
WRONG.
%-WE ALREADY
KNOW
WHAT'S
%-HAPPENING, SO IT'S
NOT A
BIG
%-MYSTERY THAT WE DON'T
KNOW
THAT
%-WE'RE
GOING TO GET
MAPS.
%-REPUBLICAS HAVE HAD THIS
%-MAJORITY IN THE CHAMBER FOR
30
%-YEARS
WITH TWO YEARS
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%-AND THAT
WAS
UNDER
MAPS RUN
BY A
%-COURT, MAPS
RUN BY THE
%-LEGISLATURE, MAPS RUN
BY
A
%-FEDERAL
COURT.%-WE'RE GOING TO WIN
AGAIN
IN
2024
%-BECAUSE WE HAVE
BETTER
%-CANDIDATES AND A
BETTER
MESSAGE.%-ONE OF THE
MOST
IMPORTANT STATS
%-THAT PEOPLE
WANT TO TALK
ABOUT
%-IN
2018,
WE
HAD
A
DEMOCRAT SWEEP
%-YEAR.
%-RIGHT?
%-DEMOCRATS WON PRETTY
MUCH
%-EVERYTHING, INCLUDING
THE
U.S.
%-SENATE.
%-WE
SAW
ALSO TAMMY
BALDWIN
CARRY
%-14
DISTRICTS THAT
WERE
WON
BY
%-SENATE
REPUBLICANS.
%-IF SHE HAD
JUST
HAD
THE SAME
%-PEOPLE WHO VOTED
FOR
HER FOR
THE
%-FEDERAL OFFICE AND
THE
DEMOCRAT-FOR THE
ASSEMBLY, THEY'D
BE IN
%-THE MAJORITY RIGHT
NOW.
%-BUT WE
HAVE
BETTER
CANDIDATES%-AND A
BETTER
MESSAGE.%-THEY ARE TOO
FOCUSED
ON
BEING
%-DIVISIVE.%-SO
WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE
THE
SAME
%-DYNAMIC IN
2024.%-AS LONG AS THEY
DON'T
HAVE
AID
%-SUNNYSIDE
STYLE
GERRYMANDER
%-WHERE THEY
PIZZA
PIED
%-EVERYTHING, WE'LL HAVE
%-COMPETITIVE
MAPS,
REPUBLICANS%-WILL WIN THE
MAJORITY
AND WE'LL
%-CONTINUE TO HAVE A
DIVIDED
%-GOVERNMENT
IN
WISCONSIN.%- >> THANK
YOU, SPEAKER
VOS,
FOR
%-YOUR
TIME.%- >> THANK
YOU.%- >> THIS
WEEK, UW-MADISON
%-ANNOUNCED THE
WISCONSIN
TRIBAL
%-EDUCATION PROMISE
PROGRAM.
%-STARTING
IN
FALL
2024,
MEMBERS
%-OF 11
FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED
%-TRIBES IN THE STATE WILL BE
ABLE
%-TO
ATTEND
THE
FLAGSHIP
CAMPUS
%-ALL
EXPENSES
PAID
FOR
%-UNDERGRADUATES AND
FALL
TUITION
%-FOR LAW
AND
MEDICAL
STUDENTS.%-WE'RE JOINED
NOW
BY
UW-MADISON
%-DIRECTOR
OF
TRIBAL
RELATIONS,%-CARLA
VIGUE.%-THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH
US.%- >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.%->> SO WHAT
IS
THE
REACTION TO
%-THIS TRIBAL
EDUCATION
PROMISE
%-PROGRAM
FROM
TRIBAL
NATION
%-MEMBERS ACROSS
WISCONSIN?%- >> I THINK EVERYONE
IS
REALLY
%-EXCITED.
%-UW-MADISON, LIKE YOU
SAID,
IS%-ONE OF
THE
STATE'S --
OR
IS
%-ACTUALLY ONE OF THE
COUNTRY'S
%-PREMIER
UNIVERSITIES, AND WE'VE%-BEEN
WORKING
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TRIBES FOR
THE
%-BETTER PART OF A
YEAR ON
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%-PROPOSAL
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BROUGHT
%-IT TO
FRUITION.%-ESSENTIALLY WHAT
HAPPENS IS IF%-YOU
ARE,
LIKE YOU
SAID,
A
%-RESIDENT OF
WISCONSIN, A
MEMBER
%-OF ONE
OF
OUR
11
FEDERALLY
%-RECOGNIZED
TRIBES AND YOU GET
%-ADMITTED
TO
UW-MADISON, WE'LL
%-TAKE CARE OF
THE
FULL
COST
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%-ADMISSION, WHICH IS NOT
JUST
%-TUITION, BUT
ROOM,
BOARD,
BOOKS,
%-FEES, AND A
FEW
OTHER LITTLE
%-THINGS,
TOO.
