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it on the floor.
>> All right. Well, Zac

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Schultz, thanks so much.
>> Thanks, Fred.

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>> Governor Tony Evers,
last state of the state

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address called 2026, the
year of the neighbor, and

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asked Wisconsinites to be
good neighbors to each

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other. The neighborly
spirit was strained by

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week's end, as Republican
lawmakers and the governor

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were still working to reach
an accord on property tax

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relief before the
legislature adjourns for

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the session. Republicans
blame a spike in taxes on

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the governor's 400 year
veto that enshrined a $325

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per student annual school
funding increase until 2425.

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Here are Evers and Senate
Republican Majority Leader

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Devin LeMahiue speaking on
the matter.

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>> A decade of Republicans
consistently failing to

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meaningful invest
meaningfully to invest in

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our kids and our K through
12 schools has consequences.

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Wisconsinites.
Wisconsinites have been

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going to referendum in high
numbers in years, raising

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their own property taxes
just to keep the school

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lights on. It started long
before I became governor. I

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get Republicans want to
blame my 400 year veto for

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property taxes going up.
Why, of course it's

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politics. Of course,
Republicans running under

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fair maps need someone else
to blame for for failing to

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fund our schools at the
levels I've asked them to

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for about two decades of my
life.

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>> Thanks to strong
Republican majorities here

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in the legislature,
Wisconsin families have

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only seen one example of
what state government could

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look like with full
Democratic control.

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Governor Evers disastrous
400 year veto that is

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driving property taxes
through the roof. The. If