-ú..TEST...%
%-WORKFORCE
PLAN.
%-TWICE.
%-ANYONE ON
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%-AISLE HAS
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%-MINE
THAT
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PREVENTS THE
%-COLLAPSE OF
OUR
STATE'S
%-CHILDCARE
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%-HELPS
US
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%-AGAINST
OUR NEIGHBORING
STATES
%-FOR
TALENT
AND
INVESTS
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PUBLIC
%-EDUCATION
AT
EVERY
LEVEL
TO
%-PREPARE OUR
KIDS FOR
THE
FUTURE.%-LET'S
HEAR
IT.%-I
WILL
WORK
WITH ANY
LEGISLATOR,%-ANY
PARTNER,
ANY
STAKEHOLDER WHO%-IS WILLING
TO
ENGAGE
IN
%-MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS
ON
%-THESE
ISSUES TO DO
THE
RIGHT
%-THING
FOR
WISCONSIN.%-[APPLAUSE]
%- >> THE LEGISLATURE
RELEASED A
%-PLAN
TODAY THAT
WOULD
CUT
TAXES
%-FOR
THE
MIDDLE
CLASS.%-IT WOULD
EXEMPT
RETIREMENT
%-INCOME FROM
STATE
INCOME
TAXES.%-IT WOULD
INCREASE
THE
MARRIED
%-COUPLE
CREDIT
AND
INCREASE
THE
%-CHILD
AND
INDEPENDENT
CARE
TAX
%-CREDIT.
%-DEMOCRATS
SAY
STATE
SURPLUSES
AS
%-AN OPPORTUNITY
TO
GROW
%-GOVERNMENT
ENTITLEMENT ON THE
%-BACKS
OF
HARD-WORKING
TAXPAYERS.
%-LEGISLATIVE
REPUBLICANS HAVE
A
%-DIFFERENT VERSION.
%- >> THE FOLLOWING
PROGRAM IS
A%-PBS
WISCONSIN
ORIGINAL
%-PRODUCTION.
%- >> YOU'RE
WATCHING "HERE AND
%-NOW"
2024
ELECTION
COVERAGE.%-PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
VISITS
%-SUPERIOR
TO
TOUT
INFRASTRUCTURE
%-AND
THE
ECONOMY,
WHILE
WISCONSIN
%-REPUBLICANS BLAST
THE
PRESIDENT
%-ON
INFLATION
AND
IMMIGRATION.
%-AND GOVERNOR EVERS
DELIVERS
HIS%-STATE OF THE
STATE
ADDRESS.
%-I'M FREDERICA
FREYBERG.
%-TONIGHT
ON "HERE AND
NOW,"
THE
%-LATEST FROM
THE
STATE
%-LEGISLATURE AND
MOVEMENT
ON
%-VOTING
MAPS.
%-THEN
WHEN
A
REPUBLICAN
%-NEVER-TRUMPER THINKS OF THE
%-FORMER PRESIDENT'S VICTORY
IN%-NEW
HAMPSHIRE.%-WHAT HAPPENS
NOW
AS
19
CLINICS
%-AND
TWO
HOSPITALS
CLOSE
IN
WEST
%-CENTRAL
WISCONSIN, AND
NEW
%-GUIDANCE
FOR
LEAD
TESTING
IN
%-CHILDREN.
%-IT'S "HERE AND
NOW"
FOR
JANUARY
%-26.
%- >> FUNDING FOR "HERE AND NOW" IS%-PROVIDED BY THE FOCUS FUND FOR%-JOURNALISM AND FRIENDS OF PBS%-WISCONSI
N.
%- >> A BUSY
WEEK AT
THE
STATE
%-CAPITOL.%-GOVERNOR TONY EVERS DELIVERED
%-HIS
STATE-OF-THE STATE
ADDRESS
%-AS
THE
REPUBLICAN
LEGISLATURE
%-PROPOSED
AND
PASSED
HEADLINING
%-BILLS.
%- >> I'VE INTRODUCED A
%-COMPREHENSIVE
WORKFORCE
CLAN
%-TWICE.%-ANYONE ON
EITHER
SIDE OF
THE
%-AISLE
HAS
A
BETTER
PLAN
THAN
%-MINE
THAT
NOT
ONLY
PREVENTS THE
%-COLLAPSE
OF
OUR
STATE'S
%-CHILDCARE INDUSTRY BUT ALSO
%-HELPS
US
COMPETE
AGAINST
OUR%-NEIGHBORING
STATES
FOR
TALENT
%-AND
INVESTS
IN
PUBLIC
EDUCATION
%-AT EVERY LEVEL
TO
PREPARE
OUR
%-KIDS FOR
THE
FUTURE, LET'S
HEAR
%-IT.%-I WILL
WORK
WITH
ANY
LEGISLATOR,
%-ANY
PARTNER,
ANY
STAKEHOLDER WHO
%-IS WILLING
TO
ENGAGE
IN
%-MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS ON
%-THESE ISSUES TO DO
THE RIGHT
%-THING FOR
WISCONSIN.%-[APPLAUSE]
%- >> THE LEGISLATURE RELEASED A
%-PLAN
TODAY THAT
WOULD
CUT
TAXES%-FOR THE
MIDDLE
CLASS.%-IT WOULD
EXEMPT
RETIREMENT
%-INCOME
FROM
STATE
INCOME
TAXES.%-IT WOULD
INCREASE
THE
MARRIED
%-COUPLE
CREDIT.
%-DEMOCRATS SEE
STATE
SURPLUSES
AS
%-AN
OPPORTUNITY
TO
GROW
%-GOVERNMENT
ENTITLEMENT ON THE
%-BACKS
OF
HARD-WORKING
TAXPAYERS.
%-LEGISLATIVE REPUBLICANS HAVE
A
%-DIFFERENT
VERSION.
