% THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PART%
OF OUR HERE AND NOW 2022
% ELECTION COVERAGE.
% THE NEWLY RELEASED NATION'S
% REPORT CARD RENEWS WISCONSIN'S
% REPUTATION IN RACIAL
% DISPARITIES.
% EARLY VOTING BEGAN THIS WEEK
% AS ELECTION DAY RAPIDLY DRAWS
% NEAR.
% TURNOUT BASED ON THE ISSUE OF
% ABORTION COULD DETERMINE THE
% NEXT GOVERNOR.
% AND LEGISLATION VETOED UNDER
% EVERS THAT WOULD LIKELY PASS
% UNDER A MICHELS'
% ADMINISTRATION.
% >> I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
% TONIGHT ON HERE AND NOW.
% ZAC SCHULTZ LOOKS AT THE
% IMPACT OF ABORTION LAW ON THE
% MIDTERMS.
% PLUS, WHAT POSSIBLE ELECTION
% OUTCOMES WILL MEAN FOR STATE
% GOP LEGISLATION.
% AND THE STATE'S DEPARTMENT OF
% PUBLIC INSTRUCTION RESPONDS TO
% A BLEAK REPORT CARD FOR BLACK
% STUDENTS.
% IT'S HERE AND NOW FOR OCTOBER
% 28.
% FUNDING FOR "HERE & NOW" IS
% PROVIDED BY THE FOCUS FUND FOR
% JOURNALISM.
% AND FRIENDS OF PBS WISCONSIN.
% >> DURING MIDTERM ELECTIONS,
% VICTORY OFTEN COMES DOWN TO
% ONE THING:
% WHICH PARTY DOES A BETTER JOB
% OF GETTING THEIR VOTERS TO THE
% POLLS.
% OR TURN OUT.
% THIS FALL, DEMOCRATS ARE
% HOPING THE ISSUE OF ABORTION
% WILL NOT ONLY ENERGIZE THEIR
% BASE, BUT PULL IN SWING VOTERS
% WHO MAY HAVE VOTED REPUBLICAN
% IN THE PAST.
% WHEN ROE V. WADE WAS STILL THE
% LAW OF THE LAND.
% "HERE AND NOW" SENIOR
% POLITICAL REPORTER, ZAC
% SCHULTZ HAS THE STORY.
% [CHANTING]
% WHEN THE UNITED STATES SUPREME
% COURT OVERTURNED ROE VS WADE,
% THEY OVERTURNED THE
% CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT FOR WOMEN
% TO SEEK AN ABORTION.
% BUT THEY ALSO OVERTURNED
% DECADES OF CONVENTIONAL WISDOM
% ON JUST HOW MUCH THE ISSUE OF
% ABORTION CAN IMPACT AN
% ELECTION.
% [CHANTING]
% >> IT WAS THIS KIND OF CRAZY
% JAW-DROPPING MOMENT OF, LIKE,
% OH, MY GOD,THEY DID IT.
% >> AMAYA BARKER IS A VOLUNTEER
% FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD
% ADVOCATES OF WISCONSIN.
% THE ORGANIZING ARM OF PLANNED
% PARENTHOOD.
% SHE SAYS THERE WAS AN
% IMMEDIATE SURGE IN THE NUMBER
% OF PEOPLE LOOKING TO GET
% INVOLVED.
% >> I'VE SEE A LOT MORE PEOPLE
% BEING LIKE, WOW, I ACTUALLY
% HAVE TO DO SOMETHING NOW ABOUT
% THIS.
% SARAH BERNDSEN SIGNED UP, AND
% HER FIRST EVENT WAS THE
% BAYVIEW BASH IN MILWAUKEE,
% WHERE THE POINT WAS TO REMIND
% PEOPLE PLANNED PARENTHOOD WAS
% STILL OPEN PROVIDING
% HEALTHCARE SERVICES.
% JUST NOT ABORTIONS.
% >> IT'S BEEN A REALLY POSITIVE%
REACTION.
% WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE COMING UP
% REALLY APPRECIATIVE THAT WE'RE
% OUT HERE PROVIDING
% INFORMATION.
% WHILE THEIR STAND DIDN'T%ADVO
CATE FOR ANY POLITICAL% CANDIDATES.
% THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF
% MILWAUKEE COUNTY WAS NEXT%DO
OR.
% AND ABORTION RIGHTS WERE FRONT%
AND CENTER.
% >> FOR MANY, MANY VOTERS,
% ESPECIALLY WOMEN ACROSS THE
% STATE, IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING
% THAT HAS GALVANIZED A LEVEL OF
% KIND OF POLITICAL OUTRAGE AND
% COMMITMENT TO CHANGE THAT WILL
% RESHAPE THIS ELECTION THIS
% FALL.
% BEN WIKLER IS THE CHAIR OF THE
% DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WISCONSIN.
% HE THINKS ABORTION WILL SWING
% VOTES EVERYWHERE, NOT JUST
% MILWAUKEE AND MADISON.
% IF YOU KNOCK ON DOORS IN RURAL
% WISCONSIN, IN SUBURBS, IN
% CITIES ALIKE, THERE ARE PEOPLE
% EVEN WHO VOTED REPUBLICAN
% BEFORE WHO THINK THIS IS MUCH
% TOO FAR.
