% >>
I'M FREDERICA
FREYBERG.
% TONIGHT
ON "HERE AND
NOW,"
% GOVERNOR TONY EVERS
SAYS
THE
% FOXCONN
CONTRACT
NEEDS SOME
% TWEAKS.
% WE'LL HEAR
WHAT A
TECH
INDUSTRY
% SPECIALIST
IN
BEIJING
HAS TO
% SAY.
% THEN A CLOSER LOOK
AT
THE
MOST
% STUBBORN
PROBLEM
IN
DAIRYLAND: % MILK
PRICES.
% AND A NEW
EFFORT
TO
IMPROVE
THE
% WAY SEXUAL
ASSAULT IS
PROCESSED
% INTO
THE
STATE
CRIME
LAB.
% IT'S "HERE AND NOW"
FOR
% APRIL 19.
% >>
FUNDING
FOR "HERE AND NOW" IS
% PROVIDED, IN
PART,
BY
FRIENDS
OF
% WISCONSIN
PUBLIC
TELEVISION.
% >>
FOXCONN'S
RECENT
% ACKNOWLEDGMENT
THAT
THEIR
RACINE
% COUNTY
OPERATION WILL BE
SCALED
% DOWN
FROM
THE
ORIGINAL
PROPOSAL
% CONVINCED GOVERNOR TONY
EVERS
% THAT
THEY
WILL
NOT
COME
THROUGH
% WITH
THE
13,000
JOBS
THE
TECH
% GIANT
PROMISED.
% THE GOVERNOR
IS
SO
CONVINCED
% HE'S
CONSIDERING
REGORK
!
RENEGOTIATING% THE
STATE'S
CONTRACT
WITH
THE
% TAIWANESE COMPANY.
% THE
ANNOUNCEMENT
SPARKED A
SHARP
% REACTION
FROM
REPUBLICAN
% LEADERSHIP,
INCLUDING
SENATE
% MAJORITY LEAD SCOTT
FITZGERALD,
% WHO
SAID:
% >>
WE
CHECKED
IN
WITH
% BEIJING-BASED POLITICAL
AND
% ECONOMIC
AFFAIRS
COMMENTATOR
% EINAR
TANGEN.
% HE
FORMERLY LIVED
IN
AND
WORKED
% ON
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ISSUES
% IN WISCONSIN.
% WHEN ASKED ABOUT
THE
PLAN
TO
% RENEGOTIATE WITH
FOXCONN,
HE
% SAID,
THAT
PLAN WOULD
BE,
QUOTE,
% DEAD
ON
ARRIVAL, GIVES
TERRY
% COVER
T
O
EITHER
SUE
OR
BACK OUT% OF THE DEAL.
% HE WENT
FURTHER.
% TANGEN SAID
IN
THE
EVENT
THE
% STATE
STARTS
LEGAL
ACTION
% AGAINST
FOXCONN
FOR
ANY
REASON,
% FOXCONN
HAS
THE
PERFECT
EXCUSE
% TO
WITHDRAW
FROM A
PROJECT WHICH
% WAS MORE
POLITICAL
IN
NATURE
% THAN
ECONOMIC.
% AS
FOR
THE
POLITICAL
OPTICS
AND% ALL
OF
THIS
IN
WISCONSIN,
TANGEN
% HAD
THIS
TO
SAY.
% IF
FOXCONN
BACKS
OUT, TRUMP
AND
% THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL
USE
% THE ISSUE
TO
PORTRAY
DEMOCRATS
% AT
INEPT
BUMBLERS WHO
SNATCHED
% VICTORY FROM
THE
JAWS
DEFEAT.
% IT
NEVER
PENCILLED
OUT.
% NOW
TO ANOTHER
STORY,
THE
% SHRINKING
NUMBER
OF
DAIRY
FARMS
% IN OUR
STATE.
% THE
CRISIS
IN
WISCONSIN
IS
% PERHAPS
BEST
UNDERSTOOD
BY
% HEARING FROM THE
PEOPLE
LIVING
% IT.
% TONIGHT WE
SHARE AN
EXCERPT FROM
% REPORTER
ANDY
SOTH'S DOCUMENTARY
% PORTRAITS FROM
RURAL
WISCONSIN.
% FOURTH
GENERATION DAIRY
FARMER
% WESTON
PATNODE
SHARES WHAT
IT'S
% LIKE TO
LOSE
THE
HERD.
% >>
THE
FINANCIAL
PART
WAS
THE
% BIG
PROBLEM.
% MILK
PRICES ARE
THE
SAME
AS THEY% WERE I
N
THE
'70s
AND
'80s.
% THINGS
GOT
REALLY
TIGHT
AND
WE
% PAID
THE
BILLS
WHEN
WE
COULD
AND
% HOPED WE
COULD
CONTINUE TO
PAY
% THEM AND
THEN
WE
STARTED
TO
FALL
% BEHIND
AND
IT
JUST
GOT
TO
WHERE
% WE WEREN'T
GAINING
GROUND.
% >>
THEY
TALKED T
O
BANKERS
ABOUT
% EXPANDING AND
CAME
CLOSE
TO
% SIGNING
FOR A
$2
MILLION
LOAN,
% BUT DIDN'T
WANT
TO
RISK
LOSING
% THEIR
LAND
O
R
BURDENING THEIR
% CHILDREN WITH
DEBT.% >>
THEY'RE
NINE
AND
FIVE,
SO I% DON'T WANT
TO
TIE
THEM
DOWN
% RIGHT
NOW.
% >>
YEAH.
