>> AT THIS HOUR, THE JUNETEENTH
% FLAG IS FLYING OVER THE EAST
% ENTRANCE TO THE WISCONSIN STATE
% CAPITOL, JUST BELOW THE U.S. AND
% WISCONSIN FLAGS.
% TODAY IS JUNETEENTH, A DAY THAT
% MARKS 155 YEARS SINCE THE LAST
% ENSLAVED PEOPLE IN THE UNITED
% STATES LEARNED THAT THEY WERE
% FREE.
% IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN WISCONSIN
% HISTORY THE JUNETEENTH FLAG HAS
% FLOWN AT THE CAPITOL.
% ON THIS JUNETEENTH DAY, AND IN
% THE WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD'S
% MURDER AND DEMONSTRATIONS,
% WISCONSIN GOVERNOR TONY EVERS
% AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR MANDELA
% BARNES TODAY ANNOUNCED A PACKAGE
% OF REFORM COOPERATION, CALLING
% FOR BIPARTISAN COOPERATION,
% SAYING THE GOVERNOR SHOULD NOT
% HAVE TO CALL A SPECIAL SESSION
% WHEN "PEOPLE ACROSS OUR STATE
% ARE DEMANDING WE TAKE ACTION."