% I WAS VERY SHOCKED BY THE JUST
% THE SHEER RESPONSE THAT PEOPLE
% HAD IN THIS AREA.
% JESSA MICHIE IS A DIGITAL
% ORGANIZER FOR PLANNED
% PARENTHOOD ADVOCATES BASED IN
% STEVENS POINT IN CENTRAL%WISC
ONSIN.
% SHE SAYS THEY WERE OVERWHELMED
% AT FIRST BY THE NUMBER OF
% PEOPLE LOOKING TO VOLUNTEER.
% >> A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T
% DONE THIS BEFORE, THIS REALLY
% ACTIVATED A LOT OF FOLKS WHO
% WERE BRAND NEW TO IT.
% THE FOCUS NOW IS TRANSLATING
% THAT ENERGY INTO TURNOUT.
% WE'RE VERY, VERY FOCUSED ON
% VOTING.
% GETTING OUT THE VOTE IS THE
% MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE
% CAN DO AT THIS POINT IN
% WISCONSIN.
% >> THESE ARE OUR MATERIALS.
% AS, SEE,
% THIS IS FOCUSING N OUR
% CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES.
% PLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCATES
% ISN'T THE ONLY GROUP TALKING
% ABOUT ABORTION WITH VOTERS.
% >>GRACIE SKOGMAN IS THE
% LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR FOR
% WISCONSIN RIGHT TO LIFE
% >> THE GOAL IS THAT WE CAN GO
% TO ANY VOTER, REGARDLESS OF
% WHERE THEY STAND, AND GIVE
% THEM SOMETHING THAT WE HOPE
% ULTIMATELY WILL ENCOURAGE THEM
% TO SUPPORT PRO-LIFE
% CANDIDATES.
% SKOGMAN SAYS THE CASE THAT%OV
ERTURNED ROE, DOBBS VS
% JACKSON, WAS A VICTORY.
% BUT NOT THE END OF THE DEBATE.
% >> WE'VE WE'VE SEEN THAT
% PEOPLE ARE, OF COURSE, ARE
% REJOICING AND HAPPY, BUT THEN
% THEY THINK THAT IT'S TIME TO
% GO HOME AND STOP TALKING ABOUT
% THIS.
% BUT IT'S MORE IMPORTANT NOW
% THAN EVER BEFORE.
% SHE SAYS IT CAN BE A DELICATE
% CONVERSATION.
% I WENT EARLIER THIS WEEK AND
% PEOPLE WERE NOT SO RECEPTIVE.
% WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY
% EMOTIONAL AND POLARIZING ISSUE
% RIGHT ON ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
% AISLE.
% WISCONSIN RIGHT TO LIFE WOULD
% LIKE TO SHIFT THE CONVERSATION%
TO WHAT COMES NEXT.
% SPECIFICALLY, WHETHER A
% REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR AND
% LEGISLATURE WILL PROVIDE STATE
% FUNDING TO PREGNANCY RESOURCE%
CENTERS.
% THE NON-PROFITS THAT OFTEN
% OPEN UP ACROSS THE STREET FROM
% ABORTION CLINICS AND COUNSEL%
PREGNANT WOMEN AWAY FROM% ABORTION.
% >> I THINK OUR BEST WAY TO
% MOVE FORWARD IS ON THE
% UNIFYING ISSUE OF PREGNANCY
% RESOURCE CENTERS, HAVING
% CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PAID
% FAMILY LEAVE.
% THESE ARE BIPARTISAN ISSUES.
% >> JESSA MICHIE SAYS VOTERS
% AREN'T QUITE READY TO MOVE ON.
% >> I DEFINITELY THINK THAT
% PEOPLE STILL HAVE MORE TO SAY
% AND A LOT MORE FEELINGS ABOUT
% LOSING THAT ACCESS TO CARE.
% I DON'T THINK THAT FOLKS ARE
% READY TO MOVE ON AT ALL.
% I THINK THAT THEY'RE MORE
% ANGRY ABOUT THIS AND MORE
% ENERGIZED THAN THEY WERE
% BEFORE.
% >> HE SAID IT'S, QUOTE, NOT
% UNREASONABLE FOR THE STATE
% GOVERNMENT TO MANDATE RAPE
% VICTIMS TO GIVE BIRTH.
% >> DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR TONY
% EVERS IS HOPING TO CAPITALIZE
% ON THAT ENERGY.
% HE'S BEEN RUNNING ADS HITTING
% HIS OPPONENT, REPUBLICAN TIM
% MICHELS, ON ABORTION.
% >> TIM MICHELS IS WAY TOO
% RADICAL FOR WISCONSIN.
% >> DO I THINK IT'S AN
% IMPORTANT ISSUE IN THE RACE?
% YES.
% LOOK AT WHERE MY OPPONENT IS
% ON THIS AND ON THAT ISSUE.
% SO DO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE%
A FACTOR?%YES, ABSOLUTELY.
% >> ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ATTACK
% THAT'S OUT THERE ON REPUBLICAN
% CANDIDATES HAS TO DO WITH
% DOBBS.
% >> PAUL FARROW IS THE CHAIRMAN%
OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF%WISCON
SIN.