% >>
THAT
WAS
PART
OF
IT,
TOO,
% WHEN WE WERE ASKED
TO
EXPAND,
IS
% THAT
THEY'RE
NINE
AND
FIVE.
% THEY
CAN'T
MAKE
THAT DECISION.
% IF THEY WERE
20
AND
THEY
SAID,
% YEAH,
WE
WANT TO GO ALL
IN,
WE
% PROBABLY COULD HAVE.
% BUT WHATEVER
THEY
DECIDE TO
DO,
% THEY'RE JUST
RESPONSIBLE
AND
% KIND,
CARING
PEOPLE
AT
THE END% OF THE DAY.
% THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE
HOPING
FOR.
% ♪
!
% >>
IT'S
BEEN
ONLY A
FEW
WEEKS
% SINCE THEY MADE
THE
DECISION TO
% GET OUT.
% THE
MEMORIES
ARE
STILL
RAW
AND
% IT'S HARD TO
TALK
ABOUT
THAT
% LAST
MILKING
AND
SAYING
GOODBYE.% >> I'LL
TALK.
% I'LL
TALK.
% IT WAS
HARD.
% IT
WAS
SOMETHING
THAT
WE
KNEW% WOULD BE
HARD,
BUT
WE
DIDN'T
% REALIZE IT WOULD
BE
AS
HARD
AS% IT
WAS.
% AND
WE
DIDN'T
REALIZE
HOW
HARD% IT WOULD
STILL
BE.
% >>
SO I
WROTE A
BLOG,
KIND
OF
TO
% JUST
TELL
EVERYBODY FOR
OUR
% FAMILY AND
FRIENDS
TO
KNOW.
% TOMORROW
MORNING
THE
ALARM
CLOCK
% WILL
GO
OFF
EARLY,
4:30
A.M.
TO
% BOARD
OUR
DAIRY
COWS
FOR
THEM
T
O
% LIVE
ON
OTHER
FARMS.
% THERE
ISN'T A
BOOK
FOR
THIS.
% THERE
PROBABLY SHOULD
BE,
BUT NO
% ONE
WROTE
ABOUT
WHAT
T
O
DO
NEXT
% WHEN
YOU
SELL
YOUR
FOURTH
% GENERATION FAMILY
FARM.
% NO ONE
WROTE A
BOOK
ABOUT
HOW TO
% GET THROUGH
THAT
LAST
MILKING.
% TEARS
NEVER
SEEMING
TO
END
AS
% YOU
HOLD
EACH
OTHER
TIGHT
WITH
% NO
WORDS TO
BE
SPOKEN.
% NO
ONE
WROTE A
BOOK
ABOUT
WHERE% TO
G
O
FROM
HERE
OR
HOW TO
GET% OVER
THE
EMOTIONS OF THE
LOSS
% YOU FEEL
IN
THE
PIT
OF
YOUR
% STOMACH,
THE
HEARTBREAK.
% NO ONE
WROTE A
BOOK
THAT
TELLS
% YOU
HOW TO GET
OVER
THAT
FEELING
% OF
FAILURE
EVEN
THOUGH
YOU
KNOW
% YOU GAVE
IT
YOUR
BEST
THROUGH
% THE
END.% >>
THE
POST
WAS
SHARED
THOUSANDS
% OF
TIMES.
% >> OUR
PHONES WERE
BLOWING
UP
% THAT
NIGHT,
FOR
THE
NEXT
WEEK,
% JUST
TEXT
MESSAGES, PHONE
CALLS.
% LIKE YOU
SAID,
MESSAGES
ONLINE
% FROM
ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY
AND
% THE WORLD.
% IT
WAS
QUITE
AMAZING.
% I
MEAN, THE
OUTPOURING
OF
% SUPPORT.%>>
YEAH.% >>
THE
WIDESPREAD INTEREST
IN
% THEIR
STORY,
THEY
SAY
THAT
MUCH% MORE
THAN
THE
DAIRY
HERD
WAS
% BEING
LOST.
% >>
I
THINK
WE'RE
LOSING
THE
% CULTURE OF AMERICA.
% I
MEAN,
REALLY,
THEY
SAY
LIKE
% WISCONSIN,
AMERICA'S DAIRY
LAND.% >>
GROWING
UP,
THE
FAMILY
% HELPING THE
NEXT
FAMILY DOWN
THE
% ROAD, THE RESPONSIBILITIES WE
% LEARNED
AS
KIDS,
THE
WORK
ETHIC.
% I DON'T KNOW
IF
YOU
SEE
THAT
AS
% MUCH.
% >>
WHILE
WESTON LOOKS
AT
HIS
% WORK
OPTIONS,
THEY
ENJOY
THE
% FAMILY TIME
TOGETHER.
% >>
EVEN
IF
OUR
KIDS
AREN'T
GOING
% TO
GROW
UP
MILKING
COWS,
IT'S
% IMPORTANT THEY GET
THAT
SAME
% WORK
ETHIC.% >>
I
STILL
WANT TO
B
E
ABLE
TO
% RAISE MY
BOYS
IN
THE
400
ACRES% WE
HAVE HERE
TUCKED BACK
IN
THE
% VALLEY.
% GET DOWN.
% THERE YOU
GO.
% >>
OUR
PARTNERS
AT
WISCONTEXT
% ORG HAVE BEEN
REPORTING ON
THE
% DAIRY
CRISIS
AND
SPECIFICALLY
% LOW MILK
PRICES.
% WE
TALKED
WITH
REPORTER
WILL
% CUSHMAN
ON
LOCATION
ABOUT
THE
% CURRENT STATE OF
PRICES
FOR
% MILK.%>>
HEY,
WILL.