%- >> WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR
YOU TO BE
%-ABLE TO
ROLL
THIS
OUT,
EVEN
AS%-SPEAKER
VOS,
WHOM
WE
JUST
HEARD
%-FROM, WORKS
TO
DISMANTLE%-DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION%-PROGRAMS?
%- >> YEAH.%-I MEAN,
THERE'S
OTHER
THINGS
%-HAPPENING IN
THE
STATE
CAPITOL,
%-BUT REALLY FOR
US,
WE SAT
DOWN
%-WITH
TRIBAL
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MANY
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%-AGO AND WE SAID WE HAVE THIS
%-IDEA.
%-OR
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%-OTHER
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%-WE TALKED TO
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%-WE MOVE
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BEEN
VERY
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11%-OF
THE
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CAME TO
THE
TABLE
%-AND SAT WITH
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CHANCELLOR AND
%-I AND
TALKED
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AND
WE
%-SHARED
STORIES.%-ONE OF THE
TRIBAL
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%-ABOUT SLEEPING IN HIS
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%-TALKED ABOUT
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%-OTHER
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SAT%-AROUND THE TABLE
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TALKED%-ABOUT
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WHAT
WE
%-CAME
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%-REALLY
GOOD
PROPOSAL.%-THERE ARE OTHER
THINGS
HAPPENING%-IN
THE
WORLD,
BUT THAT IS
%-SOMETHING WE
WORKED REALLY
HARD%-ON
TOGETHER.%- >> AS YOU
MENTIONED, OTHER
%-STATES DO
THIS,
BUT
ARE
OTHER
%-STATES
OFFERING SUCH
ROBUST KIND
%-OF
PACKAGES
TO
INCLUDE ALL OF
%-THE LIVING
EXPENSES?
%- >> MOST
DON'T.%-I
THINK,
LIKE I
SAID, WE
WEREN'T
%-THE
FIRST OUT OF THE
GATE WITH
%-THIS PLAN BUT I
THINK
WE'RE THE
%-BEST.%-MAYBE THAT'S
JUST
ME
TALKING,
%-BUT,
YEAH, I
THINK, YOU
KNOW,
%-LIKE I
SAID,
WE
SAT
DOWN AND
WE
%-TALKED
THROUGH ALL
THE
SCENARIOS
%-AND HOW
MANY
SEMESTERS
AND WHAT
%-IT
SHOULD
INCLUDE AND ALL
OF
%-THOSE
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THINK
WE
%-CAME TO
AN
AGREEMENT WITH THE
%-TRIBES
THAT THIS IS
REALLY HOW
%-WE SHOULD DO IT IN
ORDER
TO
%-SUPPORT NATIVE
STUDENTS.%- >> IS
IT
UNUSUAL AS WELL
TO
PAY
%-TUITION FOR
LAW
OR
MEDICAL
%-SCHOOL?
%- >> YEAH.
%-SO THAT WAS
WHERE WE
GAVE A
%-LITTLE SURPRISE TO THE
TRIBES
AT
%-ONE
POINT.
%-WE
SAID
WE
SPOKE TO
THE LAW
%-SCHOOL AND THE
MEDICAL
SCHOOL%-AND
THEY
BOTH
AGREED THAT
%-TUITION -- AND THERE
ARE
%-DIFFERENT KIND OF
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%-THERE,
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%-OLDER, SO WE
DIDN'T
INCLUDE SOME%-OF THOSE
OTHER
THINGS, BUT
%-TUITION FOR LAW SCHOOL AND
MED
%-SCHOOL,
THAT'S A
VERY
BIG
DEAL.%- >> IT'S A
BIG
EXPENSE.
%-SO THERE ARE
NO
INCOME
%-RESTRICTIONS WITH THIS
BECAUSE
I
%-UNDERSTAND
IT'S
ABOUT
PROMOTING
%-UW-MADISON EDUCATION
TO
NATIVE
%-STUDENTS.
%-WHY IS THAT
IMPORTANT?