% HE SAYS THE EVERS ADS ARE OVER%
THE TOP.
% I THINK OUR CONVERSATION OF
% MAKING SURE THE HEALTH OF THE
% WOMAN AND HEALTH OF THE CHILD
% IS JUST AS IMPORTANT, IS KIND
% OF TAMPERING DOWN WHAT THE
% LEFT IS SAYING, THAT WE'RE
% TRYING TO CRIMINALIZE WOMEN%
LEFT AND RIGHT.
% >> GOVERNOR EVERS AND THE LEFT
% HAVE SPENT TENS OF MILLIONS OF
% DOLLARS MISCHARACTERIZING MY%
POSITION, CALLING ME A
% RADICAL.
% I AM PRO-LIFE AND I MAKE NO%
APOLOGIES FOR THAT.
% BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHO THE REAL
% RADICAL IS.
% THE REAL RADICAL IS GOVERNOR%
EVERS.
% >> TIM MICHELS DID NOT AGREE
% TO AN INTERVIEW FOR THIS%STOR
Y, BUT HAS HAD TROUBLE
% BEING CONSISTENT IN HIS
% POSITION ON ABORTION.
% WITHOUT THE PROTECTION OF
% ROE-V-WADE, WISCONSIN REVERTED
% BACK TO AN 1849 LAW ON
% ABORTION THAT ONLY PROVIDES
% EXCEPTIONS IF TWO DOCTORS FEEL
% IT IS NEEDED TO SAVE THE LIFE
% OF THE MOTHER.
% MICHELS ORIGINALLY CAMPAIGNED
% ON HIS SUPPORT FOR THAT LAW.
% BUT HAS SINCE SAID HE WOULD
% SUPPORT A BILL THAT PROVIDES
% EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE AND%INCE
ST.
% >> I'VE SAID IF A BILL IS PUT
% BEFORE ME FROM THE
% LEGISLATURE, WHICH IS A DIRECT
% REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE,
% AND IT HAS AN EXCEPTION IN IT
% FOR RAPE AND INCEST, THAT I%
WOULD SIGN THAT BILL.% A FEW DAYS L
ATER, MICHELS
% ADDED ANOTHER CHANGE.
% >> I WILL NEVER ARREST A
% DOCTOR, AS THEY'RE SAYING.
% I'M A REASONABLE GUY.
% >> HOWEVER, UNDER THE 1849
% LAW, DOCTORS PROVIDING AN
% ABORTION CAN BE ARRESTED, AND
% HIS CAMPAIGN HAD TO CLARIFY
% THAT MICHELS JUST WOULDN'T BE
% THE ONE DOING THE ARRESTING.
% SAYING, ""THE DISTRICT
% ATTORNEYS SHOULD ENFORCE ALL
% LAWS.
% THE GOVERNOR IS AN EXECUTIVE.
% HE'S NOT A DA OR BEAT COP
% ARRESTING ANYONE."
% >> EVERS DOESN'T BUY IT.
% >> THERE'S NO WAY I BELIEVE IT
% AND NO WAY PEOPLE IN WISCONSIN
% BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
% THIS HARD CORE SOMETHING
% THAT'S PART OF YOUR INSIDE
% POSITION THAT RAPE OR INCEST
% IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU
% SHOULD EXCLUDE FROM THIS LAW.
% NEVER.
% THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR ME
% BECAUSE OF MY CONVICTIONS.
% AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE
% NEXT DAY YOU SAY, WELL, I
% GUESS I DON'T HAVE ANY
% CONVICTIONS.
% MICHIE SAYS MICHELS IS
% MUDDYING THE WATER.
% >> THAT'S THE INTENTION, I
% THINK, IN A LOT OF CASES IS TO
% JUST SORT OF MUDDLE THE ISSUE
% AND CONFUSE PEOPLE.
% >> HOWEVER, GRACIE SKOGMAN IS
% CLEAR ON WHERE WISCONSIN%RIGH
T TO LIFE STANDS.
% >> OUR POSITION IS WE ARE NOT
% IN FAVOR OF ADDING A RAPE AND
% INCEST EXCEPTION.
% MY ONLY CONCERN IS, LET'S SAY
% THERE'S A RAPE CASE.
% EVEN IF THEIR VOTERS AT THE
% DOORS HAVE A DIFFERENT%OPINIO
N.
% >> REPORTING FROM MADISON, I'M
% ZAC SCHULTZ, FOR HERE AND NOW.
% IN THE HEAT RACE FOR ATTORNEY
% GENERAL, QUESTIONS REPEATEDLY
% CAME UP DURING A DEBATE
% THURSDAY REFERENCING PBS
% WISCONSIN REPORT ON THE
% CANDIDATES THAT TOUCHED ON THE
% MATTER.
% MR. TONY SAID ON VIDEO SAYING
% THAT ONE OF THE THINGS HE
% SHOULD CONSIDER IS ALLOW
% DCIALTION A's ACROSS COUNTY
% LINES.
% IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE AS
% ATTORNEY GENERAL WHAT YOU SAY
% ATTERS.
% WE DON'T GET TO WALK IT BACK
% WEEKS LATER BECAUSE PEOPLE
% WILL MAKE POLICY DECISIONS
% BASED ON WHAT YOU SAY.