% THANKS
VERY
MUCH
FOR
JOINING
US.
% >> OF
COURSE.% >>
SO
THE
PATNODES CLEARLY
ARE
% NOT
ALONE.
% WHAT
ARE
THE
NUMBERS
OF
DAIRY
% FARMERS
GOING OUT OF
BUSINESS IN
% WISCONSIN?
% >>
SURE.
% WISCONSIN'S LOST
ABOUT
750
DAIRY% HERDS I
N
THE
LAST
YEAR.
% THAT
EQUATES
TO A
LITTLE
OVER
8%% OF THE
STATE'S
DAIRY
HERDS.
% WISCONSIN'S BEEN
LOSING
DAIRY
% HERDS FOR
QUITE A NUMBER
OF
% YEARS
NOW,
BUT
THE
NUMBER
IS
% USUALLY
CLOSER
TO
3%
TO
4%
LOSS
% PER
YEAR,
SO THIS IS
QUITE A
BIT
% HIGHER
THAN
USUAL.% >> WE
HAVE A
MAP
OF
SEVEN
% COUNTIES
IN
WISCONSIN
WHICH
HAVE
% LOST MORE
THAN
20%
OF
THEIR
% DAIRY
HERDS OVER
THE
LAST
TWO
% YEARS.
% WHERE IS THIS
MOST
ACUTE?
% >>
THE
MOST
--
IT'S
BEING
MOST
% ACUTELY FELT
IN
EAU CLAIRE
% COUNTY,
IT
LOOKS
LIKE.
% EAU CLAIRE HAS
LOST
OVER
25%
OF
% OF THEIR
DAIRY
HERDS
I
N
THE
LAST
% TWO YEARS.
% SO
YEAH.
% IT'S
PARTICULARLY
HARD
HIT
% AROUND
THAT
REGION.% >>
WHAT
ARE
THE
SPECIAL
% CONDITIONS THAT
MAKE
EAU CLAIRE
% THE
HARDEST HIT
IN
THE
STATE?
% >>
SURE.
% I TALKED
TO AN
EXTENSION
AGENT
% UP
THERE,
AND
H
E
TOLD
ME
THAT
% EAU CLAIRE COUNTY HAS A
LOT
OF
% SMALLER
DAIRY
FARMS.
% A
LOT
OF
THOSE
HAVE
LESS
% FINANCIAL
WIGGLE
ROOM
WHEN
TIMES
% GET TOUGH.
% AND
ALSO THERE
ARE A
NUMBER
OF
% FARMERS WHO ARE
APPROACHING
% RETIREMENT AGE WHO
ARE
DECIDING% TO
GET OUT OF
THE
BUSINESS% RATHER THAN
RISK
THEIR
% RETIREMENT.%>>
AND
KIND OF
THE
WHOLE
WESTERN
% PART OF
THE
STATE
SEEMS TO
HAVE
% THOSE
COUNTIES
WITH
THAT
HIGH
% PERCENTAGE OF
DAIRY
FARMERS
% GOING OUT OF
BUSINESS
OR
A
T
% CULLING THEIR
HERDS.
% WHAT
IS
THE
CURRENT
STATUS
OF
% MILK
PRICES?
% >>
SURE.
% YEAH.%THE MILK
PRICES
RIGHT
NOW
ARE
AT
% ABOUT
$15.60
PER
HUNDREDWEIGHT% IN WISCONSIN.
% THAT'S
SLIGHTLY
ABOVE THE% NATIONAL AVERAGE, WHICH
IS
% $15.30.
% AND IT'S
QUITE A
BIT
BELOW
THE
% ALL-TIME HIGH
THAT
W
E
HIT
IN
% 2014, WHICH WAS
AT
ABOUT
$24.
% >>
WHY
DID
THE
BOTTOM
DROP OUT
% OF
PRICES
JUST
FROM
2014
TO
% TODAY?%>> RIGHT.
% YEAH.
% IT REALLY
STARTED
FALLING
IN
% 2015 AND
IT
IT'S
BEEN
HOVERING
% AROUND
$16
OR
SO
PRETTY MUCH
% SINCE THEN.
% I TALKED
TO
SOME
ECONOMISTS HERE
% IN
WISCONSIN
WHO
SAY
THAT A
LOT
% OF
THAT HAS
BEEN
DRIVEN
BY
DAIRY
% EXPORT MARKETS.
% IN
2005
AMERICAN MILK
PRICES
% ALIGNED
WITH
THOSE OF
THE
% WORLD'S
MAJOR
DAIRY
EXPORTERS,
% INCLUDING
THE
EUROPEAN UNION
AND
% NEW ZEALAND.
% AND
IN
2015
THE
EU
EASED A
RULE
% THAT
HAD
SET
MILK
QUOTAS
ON
% MEMBER
COUNTRIES,
SO A
LOT
OF
% MEMBER
COUNTRIES
RAMPED
UP
MILK
% PRODUCTION,
FLOODED EXPORT
% MARKETS.
% AT AROUND
THE
SAME
TIME,
% NEW ZEALAND
HAD A
GREAT
YEAR
FOR
% MILK
PRODUCTION THAT
FURTHER
% FLOODED
DAIRY
EXPORT
MARKETS.
% AND
SINCE
THEN
ONGOING TRADE
% WARS WITH SOME
OF
OUR
MAJOR
% TRAIFDING
!