%-WE
STAND
FOR
LIMITED
GOVERNMENT,
%-LOW
TAXES,
SAFE
COMMUNITIES, AND
%-A
STRONG
ECONOMY.%- >> IN ADDITION TO
THE
TAX
CUT
%-PROPOSAL AND
A
BILL
BANNING
%-ABORTIONS AFTER 14
WEEKS,
%-LEGISLATIVE REPUBLICANS
PASSED A
%-NEW
REDISTRICTING
PLAN,
MAPS
%-THAT
MIRROR THE
ONE
SUBMITTED
BY%-GOVERNOR EVERS
WITH
CHANGES
TO
%-PROTECT
INCUMBENTS.%-UNDER
THE
EVERS
MAP,
REPUBLICAN%-WOULD HAVE
A
MAJORITY IN
THE
%-ASSEMBLY AND
A
17-16 EDGE IN
THE
%-SENATE BUT
VOS
SAID
UNDER
THOSE
%-MAPS,
30
REPUBLICANS WOULD BE
%-PAIRED AGAINST
ONE
ANOTHER
%-COMPARED WITH
JUST
TWO
%-DEMOCRATS.%- >> UNDER THE MAP THAT
WE'RE
%-VOTING ON
TODAY, WITH
THE
SMALL
%-TWEAKS
FOR
FIVE
MEMBERS,
THE
%-GOVERNOR IS
GETTING
99%
OF WHAT
%-HE
ASKED
FOR.
%-99%.%-AND ACTUALLY THE
MAP
THAT
WE'RE
%-VOTING
ON
TODAY
DISENFRANCHISES
%-FEWER PEOPLE
THAN THE
GOVERNOR'S
%-MAP
BECAUSE
WE
REUNITE A COUPLE%-OF THE
LEGISLATORS
WITH
THEIR
%-COMMUNITIES AND
UNDO
THE
MOST
%-EGREGIOUS
POLITICAL
GERRYMANDERS%-IN
THIS
MAP.
%- >> LACROSSE
POLITICAL
SCIENCE
%-PROFESSOR ANTHONY CHERGOSKY
WAS%-AT THE
CAPITOL
AS ALL OF
THIS
%-WAS
UNFOLDING.
%-HE JOINS US
NOW
FOR
HIS
TAKE.
%-PROFESSOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING%-WITH US.
%- >> THANK YOU.
%- >> SO AS
WE'VE
SAID,
SINCE
WE
%-LAST
TALKED,
BOTH
THE
SENATE AND%-THE
ASSEMBLY
PASSED
THIS
NEW
%-REDISTRICTING
PROPOSAL
THAT
%-MIRRORS GOVERNOR EVERS'
MAPS
%-WITH
WHAT
THEY
CALL
MINUSCULE
%-CHANGES TO
PROTECT SOME OF
THE
%-INCUMBENTS IN
THE
STATEMENT
%-DISTRICTS.
%-WHAT DO YOU
MAKE OF
THE
%-REPUBLICANS' MOVE
HERE?
%- >> WELL, I THINK
IT'S
PRETTY
%-SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WHEN THE
%-MAPS ARE
BEING
ADJUSTED TO
%-PRACTICALLY
INCUMBENTS.%-PART OF THIS
IS
ABOUT
%-SELF-PRESERVATION.%-IF TWO
INCUMBENTS
ARE
RUNNING
%-AGAINST ONE
ANOTHER,
THEN
ONLY
%-ONE
INCUMBENT
CAN
WIN
AND THAT
%-MEANS
THAT
A
SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER%-OF
INCUMBENTS COULD BE
LEFT OUT
%-OF
A
JOB AFTER
THE
2024
ELECTION
%-CYCLE
IS
COMPLETED.
%-SO I
THINK
THE
ABILITY TO
REMAIN
%-IN
OFFICE
IS
CERTAINLY
TOP
OF
%-MIND
FOR
LEGISLATORS.%-IN
ADDITION,
THE
INCUMBENCY
%-ADVANTAGE STILL
MATTERS.
%-THE
INCUMBENCY IS
NOT WHAT
IT
%-USED TO
BE,
BUT
STILL,
%-INCUMBENTS DO
HAVE
CERTAIN
%-ADVANTAGES IN TERMS OF
%-FUNDRAISING, IN TERMS OF NAME
%-RECOGNITION, IN TERMS OF THE
%-CONNECTIONS AND THE
%-INCREDIBILITY THEY'VE BUILT
WITH
%-VOTERS.%-SO
THE
MORE
INCUMBENTS
ARE ON
%-THE
BALLOT
FOR
REPUBLICANS,
THE
%-BETTER
THE
PARTY AS
A
WHOLE
%-COULD
DO.
%-I'M
NOT
SURPRISED
THAT
%-REPUBLICAN LEADERS WANT
TO
%-PROTECT THEIR
INCUMBENTS
AND
%-ENSURE
THAT
AS
MANY
OF
THEIR
%-INCUMBENTS AS
POSSIBLE CAN
BE ON
%-THE NOVEMBER
BALLOT.
%- >> BUT
MEANWHILE,
EVERS
SAYS
HE
%-WILL
ALMOST
CERTAINLY
VETO
THE
%-LATEST
REPUBLICAN
PROPOSAL
AND
%-THAT
HAD TO
BE
EXPECTED ON
THE
%-PART OF
THE
LEGISLATIVE
%-REPUBLICAN
LEADERS.
%-SO KIND OF
WHY
GO
THROUGH
THAT
%-EXERCISE?
%- >> I
THINK
FOR
EVERS,
HE
%-UNDERSTANDS
THAT
THESE
CHANGES
%-ARE
INDEED
SUBSTANTIAL.
%-ALLOWING MORE
INCUMBENTS TO
RUN
%-FOR
OFFICE
IN
2024 COULD
HAVE
%-SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ON THE
%-ELECTION OUTCOMES.
%-MEANWHILE, REPUBLICANS%-UNDERSTAND
THAT AS
WELL.%-THEY
WANT
TO
PROTECT
THEIR
%-INCUMBENTS.
%-THEY KNOW THAT THE
MORE
%-INCUMBENTS ON THE
BALLOT,
THE
%-BETTER
THEIR
PARTY IS TO
DO.
%-IF REPUBLICANS
DON'T HAVE
MANY
%-INCUMBENTS WHO ARE ABLE
TO
RUN
%-IN
NOVEMBER
2024
DUE
TO
NEW
%-MAPS, THEN IT'S GOING TO
TAKE A%-LOT
OF
WORK
FOR
CANDIDATE
%-RECRUITMENT, IT'S GOING TO
TAKE%-A LOT
OF
FUNDRAISING
EFFORT,%-IT'S GOING TO
TAKE A LOT
OF
WORK%-TO
BUILD
NAME
RECOGNITION FOR A
%-NEW
BATCH
OF
CANDIDATES.