% >> THE FULL CON TENGHT WAS
% ASKED ABOUT DA's WOULDN'T
% PROSECUTOR CERTAIN.
% WE HAVE THAT ALLOW A D'TO
% PROSECUTOR IN AN ADJOINING
% COUNTY IF THE DA RECHES TO
% PROSECUTE.%I USE IT AS AN ANA
LOGY TO SAY
% ATTORNEY GENERAL SHOULD HAVE
% THE AUTHORITY OF THE DA's
% REFUSING TO PROSECUTE AND THAT
% WOULD BE ANOTHER OPTION.
% I NEVER EXPRESSLY ADVOCATED.
% REPORTERS PROVIDE THE FULL
% QUESTION AND ANSWER AT ISSUE
% WHICH CAN YOU CAN FIND BY
% GOING TO PBS WISCONSIN.ORG AND
% THEN CLICKING ON THE NEWS
% PAGE.
% >> ON THE MATTER OF EDUCATION,
% THE CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR
% HAVE VERY DIFFERENT IDEAS
% ABOUT HOW TO HELP LEARNING
% OUTCOMES FOR K-12 STUDENTS IN
% WISCONSIN.
% REPUBLICAN TIM MICHELS WANTS
% TO EXPAND PRIVATE SCHOOL
% CHOICE TO ALL STUDENTS.
% DEMOCRAT TONY EVERS WANTS TO
% PUMP AN EXTRA 2 BILLION
% DOLLARS INTO EDUCATION
% FUNDING.
% RELATEDLY, WHAT'S CALLED THE
% NATION'S REPORT CARD THIS FALL%
SHOWED OVERALL WISCONSIN
% STUDENTS HELD STEADY IN MATH
% AND READING WHILE NATION-WIDE
% PANDEMIC DECLINES WERE WORSE.
% BUT THE GRIM HEADLINE FROM THE
% REPORT FOR THIS STATE:
% ONCE AGAIN, WISCONSIN LEADS
% THE NATION IN TEST SCORE GAPS
% BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK
% STUDENTS.
% >> IN A PULL-OUT FROM THE
% REPORT CARD FOR 8TH GRADE
% MATH:
% IN 2022, BLACK STUDENTS HAD AN
% AVERAGE SCORE THAT WAS 53
% POINTS LOWER THAN FOR WHITE
% STUDENTS.
% NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT,
% IT SAID, FROM 2003.
% WHY IS THIS HAPPENING AND WHAT
% IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT?
% WE TURN TO THE STATE
% DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
% INSTRUCTION AND ITS
% COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR,
% ABIGAIL SWETZ.
% THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
% >> EVENING, THANKS FOR HAVING
% ME.
% IN THE YOUNGER GRADES.
% >> FOURTH GRADE MATH GAPS%SH
OWED BLACK STUDENTS AVERAGE% SCORES
WERE 48 POINTS LOWER% THAN FOR WHI
TE STUDENTS.
% WITH READING SCORES 40 POINTS
% LOWER.
% HOW IS THIS HAPPENING?
% IT'S THE RIGHT QUESTION TO
% ASK.
% IT'S WHERE WE NEED TO PUT OUR
% FOCUS UNDERS RESOURCES.
% WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GAPS,
% PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THEM AS AN
% ACHIEVEMENT GAP.
% I'M GLAD WE ARE STOP USING
% THAT PHRASE.
% WHAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT
% ARE WHAT ARE THE INPUTS.
% WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES
% THAT NOT ALL STUDENTS HAVE
% BEEN ABLE IT ACCESS.
% THAT'S WHY WE SHOULD BE AND WE
% ARE CALLING IT AN OPPORTUNITY
% IT GAP WHICH IS WHY WHAT WE
% CAN DO IS PRI THOSE
% OPPORTUNITIES AND PROVIDE
% THOSE RESOURCES IN WAYS THAT
% WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO IN THE
% PAST.
% I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
% WE CAN LOOK AT THE MOST IN
% THAT IS WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR
% BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
% STUDENTS WHO NEED RESOURCES
% THE MOST ARE THE STUDENTS WHO
% ARE GETTING THEM.
% THERE IS DISCUSSION AMONG SOME
% EXPERTS THAT THESE
% STANDARDIZED TESTS ARE BIASED%
IN FAVOR OF WHITE STUDENTS.
% WRITTEN BY WHITE PEOPLE.
% ARE THEY NOT POSSIBLY
% CAPTURING THE TRUE SKILLS AND
% POTENTIAL OF BLACK STUDENTS?
% I THINK WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
% WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE
% CAPTAINURING THE TRUE
% POTENTIAL OF THE STUDENTS.
% YOU HAVE TO REALIZE NO ONE
% TEST CAN GO DO THAT.
% NO ONE ANYTHING CAN DO THAT.
% THE SCORES ARE AN IMPORTANT
% WINDOWS BUT ONLY ONE WINDOWS
% INTO UNDERSTANDING WHERE OUR
% STUDENTS REALLY AT IN
% WISCONSIN.
% WHERE ARE EACH STUDENT, WHERE
% IS EACH STUDENTS AT, BLACK
% STUDENTS, WHITE STUDENTS, ANY
% STUDENTS.
% WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT IS A
% PROBLEM POTENTIALLY WITH A
% CERTAIN STANDARDIZED
% ASSESSMENT, IT'S WHY IT'S
% HELPFUL THAT TEACHERS ARE
% EVERY DAY COLLECTING DATA IN
% THE CLASSROOMS.
% COMPREHENSION CHECKS AND
% COMMUNITY BUILDING AND
% DISCUSSIONS.
% WHEN YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER,
% YOU GAIN A BETTER
% UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE IS THE
% STUDENTS AT AND HOW CAN WE
% GROW THEM FURTHER.
% IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE ARE
% SO THANKFUL WE ARE ABLE TO
% STAY IN CONTACT WITH THE FIELD
% AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE
% PAY ATTENTION A LOT TO THOSE
% OTHER DATA POINTS AS WELL.
% THE PANDEMIC MAY HAVE MADE IT
% WORSE, BUT THIS IS A
% DECADES-LONG GAP WHERE THE
% NEEDLE HAS NOT MOVED.
% WHAT MUST BE DONE?
% WHAT ABOUT THAT?
% IT'S INCREDIBLY UNFORTUNATE.
% IT WAS UNACCEPTABLE BEFORE.
% IT'S UNACCEPTABLE NOW.
% IT'S WHY WE NEED FOCUSED
% INVESTMENT TO TRY TO MOVE THE
% NEEDLE.%I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXA
MPLE.
% ONE OF THE PLACES WE ARE
% SEEING THE MOST STRUGGLE, IN
% ADDITION TO THIS GAP WE'RE
% TALKING ABOUT IS THAT STUDENTS
% WHO ARE STRUGGLING BEFORE ARE
% STRUGGLING EVEN MORE NOW.
% STILL LOWER SCORES, WE SAW THE
% STEEPEST DECLINE.
% IT'S ONE OF THE MANY REASONS
% WE ARE TRYING TO REALLY
% INCREASE OUR REIMBURSEMENT
% RATE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION
% FUNDING BUS WE THINK NOT ALL
% STUDENTS IN THAT CATEGORY ARE
% SPECIAL ED STUDENTS.
% BUT IT'S A WAY TO MOVE THAT
% NEEDLE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE
% FUNDS DESIGNED TO GET TO WHERE
% THEY NEED TO GET REALLY,
% REALLY DO IMPACT WHERE WE NEED
% THEM TO IMPACT.
% CLEARLY GENERATIONS OF BLACK
% STUDENTS IN WISCONSIN ARE
% BEING LEFT BEHIND.
% WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR ALL OF%
WISCONSIN?
% IT'S THE RIGHT QUESTION AGAIN.
% WE HAVE TO REMEMBER OUR
% SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITIES
% AND OUR STUDENTS ARE SO
% INTERCONNECTED.
% WE SAY ALL THE TIME THE
% STUDENTS ARE OUR FUTURE.
% THE CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE.
% THAT'S TRUE WHETHER WE PREPARE
% THEM WELL OR NOT.
% SO WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO
% PREPARE THEM WELL.
% AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE
% ARE LOOKING AT WHEN WE SAY
% OPPORTUNITY GAP, WE NEED TO
% LOOK AT WHERE IS THE
% REPRESENTATION GAD?
% WE NEED TO DIVERSIFY OUR
% PIPELINE TO MAKE SURE OUR
% STUDENTS ARE REFLECTED IN THE
% LEADERS IN THEIR CLASSROOM AND
% THE CURRICULUM AHEAD OF THEM.
% THERE IS ONLY A MINUTE LEFT.
% AS TO OVERALL SCORES, THEY MAY
% NOT HAVE SLIPPED OVER THE%PA
NDEMIC LIKE OTHER STATES,
% BUT ACROSS GRADES ONLY ABOUT
% THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS
% TESTING PROFICIENT IS WELL
% BELOW.
% WHERE SHOULD WISCONSIN BE?
% WE SHOULD BE NOT SATISFIED
% WHERE WE ARE.
% WE ARE ON A JOURNEY.
% IN TERMS OF RECOVERY JOURNEY,
% BUT EVEN IF WE WERE FURTHER
% THAN WE ARE TODAY, WE WOULD
% WANT TO KEEP GROWING.
% I THINK YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER
% THIS KIND OF JOURNEY IS NOT
% LINEAR.
% IT REQUIRES A WHOLE LOT OF
% WORK AND THAT'S THE KIND OF
% WORKER WITH COMMITTED TO DOING
% HERE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
% PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
% ABIGAIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
% >> THANK YOU.
% WHEN IT COMES TO HIGH SCHOOL
% STUDENTS IN WISCONSIN.
% WHAT KINDS OF ISSUES ARE THEY
% THINKING ABOUT HEADING INTO
% THE MILLION DOLLAR TERM
% ELECTIONS?%WE SPANNED OUT ACR
OSS THE
% STATE IN LATE SEPTEMBER TO
% FINDS OUT.
% AS CAMPAIGNS ARE PUTTING FOCUS%
ON CRIME AND GUN CONTROL, WE%FOUN
D THE SPECTER OF SCHOOL
% SHOOTINGS WEIGHS ON STUDENTS'%
MINDS AS THEY GO ABOUT THEIR%DAY.