TRADING
PARTNERS
HAVE
NOT
BEEN
% HELPING.%>> WHAT IS
THE
EXPECTATION
ABOUT
% WHEN
PRICES
MIGHT
REBOUND?
% DOES
ANYBODY KNOW
THAT?
% >> YEAH.
% IT'S
REALLY HARD
TO
FORECAST.
% ESSENTIALLY
BECAUSE
MILK
PRICES
% SEEM TO
BE
SO
CLOSELY
LINKED
% WITH
DAIRY
EXPORT
DEMAND,
% ESSENTIALLY
EXPORT
DEMAND WOULD% HAVE
T
O
KICK BACK
UP,
GET
SOME% OF THE
SURPLUS
DAIRY
PRODUCTS
% OUT, FLUSH
THEM OUT OF THE
% MARKET
AND
THEN
HOPEFULLY
WE'D
% SEE A
REBOUND
IN
PRICES.% >>
IN
WISCONSIN,
WHICH
DAIRY
% OPERATIONS ARE
DOING
WELL
IN
% THIS
CLIMATE?
% >>
SURE.
% I
TALKED
TO A
PROFESSOR
AT U
W
% PLATTEVILLE,
WHO'S
DONE
SOME
% RESEARCH RELATED TO
THIS,
AND
% HE'S
ACTUALLY
FOUND
THAT
HERDS
% OF ALL
SIZES, THERE
ARE
SOME
% FARMS THAT ARE
ABLE
TO
REMAIN
% PROFITABLE EVEN
IN
THESE
TOUGH
% TIMES.
% EVEN
THE
REALLY
SMALL
HERDS,
% ABOUT
20%
OF
ALL
HERDS
ARE
ABLE
% TO
MAINTAIN A
CASH
FLOW
RIGHT
% NOW.%>>
AND --
% >>
BUT
GENERALLY
THE
LARGER
% FARMS
ARE
ABLE
TO
MAKE
IT
WORK A
% LITTLE BIT
MORE
EASILY.% >>
AND
I
KNOW
THAT
IN
YOUR
% REPORTING YOU
TALK
ABOUT
THAT,
% AND
YET
THIS
PROFESSOR
YOU
SPOKE
% WITH, I
BELIEVE YOU
SAID
AT
% PLATTEVILLE, SAID
THAT THERE
ARE
% FARMS OF
ALL
SIZES
THAT
ARE
% STILL
ABLE
TO
MAINTAIN
THEIR
% PROFITABILITY.
% BUT WHAT
KIND
OF
OPERATIONS
ARE
% MOSTLY
NOT
ABLE
TO
HOLD
ON
RIGHT
% NOW?
% >>
YEAH.
% IT'S --
THE
FARMS
THAT
HAVE A
% HIGH DEBT
BURDEN,
ONES THAT
ARE
% UNABLE TO
MAINTAIN
THAT
CASH
% FLOW, A
LOT
OF
TIMES THAT
IS
THE
% SMALLER
FARMS.
% OFTENTIMES THE
LARGER
OPERATIONS
% JUST
HAVE
MORE
CAPITAL
TO
WORK
% WITH.%>>
AND
THEN
AS YOU
WERE
% SUGGESTING
EARLIER,
TOO,
MANY
% FARMERS
ARE
JUST
AGING OUT.
% I
MEAN,
THEY'RE
GETTING
TO
% RETIREMENT AGE.
% AND
SO
THE
DEMOGRAPHICS
HAVE
% SOMETHING TO DO
WITH
IT AS WELL.
% JUST BRIEFLY,
WITH
LESS
THAN A
% MINUTE
LEFT, WHAT
ARE PEOPLE
% TRYING
T
O
DO
TO
TRY
TO
REMEDY
% THIS
CRISIS?
% >> YEAH.
% IN
THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN,
% THERE'S A
DAIRY
TASK
FORCE
2.0,
% IS
WHAT
IT'S
BEING
CALLED.
% FORMER
GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER
PUT
% THAT TOGETHER
LAST
YEAR, I
% BELIEVE.
% AND A BUNCH
OF
EXPERTS
FROM% AROUND THE
STATE,
INCLUDING
% EXTENSION
AGENTS
AND
OTHER% PEOPLE
FROM
THE
DAIRY
INDUSTRY,% ARE ERK
!
WORKING
ON
SOLUTIONS.% THIS
IS
ALSO
SLIEWDING PEOPLE
INCLUDING PEOPLE
% FROM
THE
UW
SYSTEM
WORKING
ON
IT
% LOCALLY.
% I
ALSO
KNOW
THAT
THE
USDA
IS
% THINKING
ABOUT
GOING
TO
HEARINGS
% THIS
YEAR
OR
NEXT TO
SEE
ABOUT
% TWEAKS TO
HOW
IT
DOES
ITS MILK
% PRICING.%>>
WILL
CUSHMAN, THANKS VERY
% MUCH AND THANK YOU
FOR
YOUR
% REPORTING.%>>
THANK
YOU.% >>
THE
SERIES
OF
REPORTS AND
% CHALLENGES
IN
DAIRYLAND CAN
BE
% FOUND
AT
WISCONTEXT
CORG.
% AND
THIS
RELATED
NEWS.
% THE
WISCONSIN
P
UBLIC
SERVICE
% COMMISSION HAS
APPROVED ONE OF
% THE
LARGEST
SOLAR
PROJECTS
IN
% THE COUNTRY.
% LANDOWNERS ARE
LEASING
THEIR
% LAND
TO
RENEWABLE ENERGY
% COMPANIES
TO
PLACE
PANELS
ON
% THEIR
FIELDS.