%- >> WELL, I
THINK ONE OF THE
%-THINGS -- SO WHEN I
FIRST
SAT
%-DOWN WITH
THE
CHANCELLOR WHEN I
%-FIRST TOOK
MY
POSITION, SHE AND
%-I
TALKED ABOUT
THIS,
AND FOR US,
%-IT'S BOTH
ABOUT GIVING
BACK TO
%-THE
COMMUNITY BUT
ALSO
%-ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT
THIS
%-UNIVERSITY THAT WE WORK
FOR
IS
%-BUILT
ON
LAND THAT
WAS
FORCIBLY
%-REMOVED FROM THE TRIBE
NATION,%-AND SO BOTH
OF
THOSE
THINGS IN
%-COMBINATION OF
JUST WANTING TO
%-DO THE RIGHT
THING
FOR
NATIVE
%-STUDENTS.
%- >> DESCRIBE FOR US WHAT YOU
SAY
%-IS AT
THE
HEART OF
THE
NATIVE
%-COMMUNITY AS IT
RELATES TO
THIS
%-PROGRAM.
%- >> YEAH.%-I THINK
WHEN
WE
TALKED ABOUT
IT,
%-LIKE I
SAID, IT'S REALLY
ABOUT
%-TAKING CARE OF
OUR
COMMUNITY.
%-I'M NATIVE
AMERICAN, I
GREW
UP%-ON
THE
ONEIDA
INDIAN
%-RESERVATION, I HAVE TWO
LITTLE
%-BOYS,
HUNTER
AND
AUDO.
%-THE
WAY
WE
THINK
ABOUT
COMMUNITY
%-IS HOW
DO
WE
GIVE BACK AND
HOW
%-DO WE
TAKE
CARE OF
THE
NEXT%-SEVEN
GENERATIONS, AND SO IT'S
%-NOT
JUST
ABOUT DECISION THAT ARE
%-GOOD FOR
ME
OR
MY
LITTLE
BOYS
OR
%-EVEN THEIR
KIDS,
BUT
SEVEN
%-GENERATIONS
DOWN
THE
ROAD,
HOW
%-ARE
WE
TAKING CARE
OF
THOSE
%-SEVEN
GENERATIONS.%- >> DO YOU HAVE
ANY
UNDERSTANDING
%-OF HOW
MANY
STUDENTS
MIGHT
%-PARTICIPATE?
%- >> WE
DO -- NOT
REALLY.%-KIND
OF.
%-THAT'S
A
BAD
ANSWER,
BUT
SO WE
%-HAVE
SOME
NUMBERS,
BUT RIGHT
%-NOW,
PEOPLE
SELF-REPORT.
%-SO
ANYONE
WHO
CLAIMS
NATIVE
%-ANCESTRY CAN
REPORT
THAT
THEY'RE
%-NATIVE.%-THEY DON'T
HAVE
TO.
%-BUT WITH THIS
PROGRAM,
YOU'LL
%-HAVE
TO
NOW, YOU
KNOW,
SHOW
YOUR -- PROVE
YOU'RE
ENROLLED
IN%-ONE OF
WISCONSIN'S 11:30
!!
11
TRIBES.
%-WE'LL GET
BETTER
DATA AS WE
GO
%-ALONG.
%- >> AND AS YOU SAID
ABOUT
%-OFFERING THIS
PROGRAM, THERE
WAS
%-A CERTAIN
AMOUNT
OF MONEY
SET
%-ASIDE.%-DO YOU HAVE AN
EXPECTATION AS TO
%-WHAT THAT WILL
BE?
%- >> WE'RE
ROLLING
THIS
OUT
IN
%-DECEMBER AND THE
APPLICATION
%-DEADLINE IS
FEBRUARY, SO
WE'RE
%-NOT
EXPECTING
THIS
FIRST
YEAR TO
%-BE
A
HUGE
NUMBER.%-I
THINK WE'LL
SEE WHAT
THIS
%-FIRST YEAR LOOKS
LIKE AND
THEN
%-BE
ABLE TO
BUILD FROM
THERE.%-THIS IS
REALLY
THE
FIRST
%-ITERATION OF THIS
PROGRAM,
%-HOPEFULLY.%-MAYBE WE CAN GROW IT
OR
MAYBE%-THIS
IS
GOING TO
BE
SATISFACTORY
%-ENOUGH.%-BUT I THINK WE'LL
HAVE
MORE
DATA%-AFTER THIS
FIRST
YEAR.%- >> HAVE YOU
GOTTEN
CALLS
FROM
%-STUDENTS
SAYING TELL
ME ABOUT
%-THIS?