% >> IT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE
% THINGS WHERE I THINK NOW JUST
% IS.
% AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER ONE OF
% THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU GO TO
% SCHOOL AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S%
A POSSIBILITY OF SOMETHING%HAPPEN
ING.
% >> EVERY SINGLE DAY WE WALK IN
% THE SCHOOL, THERE'S ALWAYS
% THAT LITTLE PART IN YOUR MIND
% THAT'S LIKE, IS TODAY GOING TO%
BE THE DAY?
% AM I GOING TO BE ON THE NEWS?
% >> I HAVE, LIKE, SIBLINGS IN A%
DIFFERENT SCHOOL.
% AND IT'S NERVE-RACKING KNOWING
% THAT PEOPLE WOULD PUT KIDS
% THAT YOUNG IN HARM'S WAY.
% AND IT COULD HAPPEN AT ANY
% MOMENT.
% >> I THINK ABOUT THAT A LOT,
% ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW
% SHOOTINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING
% ON.
% I MEAN, IT'S BEEN GOING ON%FO
REVER.
% BUT, LIKE, IT'S -- I FEEL LIKE%
IT'S BEEN MORE BROADCASTED,%ESPE
CIALLY THESE DAYS.
% I'M LIKE ALWAYS THINKING LIKE,
% OKAY, WHERE'S THE CLOSEST%EX
IT?
% >> THERE'S ALWAYS THAT LITTLE
% THOUGHT IN THE BACK OF MY MIND
% THAT WHAT IF SOMETHING
% HAPPENED AND WE HAD A SCARE
% LIKE THAT LAST YEAR HERE, AND
% MOST OF THE KIDS STAYED AWAY
% FROM SCHOOL IN FEAR OF THE
% FACT THAT THAT IGHT HAPPEN TO%
US.
% >> I KNOW HERE AND THERE WE'VE
% TALKED -- SCHOOLS HAVE TALKED
% ABOUT LIKE BIGGER SCHOOL
% SHOOTINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
% BUT I THINK IT WAS ABOUT TWO
% WEEKS AGO OR LAST WEEK THERE
% WAS A THREAT ON THE SCHOOL AND
% I ENDED UP STAYING HOME
% BECAUSE I HONESTLY FEARED THAT
% I -- IT COULD HAVE BEEN REAL.
% >> SCHOOL SAFETY IS ESSENTIAL
% TO THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
% YOU SHOULDN'T GO TO CLASS
% FEARING FOR YOUR LIFE.
% YOU SHOULDN'T.
% THAT IS ABSOLUTELY
% UNACCEPTABLE.
% >> OUR THANKS TO THE PBS
% WISCONSIN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
% FOR THEIR HELP GATHERING THOSE
% STUDENT INTERVIEWS.%THEY WER
E CONDUCTED AT SCHOOLS
% ACROSS THE STATE INCLUDING AT
% TWO PBS NEWSHOUR STUDENT
% REPORTING LABS SCHOOLS.
% AND NOW, WE TURN TO A
% POSSIBILITY THAT'S RARE IN
% POLITICAL HISTORY.
% THAT WOULD BE A LEGISLATIVE
% SUPER-MAJORITY IN WISCONSIN.
% WHILE REPUBLICANS HAVE STRONG
% MAJORITIES IN BOTH THE
% ASSEMBLY AND SENATE RIGHT NOW,
% THEY'RE STRIVING FOR EVEN
% GREATER CONTROL.
% TO MAKE THEIR LEGISLATION
% VETO-PROOF.
% HERE & NOW'S STEVEN POTTER
% BREAKS DOWN HOW REPUBLICANS
% CAN ACHIEVE A SUPER-MAJORITY
% IN THIS FAST FACTS REPORT.
% SENATE BILL 210.
% >> OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS,%
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR TONY EVERS
% HAS VETOED A RECORD-SETTING
% 146 BILLS SENT TO HIM BY THE
% REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED STATE
% LEGISLATURE.
% THESE VETOES INCLUDED BILLS
% REGARDING EVERYTHING FROM%ED
UCATION AND VOTING
% RESTRICTIONS TO PANDEMIC
% POLICIES AND NEW STATE WELFARE%
REQUIREMENTS.
% BUT GOVERNOR EVERS' ABILITY TO
% VETO, OR STOP, THE LEGISLATION
% HE DISAGREES WITH COULD SOON%
COME TO AN END.
% THAT WOULD HAPPEN IF
% REPUBLICANS ACHIEVE WHAT'S
% CALLED A ''SUPERMAJORITY,'
% WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE
% LEGISLATURE TO OVERRIDE A
% GOVERNOR'S VETO.
% TO DO THIS, REPUBLICANS WOULD
% NEED TO WIN ELECTIONS IN
% TWO-THIRDS OF THE SEATS IN
% BOTH THE STATE SENATE AND%ST
ATE ASSEMBLY.
% AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW,
% REPUBLICANS HAVE A 61 TO 38
% MAJORITY OVER DEMOCRATS IN THE
% STATE ASSEMBLY.