% WILL KENEALLY
REPORTS.% >>
WHOEVER SAID
WISCONSIN'S% WEATHER
IS
PREDICTABLE?
% NO ONE
EVER.
% BUT IT
MAY
BE
MORE
STEADY
THAN
% THE
FARM
MARKETS
WHICH HAVE
BEEN
% MOSTLY
CLOUDY.% >>
IN
1980
THE
PRICE
WE
GOT
FOR
% OUR
MILK,
AND
THIS
LAST
JANUARY,
% FEBRUARY, WE WERE
GETTING
% $13.80.
% SO
THE
PRICE
IS
THE
SAME.
% >>
SO
KEN
WONDERLIN
SOLD
HIS
% DAIRY
HERD
LAST
SUMMER
EVEN
% THOUGH IT WAS HIS
LIFE.
% >>
OH,
YEAH.
% YEP.
% STARTED
RIGHT OUT
OF
HIGH
SCHOOL
% ON
M
Y
OWN
AND
BEEN
DOING
IT
FOR
% NEAR 50
YEARS
NOW.% >>
UW-EXTENSION
AG
AGENT GENE% SCHRIEFER
DESCRIBES
THE
MARKET
% FORCES
FACING
FARMERS.% >>
OFTEN
WE'D
SEE
MILK
PRICES
% WHERE CROP
FARMERS
WERE
HAVING A
% HARDER
TIME.
% BUT
NOW
YOU'VE
GOT A
PRETTY
% BROAD
SWATH OF
THE
RURAL
% ECONOMIC
ECONOMY
OUT
HERE AS FAR
% AS AGRICULTURE
GOES
ALL
BEING
% HIT AT THE SAME TIME.
% IT'S
JUST
THE
COMMODITIES HAVE
% TAKEN A
BEATING.% >> NOW,
SOME, LIKE KEN
% WONDERLIN, ARE
TURNING
T
O
THE
% SUN.%>>
IT'S
JUST
ANOTHER
FORM
OF
AG
% PRODUCTION
OR
CROP
PRODUCTION.
% WE'RE
GOING
TO
PRODUCE
ENERGY
% INSTEAD OF
CORN.
% >>
TURNING
TO A
FIELD
OF
BEAMS
% TO
MAKE A GO
OF
IT,
WONDERLIN
IS% ONE
OF MORE
THAN A
DOZEN
RENTING
% THEIR
LAND
TO
THE
INVENERGY
% COMPANY
TO
PLACE
SOLAR
PANELS
I
N
% WISCONSIN.%IT WOULD
B
E
THE
LARGEST PROJECT
% IN
THE
MIDWEST,
ONE OF
THE
% LARMING ES
!
LARGEST
IN
THE
U.S.% >>
WE
SETTLED
IN
IOWA
COUNTY% BECAUSE
IT'S A GOOD
SPOT
FOR
% SOLAR
DEVELOPMENT.% >>
DANIEL
LITCHFIELD
IS
DIRECTOR
% OF
DEVELOPMENT.% >>
W
E
NEED
FLAT,
OPEN
LAND.
% THERE'S AN AREA
HERE
WE'VE
BEEN
% ABLE TO
LEASE
FOR
OUR
SITE THAT
% IS
VERY
CONSTRUCTABLE FOR
SOLAR,
% FLAT AND
OPEN.
% AND
THEN
THE
COMMUNITY AND
THE
% LANDOWNERS BEING
INTERESTED AND
% WILLING
TO
HOST.% >>
RENEWABLE
NRK
!
ENERGY
ADVOCATES
% SAY THIS
PUTS
WISCONSIN ON THE
% MAP.%>>
WISCONSIN HAS
LAGGED
IN
% RENEWABLE ENERGY
FROM
ANOTHER
% STATES
LIKE
IOWA
AND
MINNESOTA,
% SO THIS
IS A
REAL
OPPORTUNITY TO% GET
US BACK
IN
THE
RACE.
% >>
WONDERLIN SAYS IT
WILL
BE A
% RELIEF TO
HAVE A
SECURE
SOURCE
% OF
INCOME.% >>
AGREED-UPON
RATE.
% IT
IS
MUCH
LEART
!
BETTER
PRICE, MORE
% THAN
2.5
TIMES
THAN
CROPLAND
% WOULD SELL
FOR.
% WITH COST OF
LIVING INCREASE
% INTO THAT
RENT
EVERY
YEAR.
% AND SO
IT
JUST
MADE
SENSE
TO
% TAKE
THE
GAMBLE OUT OF
FARMING.% >> BUT
NOT
EVERYONE'S
ONBOARD.
% SOME
LOCAL
FARMERS
ARE
CRITICS% OF THE
PLAN.
% THEY
WORRY
SOLAR
PANEL
FIELDS
% WILL
CHANGE
THE
LANDSCAPE
THAT
% SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN WILL
% STRAY FROM
ITS
TRADITIONAL% FARMING
ROOTS.
% SUPPORTERS SAY IT WILL
BE
% LONG-TERM,
BUT
NOT
FOREVER.% >>
THE
GREAT
THING
ABOUT
THAT
I
S
% WHEN IT'S
TIME,
WHEN
THIS
% PROJECT
HAS
REACHED
ITS END
OF
% LIFE AND
IT'S
NO
LONGER
ECONOMIC% OR
PRODUCING ENOUGH
ENERGY,
YOU
% CAN
PULL
THAT
OUT
AND
YOU'RE% BACK TO
FARMLAND.
% IT'S
NOT A
PERMANENT STRUCTURE.