%- >> OH, I'VE
GOTTEN A LOT
OF
%-CALLS.
%-MY PRIOR
ADMISSIONS DEPARTMENT
%-IS LIKE
PROBABLY
OVERWHELMED
BY
%-PEOPLE I'M
SENDING
THEIR
WAY,
%-BUT IT'S REALLY FUN
BECAUSE
%-FAMILY AND FRIENDS
ARE
REACHING
%-OUT,
TOO, AND
I'M
GETTING TO
%-SAY,
YES,
THEY'LL
QUALIFY.%-I WILL
SAY I
ALSO
GOT
TO
CALL%-ONE OF
THE
STUDENTS WHO IS%-ALREADY
HERE ON
CAMPUS,
SHE'S
A
%-STUDENT
NAMED
CALISTA.
%-SHE
JOINED
US
THIS
WEEK
WHILE WE
%-WERE ANNOUNCING THE
PROGRAM.
%-AS I WAS
DESCRIBING THE
PROGRAM
%-TO
HER,
SHE
JUST
GOT
SILENT
AND
%-THEN
VERY
EXCITED AND I WAS
EVEN%-A LITTLE
BIT OVERWHELMED BY
IT
%-ALL
BECAUSE I
JUST
GOT
TO
TELL
%-SOMEONE WE
WERE GOING TO
TAKE%-CARE OF
THEM.
%- >> THAT'S
AWESOME.%-CARLA
VIGUE,
THANKS VERY
MUCH.%- >> THANK
YOU.
%- >> IN OTHER
NEWS,
MICROSOFT HAS
%-FINALIZED THE
PURCHASE
OF MORE
%-THAN
100,000
ACRES
OF
LAND
IN
%-RACINE
COUNTY,
WITH
600
ACRES
%-PURCHASED FROM THE
VILLAGE OF
%-MOUNT
PLEASANT THIS
WEEK.
%-THE TECH
GIANT
SAYS
IT
PLANS
TO
%-SPEND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
TO
%-CONSTRUCT
NEW
DATA
CENTERS.
%-THIS AS
THE
NEIGHBORING
FOXCONN
%-TECHNOLOGY GROUP IS
SET
TO
%-RECEIVE
$3W0EU6
!!
!
$6.3
MILLION
FOR
HIRING
%-WORKERS AND INVESTMENTS
MADE
IN
%-2022.%-THE
GROUP
HAS
RECEIVED ROUGHLY
%-$44
MILLION FROM
THE
STATE
SINCE
%-2020,
A
SIGNIFICANTLY SCALED
%-BACK
SUM FROM
THE
ORIGINAL
%-NEGOTIATED
TAX
INCENTIVES AFTER
%-FOXCONN'S
PROMISE OF
13,000
JOBS
%-AND AN
LCD
SCREEN
FACTORY
NEVER
%-CAME TO
FRUITION.
%-STILL,
THE
COMPANY
SAYS IT
IS
%-COMMITTED
TO
WISCONSIN.
%-FOR
MORE
ON ALL OF
THIS,
WE
TURN%-TO
THE
C.E.O.
AND
SECRETARY OF
%-THE
WISCONSIN
ECONOMIC
%-DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION,
MISSY
%-HUGHES.%-SECRETARY
HUGHES, THANK YOU FOR%-BEING WITH US.%- >> SO GLAD TO
BE
HERE.
%- >> SO
FOXCONN
HAS
NOW
QUALIFIED%-FOR
A
THIRD ROUND OF
STATE
TAX%-CREDITS,
BRINGING
THE
TOTAL
%-AMOUNT THAT IT
HAS
RECEIVED FROM%-THE STATE
TO
NEARLY
$44
MILLION.%-DO YOU
UNDERSTAND THE
LONG-RANGE
%-PROSPECTS
FOR
FOXCONN
AFTER
NOT
%-LIVING UP TO
ITS
ORIGINAL
%-PROMISE?%- >> WELL,
FOXCONN
HAS
REALLY
%-BECOME
LIKE ONE OF
THE
GREAT
%-COMPANIES THAT WE
HAD
IN
%-WISCONSIN,
MILWAUKEE.%-ALL OF
THESE
COMPANIES THAT ARE
%-LOCATING HERE
AND
REALLY
%-SETTLING
IN.
