TICKING FOR GOVERNOR TONY EVERS
TO ACT ON THE STATE BUDGET, HE
DID SO A DAY BEFORE THE LEGAL
DEADLINE.
GOVERNOR EVERS SIGNED THE STATE
BUDGET INTO LAW THURSDAY,
WIELDING HIS VETO PEN TO MAKE
SOME CHANGES TO THE FINAL
DOCUMENT.
"HERE AND NOW" REPORTER WILL
KENNEALLY HAS THE DETAILS.
>> THE GOVERNOR LEFT THE
GOP-WRITTEN BUDGET LARGELY
INTACT, THOUGH AT THE SAME TIME
ADMONISHED REPUBLICANS FOR NOT
DOING MORE.
>> THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WITH THE
BUDGET ARE NOT THE THINGS THAT
NEED TO BE REMOVED BY A STROKE
OF A PEN, BUT RATHER THE WORK
THE LEGISLATURE HAS LEFT UNDONE.
>> SPEAKING FROM AN ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL IN WHITEFISH BAY, EVER,
FORMER HEAD OF STATE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, SAID EDUCATION SHOULD
HAVE BEEN PRIORITIZED MORE IN
THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET.
>> THEY COULD HAVE DONE THE
RIGHT THING.
THEY STILL CAN DO THE RIGHT
THING.
THERE IS MONEY LEFT IN THE STATE
COFFERS THAT CAN BE USED FOR
SCHOOLS AND OTHER ISSUES.
SO WE -- I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT
THEY'LL SPEND SOME TIME THINKING
THROUGH THIS INSTEAD OF JUST
GOING HOME AND SPENDING THE REST
OF THE SUMMER ENJOYING
THEMSELVES.
THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE.
>> DURING HIS NEWS CONFERENCE,
EVERS SAID HE WOULD ALLOCATE
$100 MILLION OF FEDERAL MONEY TO
STEM THE SHORTFALL HE SAYS
WISCONSIN SCHOOLS FACE.
>> THE GOVERNOR INCLUDED 50
PARTIAL VETOES THAT REMOVED
SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BUDGET,
INCLUDING KEEPING THE EXISTING
FORMULA FOR RURAL SCHOOL
DISTRICTS TRANSPORTATION AID,
PREVENTING DRUG TESTING FOR
THOSE SEEKING UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE, MAINTAINING FUNDING
FOR A HEALTHY EATING PROGRAM AND
STOPPING A TRANSFER OF $550
MILLION TO THE STATE'S RAINY DAY
FUND.
EVERS SAID THAT LAST VETO KEEPS
THOSE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO MEET
FUTURE NEEDS OF WISCONSINITES
THAT THE CURRENT BUDGET DOES NOT
ADDRESS.
>> THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE.
THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE FOR
THESE KIDS, AROUND CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM, A WHOLE NUMBER
OF AREAS.
THE MONEY IS STILL THERE.
>> THE GOVERNOR DID TOUT
MEASURES FROM THE BUDGET,
HOWEVER, INCLUDING AN INCOME TAX
CUT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
WISCONSINITES.
IN THE BUDGET, WISCONSINITES
MAKING BETWEEN ROUGHLY $24,000
AND $263,000 PER YEAR WILL HAVE
THEIR INCOME TAX REDUCED BY
CLOSE TO 1%.
REPUBLICANSCRIED FOUL SAYING
EVERS WAS TAKING CREDIT FOR A
TAX CUT FROM THE GOP.
>> IT'S CLEAR EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED TODAY.
GOVERNOR EVERS SIGNED THE
REPUBLICAN-WRITTEN STATE BUDGET.
>> THOUGH EVERS INTRODUCED A
BUDGET PROPOSAL EARLIER THIS
YEAR, THE GOP LEGISLATURE THREW
IT OUT.
>> ONCE AGAIN, REPUBLICANS ARE
LEADING.
THE LEGISLATURE HAVE LED THE WAY
SENDING A COMMON SENSE BUDGET
THAT INVESTS IN PRIORITIES AND
PUTS MONEY BACK IN THE HANDS OF
FAMILIES OF WISCONSIN.
>> REPORTING FROM WHITEFISH BAY,
THIS IS WILL KENNEALLY FOR "HERE
AND NOW."
>> SO REPUBLICANS IN THE
LEGISLATURE ARE PRAISING THE TAX
CUTS GOVERNOR EVERS SIGNED INTO
LAW, WHILE BLASTING HIS ORIGINAL
VERSION OF THE BUDGET AND SAYING