% YOU'RE
NOT
CHANGING
TO A
BIG
% COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
% IT
IS
REALLY TEMPORARY.
% IT'S
LONG-TERM,
30
TO
40
YEARS.
% BUT
IT
ULTIMATELY IS
TEMPORARY.% >>
WONDERLIN SAYS
WHETHER THE
% LAND IN
THE
FUTURE
IS
PLANTED
% FOR CROPS OR
LAID
WITH
PANELS,
% HE JUST
WANTS
IT
TO
WORK
FOR
HIM
% AND
OTHERS LIKE
HIM.
% >>
THE
WAY
I
SEE
IT,
THAT
THE
% FARMERS CAN
STAY
FARMING
IF
THEY
% CAN'T
MAKE A
PRODUCTION --
OR
% PROFIT, I
MEAN.
% AND
SO
IT'S ONE
WAY
FOR
MAYBE WE% CAN IN
THE
FUTURE
MAKE
IT
SO
% FARMING IS
PROFITABLE.% >>
REPORTING
FROM
IOWA
COUNTY,% THIS
IS WILL
KENEALLY.% >>
THE
IOWA
COUNTY
SOLAR
PROJECT
% IS
EXPECTED TO
BE
OPERATIONAL AS
% EARLY
A
S
NEXT
YEAR.
% NOW
FOR AN
UPDATE ON
THE
ONGOING
% COURT BATTLE
REGARDING
THE
LAME
% DUCK
LAWS.
%
YOU MAY
REMEMBER A DANE
COUNTY
% COURT
ORIGINALLY
RULED THE LAWS% PASSED IN
THE
FINAL
DAYS OF
THE
% WALKER
ADMINISTRATION
WERE
% UNCONSTITUTIONAL.%THIS WEEK
THE
STATE SUPREME% COURT
ISSUED AN
ORDER
TO
BYPASS
% THE
APPEALS
COURT
IN
ORDER
TO
% CONSIDER
THE DANE COUNTY
% DECISION ON THE HIGH COURT
ON.
% LAME DUCK
LAWS
INCLUDED
TAKING
% AUTHORITY AWAY
FROM
THE
GOVERNOR
% AND ATTORNEY
GENERAL,
INCLUDING
% SOME
POWER
OVER
APPOINTING
% AGENCY HEADS.
% THE SUPREME COURT ALSO
DENIED
% OPTIONS
TO
RESTORE
APPOINTMENTS
% THAT GOVERNOR
EVERS
RESCINDED% AFTER
THE DANE COUNTY RULING.
% AT
LEAST
ONE
OTHER
OPTION
TO
% RESTORE APPOINTMENTS IS
STILL
% BEING CONSIDERED.
% THE
COURT
SET
ORAL
ARGUMENTS
TO
% BEGIN
MAY 15.
% >>
IN
TONIGHT'S INSIDE
LOOK, A
% NEW
LEGISLATIVE
PROPOSAL
THAT
% HAS
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT
AIMS
TO
% PREVENT A
BACKLOG
OF SEXUAL
% ASSAULT KITS.
% FOUR YEARS
AGO,
WISCONSIN
HAD A
% BACKLOG
OF
6,000
UNTESTED
RAPE
% KITS.
% THAT
HAS
SINCE
BEEN
CLEARED.
% UNDER THE
PROPOSED
BILL, A% HEALTH
CARE
PROFESSIONAL
MUST
% NOTIFY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
WITHIN
24
% HOURS OF
COLLECTING
THE
KIT IF
% THE VICTIM
CHOOSES TO
REPORT
THE% SEXUAL
ASSAULT TO
POLICE.
% LAW
ENFORCEMENT
THEN
MUST
SUBMIT
% THE
KIT
AND
IT MUST BE
TESTED B
Y
% THE
STATE
CRIME
LAB
WITHIN
TWO
% WEEKS.
% IF A
VICTIM DOE
S
NOT
WANT
T
O
% REPORT THE
CRIME,
THE
KIT
MUST
% STILL
BE SENT
TO
THE
STATE
CRIME
% LAB
WITHIN
THREE
DAYS
FOR
% STORAGE, WHERE IT
!
IT
WILL
BE
HELD
% FOR THREE YEARS.
% WE'RE
JOINED BY
IAN
HENDERSON
% WITH
THE
WISCONSIN
COALITION
% AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT FOR
HIS
% TAKE ON THE
MEASURE.% >> THANK YOU
FOR
HAVING
ME.
% >>
HOW IS
THIS
DIFFERENT FROM
% HOW
IT
HAD
BEEN
DONE
IN
% WISCONSIN?%>> IN SOME
WAYS IT'S
NOT
THAT
% DIFFERENT.
% WHAT THIS
LEGISLATION
DOES
IT
% REALLY
CODIFY
THE
WORK
THAT A
% MULTIDISCIPLINARY
GROUP
O
F
% PROFESSIONALS CONVENED
BY
THE
% ATTORNEY
GENERAL A
FEW
YEARS
AGO
% DEVISED
TO
GIVE SEXUAL
A
SSAULT
% SURVIVORS UNIFORM
OPTIONS
% REGARDING THEIR CARE
AND
THE
% COLLECTION
OF
FORENSIC
EVIDENCE
% WHEN
THEY
PRESENT AT A
HOSPITAL.
% SO
BASICALLY A
SURVIVOR
PRESENTS
% AT A
HOSPITAL
HAS
THREE
OPTIONS.
% THEY
COULD
JUST
GET
THEIR HEALTH
% CARE NEEDS TAKEN
CARE
OF.