%-SO WITH
OVER
A
THOUSAND
%-EMPLOYEES
AND
ALMOST
$600
%-MILLION IN
INVESTMENT, WE
EXPECT
%-THAT
FOXCONN IS
HERE FOR
THE%-LONG
TERM
AND
WILL CONTINUE TO
%-PRODUCE AND
EMPLOY
FOLKS
DOWN
IN
%-SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN IN A
REALLY
%-PRODUCTIVE
WAY.
%- >> WHAT LESSONS LEARNED
FROM
%-FOXCONN IS
COMPETING WITH
OTHER
%-COMPANIES WHEN IT COMES
TO
TAX
%-CREDITS?
%- >> WELL, IT'S
REALLY
IMPORTANT%-TO
WORK WITH
THE
COMPANY
TO
%-UNDERSTAND
THEIR
LONG-TERM
%-GOALS,
TO SET
THEM
UP
FOR
%-SUCCESS.
%-SO
OUR
TAX
CREDIT
PROGRAMS
ARE%-BASED
ON
PERFORMANCE.
%-COMPANIES DON'T RECEIVE
A
TAX
%-CREDIT
UNTIL
THEY
PERFORM,%-CREATE THE
JOBS,
SPEND
THE
%-CAPEX.%-AND SO AS WE
WORK WITH
FOXCONN
%-THE SAME
WAY
WE
WORK
WITH
OTHER
%-COMPANIES, WE WANT
THEM TO BE
%-SUCCESSFUL, AND WITHIN THE
%-PARAMETERS OF WHAT THEY
EXPECT
%-FOR
THEIR
STRATEGY.
%- >> NOW, THIS MONTH
HAD
TO
%-RESPOND TO
A
STATE
AUDIT IN
%-WHICH
FOUR OF
THE
%-RECOMMENDATIONS INVOLVED
CLOSER
%-TRACKING
OF
TAX CREDITS THAT%-HAVE
BEEN
AWARDED
OR
NEED TO%-HAVE
BEEN
REVOKED.
%-SHOULD WE
HAVE
CONFIDENCE IN
THE
%-DISBURSEMENT
OF
TAXPAYERS' MONEY
%-TOWARD
ATTRACTING
BUSINESSES?%- >> WE HAVE
REALLY,
OVER
THE
%-YEARS,
TIGHTENED
UP
HOW
WE
%-VERIFY
COMPANIES
AND
THEIR
%-PERFORMANCE
AROUND
TAX
CREDITS.
%-IT'S
CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT THAT%-THE COMPANIES
PROVIDE
US
THEIR
%-PAYROLL
INFORMATION
AND
THEIR
%-INFORMATION ABOUT
CAPEX.
%-WE
CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH THE
%-LEGISLATIVE
AUDIT
BUREAU TO FIND
%-WAYS
TO
IMPROVE
AND NONE OF THE
%-FINDINGS OF THE
L.A.B.
WERE
%-AROUND
MISMANAGEMENT.%-THEY'RE REALLY ABOUT HOW'D
CAN
%-WE CONTINUE TO
DO
THINGS
BETTER?
%->> SO
MEANWHILE, BIG
NEWS
WITH
%-MICROSOFT'S
PURCHASE
OF
1,100
%-ACRES
OF
LAND THAT
WAS
%-ORIGINALLY DESIGNED
FOR
FOXCONN.
%-WAS
MICROSOFT
PLANNING TO BUILD%-AT
LEAST
FOUR
DATA
CENTERS AND
%-EXPANSION OF
ITS
PREVIOUSLY
%-ANNOUNCED
PROJECT
INVESTING
%-BILLION DOLLARS
INTO
A
SINGLE
%-DATA
CENTER.
%-HOW
BIG OF
A
BOOST
IS
THIS
%-MICROSOFT
DEAL?
%- >> WELL, HAVING A
COMPANY
LIKE
%-MICROSOFT, A
BLUE
CHIP,
A
TRUE
%-BLUE
CHIP
AMERICAN COMPANY
%-DECIDE
TO
CREATE
SUCH AN
%-OPPORTUNITY IN
WISCONSIN
IS
%-INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
AND
REALLY
%-EXCITING.%-IT BRINGS
IN HIGH
TECH,
%-ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE.%-ALL OF
THESE
THINGS THAT WE
SEE%-IN THE
ECONOMY OF
THE
FUTURE AND
%-SO
MICROSOFT
CHOOSING
WISCONSIN
%-IS
REALLY
A
TESTAMENT TO
WHAT
%-WE'VE DONE TO
CREATE
THE
%-WORKFORCE THAT
THEY
NEED,
TO
%-CREATE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT
%-THEY
NEED,
AND
WE'RE
SO
EXCITED%-TO
HAVE
THEM
HERE.