%-REPUBLICANS
UNDOUBTEDLY
WANT
%-INCUMBENTS TO BE
ABLE
TO
RUN
IN
%-NOVEMBER
2024.%-OF
COURSE,
CERTAIN
INCUMBENTS
%-WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO
RUN, BUT THE
%-MORE
INCUMBENTS
REPUBLICANS CAN
%-HAVE ON THE
BALLOT,
THE
BETTER
%-FOR
THEM.
%- >> SO SPEAKER
VOS
DESCRIBED
THIS
%-AS
MINUSCULE
CHANGES
AND
99%
OF%-WHAT
THE
GOVERNOR
WANTED IN
HIS
%-MAPS
THINKING
PERHAPS HE
WOULD
%-SIGN
THEM.
%-IS
THERE
PROPOSAL A
HEDGE
%-AGAINST SUPREME COURT CHOOSING A
%-MAP THAT'S
EVEN
MORE
%-ADVANTAGEOUS TO
DEMOCRATS OR ONE
%-OF ITS
OWN, WHICH
IS KIND
OF
%-UNKNOWN AT THIS
POINT?
%- >> YOU'RE
RIGHT.%-RIGHT NOW, I
THINK UNKNOWN
IS
%-THE KEY
WORD.
%-WE'RE
DEALING WITH A
PERIOD
OF
%-UNCERTAINTY
REGARDING
THE
%-ONGOING COURT
CHALLENGE TO
THE
%-MAPS
BECAUSE
WE
DON'T
KNOW
HOW
%-THE
CONSULTANTS
HIRED BY
THE
%-WISCONSIN
STATE SUPREME
COURT%-ARE
GOING TO
COME
DOWN ON
THE
%-MAPS THAT HAVE BEEN
PROPOSED,
%-THE
CONSULTANTS
COULD
PICK ONE%-OF THE
MAPS, THEY COULD
DRAW
%-THEIR OWN
MAPS.%-RIGHT NOW
THERE'S A LOT
OF
%-UNCERTAINTY
HANGING OVER THE
%-CAPITOL
WHEN
WE
THINK ABOUT
THE
%-LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT
MAPS
FOR
%-2024
AND
UNCERTAINTY
MAKES
%-POLITICIANS NERVOUS BY DRAWING
%-THE MAPS
THEMSELVES, THEY CAN
%-BRING SOME
CERTAINTY
BACK INTO
%-THE
EQUATION,
BUT IF
THIS
%-CONTINUES TO WORK ITS
WAY%-THROUGH
THE
COURTS,
THE
NAME OF
%-THE
GAME IS GOING TO
BE
%-UNCERTAINTY AT LEAST UNTIL
THE
%-WISCONSIN
STATE SUPREME
COURT
%-SETTLES ON A
MAP
AND
UNTIL
ALL
%-LEGAL
CHALLENGES HAVE
BEEN
%-EXHAUSTED.
%- >> BRIEFLY, ALL OF THIS
WAS
%-HAPPENING KIND OF AT THE SAME
%-TIME THAT GOVERNOR
EVERS
WAS IN
%-THE
SPOTLIGHT
FOR
HIS
%-STATE-OF-THE STATE
ADDRESS.%-ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOVERNOR
%-EVERS DID
NOT
DISCUSS
THERE
WAS
%-TAX CUTS AT THE SAME TIME THAT
%-THE
REPUBLICANS
CAME
OUT WITH
%-THIS
TAX
CUT
PROPOSAL THAT
WOULD
%-SEEM TO BE
MORE
AMENABLE
TO WHAT
%-THE
GOVERNOR MIGHT
WANT.
%-WHY TRY TO WORK WITH HIM
ON
THAT
%-NOW,
OR IS
THAT
WHAT'S
%-HAPPENING?
%- >> REPUBLICANS WANT THINGS TO
%-RUN
ON
IN
NOVEMBER
OF
2024.
%-THEY
NEED THINGS
TO
PUT
ON
THEIR
%-CAMPAIGN
BROCHURES,
THEY
NEED
%-THINGS
TO
MENTION
WHEN THEY'RE
%-KNOCKING ON
DOORS.
%-SO
REPUBLICANS ARE
LOOKING
TO
%-RACK
UP SOME
ACHIEVEMENTS
AND
%-THEY MIGHT BE ABLE
TO MEET
THE
%-GOVERNOR
HALFWAY ON
TAXES.%-WE'LL HAVE TO SEE
HOW
THAT
PANS
%-OUT.%-THE GOVERNOR
DID
NOT
MENTION
%-TAXES IN
HIS STATE OF THE
STATE
%-BUT I
THINK
COMPROMISE ON
THAT
%-ISSUE IS
POSSIBLE.
%-COMPROMISES ON
OTHER
ISSUES
LIKE
%-ABORTION, NOT
SO
POSSIBLE.%- >> THAT'S FOR
SURE.
%-PROFESSOR ANTHONY
CHERGOSKY,
%-THANKS VERY
MUCH.%- >> THANK YOU.
%- >> PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE DONALD%-TRUMP BEAT
HIS
LAST
REPUBLICAN
%-CHALLENGER
STANDING IN
THE NEW
%-HAMPSHIRE
PRIMARY
THIS
WEEK.%-NIKKI HALEY VOWS
TO
CONTINUE
HER
%-CAMPAIGN, BUT WHERE
ARE
WE WITH
%-THE
PRESIDENTIAL
CONTEST?%-WE
TURN
TO
POLITICAL
%-COMMENTATOR, CHARLIE
SYKES,
WHO
%-KNOWS
WISCONSIN
POLITICS
AS
%-FORMER
HOST OF
A
POWERFUL
%-CONSERVATIVE
TALKRADIO
SHOW OUT
%-OF MILWAUKEE
FOR MORE
THAN
20
%-YEARS AND
THE
COFOUNDER OF
%-PODCAST.%-HE'S
ALSO A
WELL-KNOWN
%-NEVER-TRUMPER.
%-CHARLIE, THANK YOU FOR BEING%-WITH
US.
%- >> GOOD TO
BE
BACK WITH
YOU.