% THEY COULD
HAVE A
FORENSIC% SEXUAL ASSAULT
KIT
COLLECTED AND
% TENT FOR
TESTING
I
F
THEY
WANTED
% TO REPORT TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
% THIRD,
FOR A
SURVIVOR WHO
WAS
% UNSURE ABOUT
REPORTING TO LAW
% ENFORCEMENT, THEY COULD
HAVE A
% KIT
COLLECTED THAT
WOULD
BE SENT
% TO THE
CRIME
LAB
FOR
STORAGE.
% THOSE
PROTOCOLS WERE
ALREADY
I
N
% PLACE.
% THIS
LEGISLATION
CODIFIES THAT
% INTO STATUTE
AND
PUTS
THOSE
% CLEAR
TIME
FRAMES
INTO
PLACE
FOR% LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND
HOSPITALS
TO
% SEND THOSE KITS
TO
THE
CRIME
LAB% FOR
TESTING.% >>
BECAUSE
WHAT
HAPPENS
TO
% VICTIMS AND THEIR
CASES
WHEN% THERE
IS THE
KIND
OF
BACKLOG
% THAT
WE
HAD?
% >> I
THINK
FOR
SURVIVORS
WHAT
WE
% HEARD
W
AS
MANY
DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW
% THAT
THE
KITS
HAD
NEVER BEEN
% TESTED,
RIGHT?
% THEY HAD
HAD
THE
KIT
COLLECTED
% AND BECAUSE OF THE
LACK
OF
% UNIFORMITY IN
THE
PAST,
WE
DON'T
% REALLY
KNOW
WHAT
SURVIVORS
WERE
% TOLD
WHEN THEY
HAD
T
HE
KIT
% COLLECTED.
% SOME
MAY HAVE BEEN
TOLD
YOUR
KIT% WON'T BE
TESTED
UNLESS YOU
WANT
% TO REPORT.
% OR
WE
WON'T
TEST
THE
KIT
UNLESS
% YOU
GIVE
THAT
AFFIRMATIVE
% CONSENT.
% OR IT WILL BE
TESTED
RIGHT
AWAY.
% SO
WE
DON'T
REALLY
KNOW
WHAT
% SURVIVORS
WERE
TOLD AT THE
TIME.
% AND
THIS
LEGISLATION
PROVIDED
% THAT
CERTAINTY
AROUND
WHAT
WILL
% HAPPEN AS
OPPOSED
TO
THAT
LACK
% OF
CERTAINTY
AND
THEN
SURVIVORS
% NOT
KNOWING WHAT
HAPPENED.% >>
NOW,
YOU'RE
SAYING
THAT THIS
% IS
KIND
OF
BEST
PRACTICES
AND
% UNDER THIS
BILL,
UNDER
THESE
% BEST
PRACTICES,
VICTIMS DO
HAVE
% THE
CHOICE
WHETHER TO
REPORT
% THEIR SEXUAL ASSAULT TO
POLICE.
% WHY IS THAT
IMPORTANT?% >> EL
WITH,
!
WELL,
THERE'S A
VARIETY
OF
% REASONS
THEY
MAY
NOT
WANT
TO
% REPORT.
% ONE
OF
THOSE WOULD
BE A
FEAR
O
F
% NOT BEING
BELIEVED.
% COULD BE
CONCERNS
FOR
THEIR
% PRIVACY.
% WE
ALSO
KNOW
FOR
SURVIVORS
OF
% COLORS AND
THOSE
FROM
OTHER
% MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES,
THEY
% MISTRUST LAW ENFORCEMENT.
% SO THIS
LEGISLATION
PRESERVES% THE RIGHT
TO
ENGAGE
WITH LAW
% ENFORCEMENT
WITH
THAT
SURVIVOR
% WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ALLOWING
% THEM TO
HAVE
FORENSIC EVIDENCE
% COLLECTED AND STORED
AT
THE
% CRIME
LAB
SHOULD
THEY
DECIDE ONE
% WEEK, TWO
WEEKS
OR
FIVE
YEARS
% LATER.%>>
SPEAKING OF
STORAGE, PART
OF
% IT
WOULD
REQUIRE
STORING
KITS
% FROM
VICTIMS WHO
CONSENT TO
% ANALYSIS
FOR
50
YEARS.
% WHY SO
LONG?
% >> AS I
UNDERSTAND,
THAT'S ABOUT
% KITS
THAT HAVE BEEN
TESTED
% ALREADY.
% AND SO
I
THINK SOME
OF
THE
% REASONS WHY WE
WANT TO HAVE
KITS
% TESTED WOULD BE A
LENGTH
OF
TIME
% THAT
SOMEONE MIGHT BE
SERVING A
% SENTENCE.
% I THINK
JUST
ALSO
TO
HAVE
THE
% KITS
NOT
DESTROYED
SO
THAT IF
% THERE
WERE
QUESTIONS ABOUT
% WANTING
TO
TEST
ADDITIONAL
% EVIDENCE
REGARDING
PERPETRATORS% WHO MAY BE
IDENTIFIED
LATER,
% THIS
PRESERVES THAT
EVIDENCE
FOR
% A LENGTHY PERIOD
OF
TIME.
% >>
NOW,
BECAUSE
THIS
BILL
SETS
% OUT
STATUTORY
REQUIREMENTS
AS
% YOU'VE DESCRIBED
FOR
THIS
% COLLECTION AND
PROCESSING
OF% SEXUAL
ASSAULT
KITS,
WON'T
THERE
% BE
MANY
MORE
KITS
THEN
SENT FOR
% TESTING
AND
WHAT
ASSURANCES DO
% PEOPLE HAVE THAT
THE
STATE
CRIME
% LAB
HAS
THAT
CAPACITY?