%- >> I UNDERSTAND
THAT
THEIR
DATA
%-CENTERS ARE
EXPECTED
TO
EMPLOY%-HUNDREDS OF
TECH
PEOPLE,
BUT
%-POTENTIALLY THOUSANDS OF
%-CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS.
%-WHAT DO YOU
KNOW
ABOUT WHETHER%-OR NOT
THOSE
ARE
EXPECTED TO BE
%-WISCONSIN
WORKERS?%- >> WELL, WHAT
WE'VE
ALREADY
SEEN
%-IS
MICROSOFT
HAS
STARTED
THEIR
%-WORK ON
A
$500
MILLION DATA
%-CENTER.%-THEY ARE
WORKING WITH
A NUMBER
%-OF
WISCONSIN
COMPANIES, AND, OF
%-COURSE,
DOWN
THERE ON
THE
BORDER
%-OF
ILLINOIS, WE WILL
SEE
SOME
%-ILLINOIS
COMPANIES
EXPERIENCING
%-OPPORTUNITIES WITH
MICROSOFT,
%-BUT WE
KNOW
THAT
MICROSOFT
WANTS
%-WISCONSIN
TO
SUCCEED.
%-BRAD
SMITH
TALKED ABOUT THIS
%-LONG-TERM
RELATIONSHIP THAT WE
%-ARE CREATING AND
SO
IT'S%-IMPORTANT TO
MICROSOFT.
%-THEY'VE
ALREADY STARTED
WORKING
%-WITH UW
MILWAUKEE, WITH
GATEWAY
%-TECH, SO
WE KNOW
THAT
THEY'RE
%-COMMITTED
TO
WISCONSIN.%- >> I DON'T HAVE
TO TELL
YOU
THAT
%-WISCONSIN HAS
SEEN A LOT OF
%-ATTENTION IN THE
WORLD
OF
%-ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT THIS
YEAR,
%-INCLUDING BEING
AWARDED AS
A
%-úREGIONAL
TECHNOLOGY
HUB WITH THE
%-ABILITY TO
APPLY
FOR UP
TO
$70
%-MILLION
IN
FEDERAL
FUNDING.
%-WHAT
WILL
THIS
MEAN FOR
THE
%-STATE?%- >> THIS IS ONE OF THE
MOST
%-EXCITING
THINGS
THAT'S
HAPPENED
%-THIS
YEAR.%-THIS IS
A
DESIGNATION BY
THE%-FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.%-THERE
ARE
31
AROUND
THE
COUNTRY,
%-BUT WHAT'S
EXCITING ABOUT
%-WISCONSIN
IS IT'S
REALLY BASED
%-ON
BIOHEALTH, AND
WE
SEE
BETWEEN
%-MILWAUKEE
AND
MADISON
REAL
%-OPPORTUNITIES FOR
COMPANIES TO
%-WORK
TOGETHER
AND
CREATE
THIS
%-AMAZING
CORRIDOR AROUND
%-PERSONALIZED
MEDICINE.%-REALLY DETERMINING
HOW YOU CAN
%-HELP
SOMEONE WITH
THE
EXACT
%-TREATMENT THEY
NEED AT
THE
EXACT%-TIME
THAT THEY
NEED
IT, AND WE
%-SEE
OPPORTUNITIES AROUND
%-ADVANCED
MANUFACTURING WITH
%-THAT,
RESEARCH,
AND
%-ENTREPRENEURISM.%-SO ALL OF
THESE
THINGS
WILL
COME
%-TOGETHER AS
PART OF
THIS
%-REGIONAL TECH
HUB.%-WE'LL
SEE
BENEFITS
EXTENDING UP
%-TO GREEN
BAY
AND
EAU CLAIRE,
SO%-IT'S
REALLY AN
ALL-WISCONSIN
%-EFFORT.%- >> ALL RIGHT.
%-SECRETARY
MISSY
HUGHES,
THANKS%-VERY
MUCH.%- >> THANK
YOU.
%- >> FOR
MORE ON
THIS AND
OTHER
%-ISSUES FACING
WISCONSIN,
VISIT
%-OUR
WEBSITE
AT
PBSWISCONSIN.ORG%-AND
THEN
CLICK ON
THE
NEWS
TAB.
%-THAT'S OUR
PROGRAM
FOR
TONIGHT.
%-I'M FREDERICA
FREYBERG.%-HAVE
A
GOOD
WEEKEND.
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