NOW
FOR AN
UPDATE
ON
STORIES
% WE'VE BEEN
COVERING OVER
THE
% PAST FEW
WEEKS
AND
MONTHS.
% >>
IT
TOOK
TEN
MONTHS,
BUT
THE% REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED STATE%
SENATE
CONFIRMED THE
FIRST
OF% GOVERNOR
EVERS'
CABINET
MEMBERS
% THIS WEEK.
% THE
FIRST
FIVE
CONFIRMED
% SECRETARIES INCLUDE
REVENUE
% SECRETARY PETER
BARCA, FINANCIAL
% INSTITUTIONS
SECRETARY KATHY
% BLUMENFELD,
ADMINISTRATION
% SECRETARY JOEL
BRENNAN,
% CORRECTIONS
SECRETARY
KEVIN
CARR
% AND
VETERAN
AFFAIRS
SECRETARY% MARY KOLAR.
% THE
SENATE HAS
YET
TO
CONFIRM
11
% OF
EVERS' DES
!
DESIGNEES.
% IN
OTHER
STATE
NEWS, A REPORT
% FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL% RESOURCE
S FOUND HIGH
LEVELS
OF
% UNSAFE
CHEMICALS
KNOWN
AS
PFAS
% IN
MADISON'S
STARKWEATHER CREEK.
% THE
HIGHEST
LEVELS
REACHED
13
% TIMES
THE
RECOMMENDED
STANDARD.
% ONE KNOWN
SOURCE OF THE
% CHEMICALS ARE
FIREFIGHTING
FOAMS
% USED ON THE
TRUAX
FIELD
NATIONAL
% GUARD
AIRBASE
NEAR
THE
CREEK.
% THE
DNR
IS
WORKING
WITH
LOCAL
% PARTNERS
TO
TAKE
ACTION
AGAINST
% THE
CONTAMINATION.
% SPEAKING OF
TRUAX
FIELD,
THE
% STATE SENATE
PASSED A
RESOLUTION% IN
SUPPORT
OF
BRINGING
NEW
P35
% FIGHTER JETS
TO
MADISON.
% SOME
LAWMAKERS
HAVE
RAISED
% CONCERNS ABOUT
THE
IMPACT
OF
% NOISE ON THE