%- >> SO NOT W STANDING
WHAT NIKKI
%-HALEY
IS
SAYING, IS IT
A
%-FOREGONE
CONCLUSION THAT
THE
%-REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
RACE
IS
OVER%-AND
THE
GENERAL
ELECTION
RACE
%-BETWEEN DONALD
TRUMP
AND JOE
%-BIDEN
IS
ON?
%- >> I THINK YOU HAVE
TO
ASSUME
%-THAT
THAT'S
THE
CASE.%-THIS
IS DONALD
TRUMP'S
PARTY.%-I THINK
THAT THAT'S
BEEN
EVIDENT
%-FOR SOME
TIME, AND I
THINK THAT
%-THE FACT
THAT SO
MANY
ELECTED
%-REPUBLICANS
ARE
COALESCING
%-AROUND
HIM
SO
QUICKLY
IS
AN
%-INDICATION THAT
THEY'RE
%-EXPECTING A
CORONATION THIS
%-SUMMER HERE IN
MILWAUKEE.
%- >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE
OF
THAT?
%- >> WELL, IT
IS
EXTRAORDINARY HOW
%-QUICKLY
THE
REPUBLICAN
PARTY
HAS
%-CAPITULATED
TO DONALD
TRUMP
ONCE
%-AGAIN.%-I MEAN,
THINK
ABOUT ALL OF
THE
%-OFF-RAMPS THEY COULD HAVE
TAKEN.
%-THEY COULD HAVE
TAKEN
OFF-RAMPS
%-AFTER HE WAS
DEFEATED.
%-THEY
CERTAINLY COULD HAVE
TAKEN
%-OFF-RAMPS
AFTER
JANUARY
6th,%-AFTER THE
INDICTMENTS, AND
YET
%-AT
EACH
TURN,
THERE'S
BEEN
A
%-FAILURE OF
WILL, THERE'S
BEEN
A
%-FAILURE
TO
COALESCE
AROUND%-SOMEBODY
ELSE,
AND
HERE WE
ARE,%-THREE
YEARS AFTER THE
ATTEMPTED
%-OVERTHROW OF THE FREE AND
FAIR
%-ELECTIONS OF
2020,
AND DONALD
%-TRUMP IS
POISED
TO
WIN
THE
%-REPUBLICAN
NOMINATION
DESPITE
%-THE
FACT THAT HE
IS
FACING
90
%-FELONY
CHARGES,
A
CASE
STEMMING%-FROM A SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A
WOMAN
%-BACK IN THE
1990s
AND
FRAUD
%-CASES IN NEW
YORK,
AND
YET
THE
%-REPUBLICAN
PARTY IS NOT
BLINKING%-AT
THE
PROSPECT
OF
RUNNING
UNDER
%-HIS
BANNER.%- >> IN
FACT,
EXPERTS HAVE
TOLD
US
%-THAT
CRIMINAL
CHARGES
AGAINST%-DONALD TRUMP MAKE
HIM
MORE
%-POPULAR
AMONG
HIS
BASE,
NOT
%-LESS.%-WHAT IS
HAPPENING?
%- >> WELL, I THINK TWO
THINGS
ARE
%-HAPPENING.%-I MEAN,
NUMBER
ONE,
CLEARLY
THE
%-REPUBLICAN
PARTY,
THE
BASE,
HAS
%-RALLIED AROUND
HIM.
%-HE
HAS
EFFECTIVELY
PLAYED
THE
%-VICTIM
CARD,
HE
HAS
EFFECTIVELY
%-MADE
THE
CASE THAT HE
IS
BEING
%-TARGETED.
%-BUT AT THE SAME
TIME, IT
IS
HARD
%-TO
IMAGINE THAT AS
THE
CRIMINAL
%-CHARGES UNFOLD OVER THE
NEXT
%-YEAR,
THAT THERE ARE
GOING TO
BE%-VERY
MANY
SWING
VOTERS
WHO MIGHT%-HAVE ABANDONED
HIM
IN 2020 WHO
%-ARE GOING TO
SAY, YOU KNOW,
THIS
%-TIME
AROUND,
WE
THINK
WE'RE
%-GOING TO
GO WITH
HIM.
%-SO I
THINK
THERE'S
TWO
%-NARRATIVES THAT I THINK
ARE
%-PARALLEL AT THE SAME
TIME.
%-NUMBER
ONE,
HE
IS
DOMINANT IN
%-THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY,
BUT I
%-THINK THAT
YOU'RE ALSO
SEEING
%-THAT
HE'S
VULNERABLE IN
A
%-GENERAL
ELECTION,
HE'S
%-VULNERABLE
AMONG
MODERATES,
%-AMONG SOFT
REPUBLICANS
AND
AMONG
%-INDEPENDENTS, AND I THINK
YOU
%-SAW
THAT
IN
BOTH
IOWA
AND NEW
%-HAMPSHIRE AND I THINK THAT
%-THAT'S
GOING TO
BE --
THAT
%-THAT'S
GOING TO
BE
MORE
EVIDENT%-AS
WE GO
THROUGH
THE
YEAR.
%- >> HOW DO YOU THINK THOSE
%-DYNAMICS
PLAY WITH
THE
WISCONSIN
%-ELECTORATE?%- >> WELL, IN
WISCONSIN,
%-EVERYTHING
IS ON
A
KNIFE'S
EDGE.
%-THESE
ELECTIONS HAVE
BEEN
%-DECIDED BY
20,000
VOTES.
%-AND DONALD TRUMP
LAST
IN
2020.
%-LARGELY
BECAUSE
HE
WAS --
HE
%-DIDN'T
DO AS WELL AS
HE
NEEDED%-TO
DO IN
THE
SUBURBS.
%-HE
HAD
A
MASSIVE
DEMOCRATIC
%-TURNOUT, BUT
YOU
ALSO
HAD
A
%-NUMBER OF
REPUBLICANS, QUITE
A
%-FEW REPUBLICANS
WHO
VOTED
FOR
%-REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR
THE
%-STATE LEGISLATURE
AND
FOR
%-CONGRESS BUT
DID
NOT
VOTE
FOR%-DONALD
TRUMP.
%-NOW, I DON'T KNOW
WHETHER
THEY
%-VOTED FOR JOE
BIDEN,
BUT THERE
%-WAS CLEARLY
AN
UNDERVOTE, AND I%-THINK
THAT --
THERE'S
TWO
BIG
%-QUESTIONS ABOUT
WISCONSIN.
