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in Wisconsin.
>> Reporting from Madison.

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I'm Zac Schultz for "Here&
Now".

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>> Governor Tony Evers
Thursday signed a

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bipartisan bill into law
that makes online sports

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betting legal in Wisconsin.
When those bets are made

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through servers located on
tribal lands, Evers said

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the new law means a broader
collection of tribal

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nations in Wisconsin could
reap the benefits of

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increased gaming revenues.
The measure saw opposition

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from major operators like
Draft Kings and FanDuel.

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The 11 tribes will now
negotiate new gaming

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compacts with the state to
develop a model for sports

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betting. In other news, the
UW Board of Regents fired

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President Jay Rothman this
week.

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>> To terminate the UW
system president.

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>> And he is not going
quietly. The board voted

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unanimously to remove
Rothman, who says he was

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blindsided by the decision
with no reasons given. In

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response, the state Senate
Committee on Universities

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and Technical Colleges took
public testimony from

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regents to speak to Rothman
termination. But the

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president of the region
said personnel rules

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require confidentiality and
they would detail their

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termination decision if
Rothman would waive that

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confidentiality.
exactly what he is doing.

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He is a sophisticated
professional who

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understands that personnel
matters are confidential.

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And yet President Rothman,
who understands all of this,

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has chosen to use that
constraint as a shield,

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making public statements.
He knows I cannot rebut and

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framing a narrative he
knows I cannot correct that

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is deliberately one sided.
That is not a search for

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truth. That is strategy.
>> For his part, Governor

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Tony Evers said, quote,
many see the ongoing

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threats to fire UW regents
as Republicans attempt to