% >>
WELL,
THAT'S A
REALLY
GOOD
% QUESTION.
% I
THINK
THAT WOULD
BE
SOMETHING
% WE DEFINITELY
WOULD NOT
WANT
T
O
% SPEAK FOR THE
CRIME LAB
OR
THE% DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
% MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THE% DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DID
IN
% THEIR
BUDGET REQUEST
PUT
IN
% ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
FOR
THE
% CRIME LAB.
% BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
% I MEAN,
I
THINK
THIS
WILL
ENSURE
% THAT WE
DON'T
HAVE A
BACKLOG
OF
% KITS
SITTING
IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
% WE
WANTED
TO
MAKE SURE
THAT
THE
% CRIME LAB
HAS
THE
RESOURCES
THEY
% NEED THEN
TO
TEST
THE
KITS
ONCE% THEY ARE
SENT
TO
THEIR
LABS FOR
% TESTING.%>>
HOW IS
THIS
PROPOSED
BILL
% BEING
MET
BY
VICTIMS
AND
THEIR
% ADVOCATES?%>>
WELL,
I
THINK
BECAUSE
THESE
% PROTOCOLS HAD
BEEN
DEVELOPED
% WITH A
REAL
MULTIDISCIPLINARY% GROUP OF
PEOPLE,
INCLUDING
% COMMUNITY ADVOCATES WHO
HAD
THE
% OPPORTUNITY TO
RUN
THESE
KIND
O
F
% IDEAS
AND
CONCEPTS
BY
SURVIVORS,
% I
THINK THIS
IS
IN
SOME
WAYS,
% LIKE I
SAID,
NOTHING REALLY NEW.
% I THINK
WHAT'S
REALLY
IMPORTANT,
% THOUGH, I
S
THAT
IT'S
GIVING
% SURVIVORS CHOICES
AND
CONCRETE
% INFORMATION.
% ANYTIME
THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
% SYSTEM
CAN
PROVIDE
OPTIONS,
% CHOICES AND
INFORMATION, I
THINK
% THAT'S A
REALLY
POSITIVE
THING.% >>
I
T
SOUNDS
LIKE A
DIFFICULT
% THING
TO
ACHIEVE
REALLY,
THAT
% YOU
HAD
SOMETHING
CODIFIED
IN
% LAW AND
YET
VICTIMS
AGAIN
HAVE
% THIS
CHOICE.% >>
ABSOLUTELY.
% WHAT'S GOING TO
BE
CRITICAL
IS
% THEN THOSE
PEOPLE,
COMMUNITY
% ADVOCATES,
THE
NURSE
EXAMINERS% WHO ARE
DOING
THE
KITS,
WILL
% HAVE THIS
INFORMATION
AND
CAN
% GIVE THAT
CLEAR
INFORMATION
TO
% SURVIVORS WHEN
THEY'RE
% PRESENTING
FOR AN
EXAM.% >>
IAN
HENDERSON, THANKS VERY
% MUCH.%>> THANK YOU.%>>
THE
TESTING BILL
IS
EXPECTED
% TO
BE
FORMALLY INTRODUCED
IN
THE
% LEGISLATURE IN THE
COMING
DAYS.
% NOW
TO A
COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT
% TOPIC
AND AN
EXCERPT
FROM
OUR
% WEEKLY
DIGITAL
SERIES
"NOON
% WEDNESDAY."
% MARISA
WOJCIK
INTERVIEWS
% NEWSMAKERS,
SCHOLARS AND
EXPERTS
% TO
PROVIDE A
DEEPER
% UNDERSTANDING OF
CURRENT
EVENTS.
% MARISA'S GUESTS
TALK ABOUT
% ISSUES
THAT
RANGE
FROM
THE
VERY
% LOCAL
LIKE
SCHOOL
FUNDING
TO
% GLOBAL
MATTERS, WHICH WAS
ON
TAP
% THIS
WEEK.
% THE
SUBJECT ON THE
TABLE
WAS
HOW
% DOES UNITED STATES LAW
DIFFER
% FROM
ISLAMIC
SHARIA LAW.
% HERE'S
UW-MADISON
LAW
PROFESSOR% ASIFA QURAISHI-LANDES.%
>> IN
THE
WEST
WE
TEND
TO
THINK
% OF
LAW
AS
SOMETHING THAT
THE
% GOVERNMENT DOES.
% IT'S NOT
LAW
IN
THAT
SENSE.
% WHEN
WI
!
WE
TALK
ABOUT
SHARIA,
IT'S
% GUIDELINES FOR
LIVING
THEIR
% LIFE,
HOW
TO
WORK
AND
PRAY,
WHO
% TO LEAVE
YOUR
MONEY
TO
WHEN
YOU
% DIE.
% SOME
OF
THEM
WE
WOULD CALL
LAW,
% LIKE DIVORCE LAW.
% BUT
OTHER
STUFF
IS
M
ANNERS AND
% ETHICS.
% SO
THAT'S
REALLY
WHAT
SHARIA
IS
% TO
MUSLIMS.% >> THAT
IS A
TASTE
OF
OUR
WEEKLY
% ONLINE
SERIES WITH MARISA
% WOJCIK.%THAT IS
ALL
FOR
TONIGHT'S
% PROGRAM.
% I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
% HAVE A
GREAT
WEEKEND.
% >>
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FOR "HERE AND NOW"
IS
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PART,
BY
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OF
% WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.