%-NUMBER
ONE,
WILL
DEMOCRATS
BE
%-ABLE
TO
ONCE
AGAIN
BE
ABLE TO%-HAVE
THE
ENTHUSIASM TO
HAVE
A
%-MASSIVE
TURNOUT,
PARTICULARLY
IN
%-DANE COUNTY
AND,
NUMBER
TWO
IS%-DONALD
TRUMP GOING
TO CONTINUE
%-TO
UNDERPERFORM IN
THE WILD
%-COUNTIES,
WAUKESHA,
OZAKE
AND
%-WASHINGTON
COUNTIES, AND I
%-SUSPECT THAT
HE PROBABLY
WILL.
%-BUT
AGAIN,
EVERY
ELECTION
IN
%-WISCONSIN IS
CLOSE AND THIS
ONE
%-PROBABLY WILL BE AS
WELL.
%- >> SO YOU
WERE
TALKING
ABOUT
%-SOFT
REPUBLICANS
AND
%-INDEPENDENTS.%-DO YOU THINK THEY'LL VOTE
FOR%-JOE
BIDEN?
%- >> I DON'T KNOW AT THIS
POINT,
%-BUT I
THINK THAT THERE
IS --
%-THERE'S
EVIDENCE, THERE'S A LOT
%-OF THOSE
VOTERS THAT ARE JUST
%-NOT GOING TO
VOTE
FOR DONALD
%-TRUMP.%-THE
MAGA
BASE IS GOING
TO STICK%-WITH
HIM, THERE'S
NO QUESTION%-ABOUT
IT.%-I
THINK THE
HARD
CORE
REPUBLICAN%-VOTERS
ARE GOING
TO
TURN
OUT.
%-NOTHING IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO%-CHANGE
THERE,
BUT I
THINK
THAT%-THERE IS
A
SEGMENT OF
THE
%-ELECTORATE THAT
MAY
NOT
AGREE
%-WITH JOE
BIDEN'S
POLICIES, MAY
%-HAVE
CONCERNS ABOUT HIS
AGE, MAY
%-HAVE
CONCERNS
ABOUT
WHERE
HE'S
%-TAKING THE
COUNTRY,
BUT
ALSO
%-RECOGNIZE, AS
LIZ
CHENEY
HAS
%-SAID,
ONLY ONE OF
THE
CANDIDATES%-ON
THE
BALLOT
IS GOING
TO
SHRED
%-THE
CONSTITUTION, AND SO
THE
%-QUESTION
IS,
WHAT
WILL
THEY
%-PRIORITIZE?
%-WILL THEY
PRIORITIZE
CERTAINLY
%-IDEOLOGICAL ISSUES OR
WILL
THEY
%-STEP BACK
AND
SAY WE
CANNOT
HAVE
%-A
CONVICTED FELON IN THE WHITE
%-HOUSE, WE CANNOT HAVE
A
%-SEDITIONIST, WE CANNOT
HAVE
%-SOMEBODY WHO
IS
AS
ERRATIC
AS%-DONALD TRUMP
RETURN TO THE
%-PRESIDENCY.%- >> OR MAYBE PEOPLE
JUST STAY
%-HOME.%-CHARLIE
SYKES,
THANKS VERY
MUCH.%-THANK
YOU.%- >> THANK YOU.
%- >> IN
A
GUT-PUNCH
TO
RURAL
%-HEALTHCARE
IN
NORTHWEST
%-WISCONSIN,
MEDICAL
CLINICS
IN
10
%-COMMUNES
AND
TWO
HOSPITALS
HAVE
%-ANNOUNCED THEY
ARE
SHUTTING
%-DOWN,
RESULTING IN THE
LOSS
OF%-MORE
THAN 1,400
STAFF
AND
%-PHYSICIANS.
%-ONE
STATE
LEGISLATOR FROM THE
%-REGION
CALLED
IT
DEVASTATION.
%-THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS SAID
%-THE DECISION WAS
THE
RESULT
OF
%-FINANCIAL STRESS
RELATED
TO
%-THINGS INCLUDING
LINGERING
%-IMPACTS OF
THE
PANDEMIC,
%-INFLATION AND
WORKFORCE
%-SHORTAGES.%-ONE OF THE CLINICS
AND ST.%-JOSEPH'S
HOSPITAL
IN CHIPPEWA
%-FALLS WILL
CLOSE.%-THAT
CITY'S
MAYOR,
GREG
HOFFMAN,
%-SAYS HE WAS
NOT
GIVEN
NOTICE OF
%-THE
CLOSURES.%-HE
JOINS
US
NOW.
%-MAYOR,
THANKS VERY MUCH
FOR
%-BEING
HERE.
%- >> YES, GOOD
MORNING.
%- >> SO WHAT
WAS
YOUR
REACTION%-WHEN YOU
LEARNED
OF
THESE
%-CLOSURES?%- >> WELL,
THE
HISTORY -- I
KNEW
%-THAT
ST. JOE'S
HOSPITAL
HAD
BEEN
%-HAVING
SOME
FINANCIAL
ISSUES
AND%-THEY
WERE
LOOKING
TO
MARKET
IT,%-AND SO
THAT
WASN'T
A
COMPLETE
%-SHOCK.%-IT'S JUST THE
FACT
THAT THERE
%-WAS
NO
ADVANCE
NOTICE.%-ALL OF A
SUDDEN,
I
GET
AN EMAIL
%-SENT TO
ME
ABOUT
11:30,
12:00,
%-INFORMING HE
OF ALL
THE
CLOSURES%-AND
I
WAS,
YEAH, VERY,
VERY
%-SHOCKED BY
THE
WHOLE
EVENTS.
%-AND
REALLY,
THE
THING
THAT
%-SHOCKED ME
THE
MOST
WAS
THAT%-SACRED HEART
AND
PERVEYA
CLINICS
%-WERE SHUTTING
DOWN.
%-WE WERE
TRYING TO
COME
UP
WITH
%-SOMETHING
AROUND
ST. JOE'S, BUT
%-HAVING
THESE
OTHER
CLINICS, IT
%-IS --
IT'S
JUST
DEVASTATING TO
%-THE
COMMUNITY.