% THEY WOULD NEED TO TAKE AN
% ADDITIONAL FIVE SEATS FROM
% DEMOCRATS IN THE UPCOMING
% NOVEMBER ELECTION TO ACHIEVE A
% 66-SEAT SUPERMAJORITY IN THAT%
CHAMBER.
% IN THE STATE SENATE,
% REPUBLICANS CURRENTLY HAVE A
% 21 TO 12 MAJORITY OVER
% DEMOCRATS.
% TO EARN A TWO-THIRDS
% SUPERMAJORITY THERE,
% REPUBLICANS WOULD NEED TO FLIP%
ONLY ONE SEAT.
% IN ORDER TO OVERRIDE A
% GOVERNOR'S VETO, BOTH THE
% STATE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY MUST%
VOTE TO DO SO.
% ONE CHAMBER CANNOT OVERRIDE A%
VETO ALONE.
% IN THE EVENT THAT REPUBLICAN
% CHALLENGER TIM MICHELS WINS
% THE GOVERNOR'S ELECTION ON
% NOV. 8, OVERRIDING A VETO WILL
% PROVE LIKELY UNNECESSARY AS
% REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE COMPLETE
% CONTROL OVER ALL LAWMAKING
% BODIES OF STATE GOVERNMENT.
% THE LAST TIME ONE POLITICAL
% PARTY HAD A TWO-THIRDS
% SUPERMAJORITY IN BOTH THE
% STATE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY WAS
% IN 1977 AND THE CONTROLLING
% PARTY WAS DEMOCRATS.
% AND THE LAST TIME A VETO WAS
% OVERRIDDEN WAS PART OF THE
% STATE BUDGET BILL IN 1985.
% FOR HERE & NOW, I'M STEVEN
% POTTER.
% >> AS YOU JUST HEARD, IF
% REPUBLICANS WIN A VETO-PROOF
% MAJORITY AND DEMOCRAT TONY
% EVERS WINS RE-ELECTION, HIS
% DAYS OF EASILY OVERTURNING
% BILLS WOULD BE OVER.
% BUT IF REPUBLICAN TIM MICHELS
% WINS THE ELECTION, WHAT BILLS
% THAT EVERS VETOED WOULD LIKELY%
BECOME LAW?
% TO LOOK AT THESE POSSIBLE
% ELECTION OUTCOMES, WE TURN TO
% SHAWN JOHNSON, CAPITOL BUREAU
% CHIEF FOR WISCONSIN PUBLIC
% RADIO.
% NICE TO SEE YOU.
% >> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
% >> OKAY, SO HOW DOES GOVERNOR%
TONY EVERS' VETO RECORD STACK%UP
IN HISTORY?
% IT TURNS OUT, OVER A TWO-YEAR
% SESSION.
% EVER SINCE WISCONSIN HAS BEEN
% A STATE.
% NO GOVERNOR HAS VETOED NOR
% BILLS THAN HE HAS.
% 126.
% THE NEXT CLOSEST IS 90s.
% EVERS HAS IT BY A MILE.
% IF YOU ARE THINKING THEY ARE
% NOT GETTING ALONG TOO WELL.
% YOU ARE FACTUALLY, OBJECTIVELY
% CORRECT.
% IN HIS 126 VETOES IN A SINGLE
% IT COVERED EVERYTHING FROM
% ELECTION LAW CHANGES, COVID
% BILLS, K-12 LAW CHANGES,
% LEGISLATION ON%GUNS, ABORTION
, AND CHILD% LABOR LAWS.
% WHICH STAND OUT HEADING INTO%
THE ELECTION?
% IF YOU ASK WHICH STANDS OUT IN
% TERMS OF THE CAMPAIGN WE ARE
% WATCHING RIGHT NOW.
% I WOULD SAY NOT VERY MANY OF
% THEM.
% REALLY.
% IT FEELS LIKE THE CANDIDATES
% ARE RUNNING ON THEMES THAT YOU
% SEE FROM REPUBLICANS AND
% DEMOCRATS EVERYWHERE.
% TIM MICHELS IS RUNNING AGAINST
% EVERS AS, TALKING ABOUT HIS
% PAROLE COMMISSION.
% EVERS IS TALKING ABOUT TIM
% MIKE ELLS ON ABORTION GOING
% BACK TO 2004.
% THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE TALKING
% ABOUT.%THEY WERE NOT REALLY T
ALKING
% ABOUT THESE VETOES.
% THAT SAID, THERE IS
% SIGNIFICANT STUFF IN THERE.
% THERE IS AROUND 20 BILTZ THAT
% REPUBLICANS PASSED RELATED TO
% ELECTION LAW CHANGES,
% INCLUDING THEN ON PRIVATE
% PLANTS TO HELP RUN ELECTIONS.
% THERE ARE SOME PRETTY
% SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO
% EDUCATION IN WISCONSIN.
% PROPOSED IN THESE BILLS.
% INCLUDING ONE THAT WOULD LIFT
% ALL CAPS ON THE PRIVATE SCHOOL
% VOUCHER PROGRAM, NO MORE
% ENROLLMENT CAPS OR LIMITS TO
% THE PROGRAM.
% THAT IS A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE
% TO WISCONSIN LAW.
% SO THERE IS A LOT IN THERE IN
% ALL OF THESE BILLS.