%- >> BECAUSE WHAT WILL IT
MEAN
FOR
%-YOUR
COMMUNITY?
%- >> WELL, YOU KNOW, RIGHT
NOW,
%-WE'RE
TRYING
TO
FIGURE
OUT
WHERE%-WE
GO.%-SACRED
HEART
HOSPITAL
AND
%-ST. JOE'S
ACCOUNTED
FOR
%-APPROXIMATELY
40% OF
THE
BEDS%-AND
THE
MEDICAL
CARE IN
THE
%-CHIPPEWA
VALLEY.
%-SO WHERE DO YOU
GO
WITH
40%?%-I
MEAN, WE
HAVE
MARSHALL
CLINIC
%-YET, WE
HAVE
OAK
LEAF
SURGICAL
%-AND THEN
YOU
MAYO
LUTHER,
BUT
%-THEY ONLY
HAVE
SO
MUCH
CAPACITY.%-AND SO
THAT,
TO
ME,
IS
THE
REAL
%-QUESTION, IS
WHAT
DO
WE
DO?%-CHIPPEWA
FALLS
IS
BLESSED WITH
%-AN
EXTREMELY
LARGE
SENIOR
%-POPULATION.%-WE HAVE
ABOUT
30%
OF OUR
%-POPULATION
IS
OVER THE
AGE
OF
%-65, AND, OF
COURSE,
COMING
WITH
%-THAT
OVER
65
IS
HEALTH
ISSUES,
%-AND
THAT'S WHAT WAS
NICE
ABOUT%-SACRED HEART
AND
ST. JOE'S
.
%-SO WHERE
DO WE
GO
NOW?
%-AND THEN IN
ADDITION
TO
THAT,
%-YOU'VE
GOT ALL
THE
EMPLOYEES,
%-THE
ECONOMY.%-I
MEAN,
IT'S JUST
A
RIPPLE
%-EFFECT.
%- >> HOW
FRIGHTENING IS
THIS
FOR
%-YOU AND
THE
PEOPLE WHO
LIVE IN
%-THE
REGION?
%- >> WELL, YOU KNOW, FRIGHTENING%-IS
MAYBE
A
STRONG
WORD.%-RIGHT
NOW, WE'RE
TRYING
TO
%-PROCESS ALL
THIS.%-I'VE
HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS
%-WITH MEDICAL
,
A NUMBER
OF
PEOPLE
%-OUTSIDE OF
THE
MEDICAL
FIELD
OF%-WHAT
DOES
THIS LOOK
LIKE
AND IS%-IT
A
STRONG
CONCERN?
%-YES.
%-AND
WE
NEED TO
WORK THROUGH
THIS%-TO
SEE
WHAT
IT'S GOING
TO LOOK
%-LIKE WHEN
WE
GET TO
THE
OTHER
%-SIDE.%-HOW MUCH
CAN
MAYO
LUTHER
HANDLE,%-HOW
MUCH
CAN
MARSHALL
HANDLE?%-RIGHT
NOW,
WE MAY
HAVE TO
GO TO
%-THE
LOOMER
HOSPITAL, WHICH
IS 15
%-MILES
NORTH
OR
THE
ASPIRE
%-STANLEY.%-IT'S REALLY
HARD TO
SAY.%-AND SO
THERE'S A LOT
OF
UNKNOWNS%-AT THIS
TIME THAT
WE'RE
TRYING%-TO GET
OUR
ARMS
AROUND
AND
NOT
%-LET
OUR
IMAGINATION GO
DOWN
THE
%-ROAD
TOO
FAR.
%- >> HOW
DOES
MEDICAID
AND
%-MEDICARE
REIMBURSEMENT
FACTOR
%-INTO THESE
CLOSURES, DO YOU
%-THINK?
%- >> WELL, I WAS
JUST
VISITING
%-WITH SOMEONE FROM
THE
HOSPITAL
%-BOARD AND THAT IS
PART
OF
OUR
%-PROBLEM.%-SOME OF
THESE FACILITIES
,
I
%-WOULDN'T
SAY
THEY'RE HAD BEEN
%-THEY TOOK A
LARGER
SHARE OF THE
%-MEDICARE
AND
MEDICAID
AND
MAYBE%-SOME OF
THE
OTHER
FACILITIES IN
%-THE
AREA
AND AS YOU
KNOW,
%-MEDICAID
AND
MEDICARE
PAYMENT
ON
%-THAT IS
CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN
%-PRIVATE
INSURANCE.
%-SO
THAT
HAS
DEFINITELY FIGURED%-INTO THE
EQUATION
AND THAT I
%-WOULDN'T SAY THAT
WAS
THE
ONLY
%-REASON, BUT
IT
HAD
A
PORTION
OF%-WHAT HAPPENED
TO
THESE
%-FACILITIES.%- >> YOU
SAID
THAT RIGHT NOW
%-YOU'RE
TRYING TO
WORK
THROUGH
%-THESE THINGS
WITH LESS THAN A
%-MINUTE
LEFT.%-HAVE YOU BEEN
GETTING
THE
%-ANSWERS OR
THE
SUPPORT
YOU
NEED%-TO
WORK THROUGH THIS
AND COME
%-OUT THE OTHER
END,
AS YOU
SAID?
%- >> YES.%-EVERYBODY HAS BEEN
VERY
%-COOPERATIVE, EVERYBODY
IS, YOU
%-KNOW, WE'RE ALL
LOOKING
FOR
%-SOLUTIONS TO SEE
WHAT WE
CAN
DO.
%-THE
UPPER
EAST
CHIPPEWA
VALLEY
%-IS A
VERY
RESILIENT
COMMUNITY%-AND
I'M
VERY
CONFIDENT THAT
%-WE'LL
FIND --
GET TO
THE
OR
%-SIDE.
%-IT'S
JUST
GETTING
THERE
IS
WHERE
%-THERE'S OTHER
PAIN
AND
%-FRUSTRATION AT
THIS
MOMENT.
%- >> YEAH.
%-WELL,
MAYOR
HOFFMAN, THANKS VERY
%-MUCH
AND GOOD
LUCK.%- >> THANK
YOU.
%- >> WISCONSIN PHYSICIANS
HAVE
NEW
%-RECOMMENDATIONS TO
TEST
ALL
%-CHILDREN
FOR
ELEVATED LEVELS
OF
%-LEAD
IN
THEIR
BLOOD.
%-THE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
%-SERVICES
IS
CALLING
FOR
%-UNIVERSAL LEAD
TESTING
FOR
ALL%-ONE
AND
TWO-YEAR-OLDS
AND UP
TO
%-AGE
5 IF
NOT PREVIOUS
TESTED.
%-THE NUMBER OF
WISCONSIN
CHILDREN%-WHO
WERE
TESTED
DROPPED
75%
FROM
%-APRIL
2019
TO
APRIL
2020,
%-ACCORDING
TO
D.H.S..
%-DR. BETH
NEARY IS
A
RETIRED
%-PEDIATRICIAN,
ADJUNCT
ASSISTANT
%-CLINICAL
PHYSICIAN
OF
PEDIATRICS
%-AND
COPRESIDENT OF
A
WISCONSIN
%-ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH
NETWORK.%-SHE JOINS
US
TO
DETAIL
WHY THESE
%-RECOMMENDATIONS ARE
NEEDED.
%-DOCTOR, THANKS FOR
BEING
HERE.%- >> THANK YOU FOR
INVITING
ME.
%- >> HOW IMPORTANT IS
IT
THAT
%-YOUNG
CHILDREN
BE
TESTED
FOR
%-BLOOD LEAD
LEVELS?%- >> IT IS
CRITICAL, AND I'M
%-REALLY SO PROUD OF
OUR
STATE
FOR%-TAKING THIS
STEP.%-RIGHT NOW, WE
HAVE
WHAT'S
CALLED
%-TARGETED
TESTING,
AND AS A%-RESULT OF
THAT,
WE
MISS A LOT OF
%-CHILDREN.%-I DON'T THINK WE
HAVE A
GOOD
%-HANDLE
ON HOW
MANY
CHILDREN IN
%-THIS
STATE
ARE
BEING
POISONED
BY
%-LEAD.
%- >> HOW
CONCERNING IS IT
AS
THE
%-D.H.S. THAT THE NUMBER
OF
%-CHILDREN
BEING
TESTING
HAS
%-FALLEN
OFF?
%- >> THAT'S EXTREME
CONCERNING.
%-PART
OF IT
IS
COVID,
BUT WHEN%-YOU
HAVE
TARGETED
SCREENING,%-YOU'RE GOING
TO
MISS SOME
%-CHILDREN.%-WHEN
WE GO TO
UNIVERSAL, WE'LL
%-BE
ABLE TO
FIND ALL OF THE
%-CHILDREN WHO ARE
AFFECTED
BY
%-LEAD.
%- >> AND WHAT
IS
TARGETED
%-SCREENING?%- >> TARGETED MEANS YOU HAVE
A
%-QUICK AND
EASYAIRE, AND IF ANY%-OF
THE --
QUESTIONNAIRE, AND
IF%-ANY OF THE
ANSWERS TO THE
%-QUESTION ARE
POSITIVE,
THEN
YOU
%-DO
A
LEAD
SCREEN.
%-OUR
PREVIOUS
TARGETED
TESTING
%-WAS BASED
ON THE
AGE OF
THE
%-HOUSING.%-SO WE
WOULD
CAPTURE,
HOPEFULLY,
%-CHILDREN
WHO
LEAD
POISONED
BY
%-PAINT, BUT WE
WOULD
MISS
%-CHILDREN IF IT
WAS
LEAD
PIPES.%-IF IT
WAS
OTHER
THINGS,
SUCH
AS
%-LIVING NEAR
A
SMALL
AIRPORT
THAT
%-STILL USES
LEADED
GASOLINE
IN
%-SMALL
AIRCRAFT,
WE
MIGHT
MISS
%-CHILDREN WHO HAD
FOOD THAT
WAS
%-CONTAMINATED, AS WITH THIS
LAST
%-CASE
WE
SAW
IN
NOVEMBER
2023.%- >> WHAT HAPPENS TO
A
CHILD
IF%-THEY HAVE
LEAD
IN
THEIR
BLOOD?
%- >> WELL,
LEAD IS
A
TOXIC.%-IT
AFFECTS
EVERY
ORGAN IN THE
%-SYSTEM, BUT IT IS AWFUL FOR
THE
%-HUMAN
BRAIN.%-AND IF
YOU THINK
OF
CHILDREN%-FROM THE AGES
OF
ZERO
TO
FIVE,
%-THAT
BRAIN IS
STILL
DEVELOPING,
%-IT'S
CREATING
THESE
PATHWAYS,
%-AND
IT'S
THEIR
FUTURE.
%-SO WHAT
HAPPENS
IS THAT
IT
%-INTERRUPTS THESE
CIRCUITS IN
THE
%-BRAIN
SO
THE
RESULT IS
WE
SEE
%-CHILDREN WHO
HAVE
LOWER
I.Q.,
IT
%-AFFECTS WHAT
WE
CALL
EXECUTIVE
%-FUNCTION, AND THAT
MEANS
THE
%-ABILITY TO
SIT
STILL
IN
CLASS,
%-TO
REGULATE
YOUR
EMOTIONS,
TO
%-REASON
THROUGH
THINGS.
%-SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
A CHILD
%-WHO BE
CAN'T
DO
THAT,
AND
IN
%-KINDERGARTEN,
MAYBE
THEY
CAN'T
%-SIT STILL
AND
THEY
CAN'T
FOCUS,
%-THEY CAN'T
LEARN, AND
SO
WHAT
WE
%-DISCOVER IS THAT IF WE HAD
%-ELEVATED LEAD
LEVELS
IN
%-CHILDREN, IT
AFFECTED
THEIR
%-THIRD GRADE
READING
AND
MATH
%-SCORES, IT
AFFECTED HIGH
SCHOOL
%-GRADUATION
RATES
AND
ITS
LINKED
%-TO
INCARCERATION, SO IT'S
AWFUL%-FOR THE
CHILD,
BUT
IT HAS
%-SOCIETAL
IMPLICATIONS
FOR ALL
OF
%-US.%- >> IS THERE ANY WAY TO TREAT
IT
%-IF A
CHILD HAS
ELEVATED
LEVELS?