% SOME OF IT IS GETTING TALKS
% ABOUT, JUST NOT AS MUCH AS THE
% LARGER THEMES.
% DO THESE BILLS THAT ARE VETOED
% REPRESENT A BLUEPRINT FOR
% REPUBLICANS?
% >> IN A WAY, I THINK THEY DO.
% WE MENTIONED IT'S REFERRED TO
% AS THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL
% CHOICE PLAN.
% HISTORICALLY IN WISCONSIN, THE
% SCHOOL CHOICE LOBBY IS KIND OF
% MOVED INCREMENTALLY.
% RAISE THE INCOME LIMITATIONS
% FOR THE CHOICE PROGRAM A
% LITTLE BIT THIS SESSION.
% A LITTLE BIT THIS SESSION.
% EXPANDS IT TO RECEIVE, THEN
% STATE-WIDE.
% KIND OF STEP BY STEP.
% THIS IS LIKE EVERYTHING HERE.
% AND I THINK BYPASSING IT,
% GETTING THE LEGISLATURE ON
% RECORD TO SUPPORT THIS BILL,
% EVEN IF THEY KNEW THE GOVERNOR
% WAS GOING TO VETO IT.
% THEY MAY HAVE TIM MIKE ELLS
% TALKING ABOUT IT.
% EVERYBODY IS ON THE RECORD IN
% REPUBLICAN POLITICS SAYING
% "LET'S DO THIS."
% IT DOES SET A BLUEPRINT FOR
% REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR SHOULD TIM
% MICHELS WIN TO STAKE SWEEPING
% STEPS QUICKLY.
% >> WHAT ELSE WILL BE FIRST OUT
% OF THE BLOCKS?
% I THINK THE ELECTION BILLS
% WOULD BE COMING PRETTY FAST.
% BECAUSE THE REPUBLICAN BASE
% SAYS THEY WANT THEM.
% AND I ALSO THINK THAT THERE IS
% PROBABLY NOT ALL THE CHANGES
% REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO BE
% DOING WHEN IT COMES TO
% ELECTION LAW.
% THERE IS GOING TO BE A PUSH TO
% POSSIBLY ELIMINATE THE
% WISCONSIN ELECTIONS
% COMMISSION.
% THERE A WHOLE BUNCH THAT
% REPUBLICANS TALKED ABOUT IN
% THEIR PRIMARY COMPLAIN THAT
% THE BASE WANTS.
% WE HAVE AN ELECTION IN 2024
% THAT WILL BE CLOSE HERE IN
% WISCONSIN.
% >> WITH ALL OF THESE BILLS
% CONCEIVABLY COME BACK OR IS
% SOME OF IT REPUBLICANS TRYING
% TO DRAW THE VETO TO MESSAGE
% THE BASE?
% I THINK WHAT YOU JUST SAID
% THERE IS A VERY GOOD
% POSSIBILITY FOR SOME OF THEM.
% I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER.
% THIS WEAPON HAD A TALK LIKE
% THIS IN 2010.
% WHEN WE HAD A DEMOCRAT
% GOVERNOR WHO VETOED REPUBLICAN
% BILLS.
% SUDDENLY REPUBLICANS HAD ALL
% THE POWER.
% WE WENT THROUGH A LIST OF WHAT
% MIGHT THEY PASS.
% THEY DID PASS SOME OF THAT
% STUFF THAT THEY SENT TO GET
% VETOED.
% BUT NOT ALL OF IT.
% THERE WAS OTHER STUFF THAT WAS
% NOT ON THE LIST.
% I DON'T KNOW, SO I DON'T THINK
% YOU CAN LOOK TELL VETO LIST
% AND SAY THAT'S EVERYTHING THEY
% WILL DO NEXT YEAR.
% THERE ARE SOME BILLS ON THERE,
% FOR EXAMPLE ONE THAT WOULD
% EXEMPT ALL GUNS MADE IN
% WISCONSIN FROM ANY FEDERAL
% FIREARM LAWS.
% IT WOULD PROHIBIT FEDERAL BANS
% ON ASSAULT WEAPONS.
% THAT'S PRETTY BROAD STUFF.
% THEY MIGHT MASS IT AGAIN.
% BUT WE JUST DON'T KNOW.
% >> IT DOES SUFFICE TO SAY IT
% POINTS TO HIGH STAKES IN THIS
% ELECTION, FOR SURE.
% SHAWN JOHNSON MUCH
% >> NEXT WEEK, ZAC SCHULTZ IS%
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WITH THE
% CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.
% FOR MORE ON THE STATE-WIDE%RA
CES AND OTHER ISSUES FACING% WISCON
SIN, VISIT OUR WEBSITE
% AT PBS WISCONSIN.ORG AND THEN
% CLICK ON THE NEWS TAB.
% ALSO, TURN TO WISCONSIN
% VOTE.ORG FOR UP-TO-DATE
% ELECTION COVERAGE AND
% INFORMATION.
% INCLUDING REAL-TIME RESULTS ON
% ELECTION NIGHT.
% THAT IS OUR PROGRAM FOR%TONI
GHT.
% I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
% HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
% [♪]
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% PROVIDED BY THE FOCUS FUND FOR
% JOURNALISM
% AND FRIENDS OF PBS WISCONSIN.