%- >> THAT'S VERY
DIFFICULT
%-QUESTION.%-SO ONCE
IT'S IN
THE
BODY,
THE
%-BODY
SEES
LEAD
AS
CALCIUM, AND
%-SO
IT
GETS
STORED IN
THE
BONES.
%-THE ONLY
TIME
WE
ACTUALLY TREAT
%-A CHILD
FOR
LEAD
POISONING
IS
IF
%-THEIR LEVEL
GETS UP
TO
45
%-MICROGRAMS, AND
THAT'S VERY
%-HIGH, AND
THEN
THEY
GO
THROUGH A
%-PROCESS OF
WHAT'S
CALLED
%-KEYLATION, THEY HAVE TO
BE
%-HOSPITALIZED.
%-IT'S QUITE
EXTREME, BUT THE
%-DANIEL HAS
ALREADY
BEEN --
%-DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN
DONE,
%-IT'S ALREADY
HIT
THE
BRAIN.
%-EVERYTHING WE SHOULD
BE
DOING IS
%-TO PREVENT
CHILDREN
FROM
BEING
%-LEAD
POISONED.%- >> SPEAKING OF DOING
THINGS,%-SHOULD WISCONSIN
BE
DOING
MORE,
%-PARTICULARLY IN
MILWAUKEE,
WHERE
%-TWO-THIRDS OF
ELEVATED
LEAD
%-LEVELS
ARE
FOUND?
%- >> ABSOLUTELY.%-SO WHAT WE
DO
WITH
BLOOD
TESTING
%-IS
WHAT'S
CALLED
SECONDARY
%-PREVENTION.
%-WHAT WE
REALLY
WANT TO
DO
IS
%-PRIMARY
PREVENTION.
%-AND
WHAT THAT
MEANS
IS
PREVENT
%-THE CHILD
FROM
EVER
BEING
%-EXPOSED
TO
LEAD.
%-SO
WHAT
WE SHOULD
BE
DOING
IS
%-TAKING
THE
LEAD OUT OF
THE
%-ENVIRONMENT,
OKAY, AND
SO WE ARE
%-DOING SOME OF
THOSE
THINGS.
%-GETTING
RID OF
THE
LEAD
SERVICE
%-LINES ACROSS THIS
STATE, ACROSS
%-THE
COUNTRY,
MAKING
SURE
THAT WE
%-HAVE
WHAT
WE
CALL
LEAD-SAFE
%-HOMES.
%-MAYBE NOT
LEAD-FREE, BUT
%-LEAD-SAFE, THE
PAINT IS
IN GOOD
%-REPAIR.%-WE HAVE DONE
WONDERFUL
THINGS.
%-WE TOOK
THE
LEAD OUT
OF
%-RESIDENTIAL
PAINT
IN
1978.
%-WE
TOOK
IT OUT
OF
AUDIT
MOTIVE
%-GASOLINE --
AUTOMOTIVE
GASOLINE%-IN THE
'70s AND THAT
WAS
THE
%-BIGGEST LEAD
LEVELS
FOR
%-CHILDREN.%-WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO
SEE
IS
%-MILWAUKEE TO SAY
TO ALL OF THE
%-LANDLORDS, SHOW ME
THAT
YOUR
%-PROPERTY
IS
LEAD
SAFE
BEFORE
YOU
%-RENT
IT.%-DO YOU KNOW
WHAT
WE
DO
NOW?
%-WE WAIT
UNTIL
A
KID IS
POISONED,
%-THEN WE
GO INTO
THE
HOUSE
AND
%-SAY,
OKAY,
NOW
CLEAN IT
UP.
%-THAT'S
BACKWARDS.
%-WE SHOULD BE
PREVENTING THOSE
%-CHILDREN
FROM BEING
EXPOSED,
BUT%-WE HAVE
A
STATE WHAT
YOU
!!!
LAW
THAT
LIMITS
%-IT.
%-ROCHESTER, NEW
YORK,
HAS
%-LEGISLATION LIKE
THAT.
%-BALTIMORE,
MARYLAND,
HAS.
%-WE NEED TO
DO
THAT
IN
MILWAUKEE.
%- >> DOCTOR, THANKS VERY
MUCH.%-THANKS FOR YOUR
PASSION.%- >> THANK YOU.
%- >> IN OTHER
HEALTH
UPDATES,
THE
%-JN1 VARIANT
OF
COVID
HAS
TAKEN
%-HOLD AS
THE
MOST
PREVALENT
%-STRAIN,
HAVING
BEEN
FIRSTS
%-DETECTED
IN
NOVEMBER
THIS
AS
%-R.S.V. HAVE BEEN
SWIRLING.%-HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE HOPING THE
%-WORSE IS
!!!
WORST
IS
OVER,
BUT
STILL
SUGGEST
%-GETTING VACCINATED
AND
TESTED.
%- >> WHAT YOU'RE SEEING
IS
%-EVOLUTION IN
ACTION
WITH
THESE
%-VIRUSES.%-VIRUSES ADAPT AND
THEY
CHANGE
%-OVER
TIME.
%-SO THE
FACT
THAT
WE'RE
SEEING A
%-NEW VIRAL
STRAIN
SHOULDN'T
BE
%-SURPRISING.%-AND I
WOULD
ENFORCE THAT
%-DISCUSSION
WITH
YOUR
PROVIDER.
%-THERE'S A LOT
OF
MISINFORMATION%-OUT THERE
ABOUT
VACCINES,
WHAT
%-THEY DO
AND
WHAT
THEY
DON'T
DO.
%-ABSOLUTELY,
THERE'S A LOT
OF
%-OVERLAP IN TERMS
OF
SYMPTOMS
%-BETWEEN
R.S.V.,
COVID
AND
%-INFLUENZA.%-SO I THINK
IT'S
GOING TO BE
%-REALLY DIFFICULT FOR PATIENTS
TO
%-FIGURE
OUT
WHICH ONE OF
THE
%-THREE THEY
HAVE.%-I WOULD
ENCOURAGE THEM
IF
%-THEY'RE NOT
FEELING WELL,
TO
%-REACH
OUT
TO
THEIR
PROVIDER AND
%-GET TESTED.
%- >> 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
WEEKENDS.
WEEKEND.
%- >> FUNDING FOR "HERE AND NOW" IS%-PROVIDED BY THE FOCUS FUND FOR%-JOURNALISM AND FRIENDS OF PBS%-WISCONSI
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