IN A BREAKING RULING TODAY, A
DANE COUNTY JUDGE SAYS A LAWSUIT
ATTEMPTING TO OVERTURN
WISCONSIN'S 1849 ABORTION BAN
WILL INDEED MOVE FORWARD
FOLLOWING AN ATTEMPT TO DISMISS
THE LAWSUIT.
JUDGE DIANE FLIPPER WROTE IN HER
RULING, QUOTE, THERE IS NO SUCH
THING AS AN 1849 ABORTION BAN IN
WISCONSIN.
A PHYSICIAN WHO PERFORMS A
CONSENSUAL MEDICAL ABORTION
COMMITS A CRIME ONLY AFTER THE
FETUS OR UNBORN CHILD REACHES
VIE ANT.
THE 1849 LAW APPLIES TO FEET
SIISIDE AND NOT CONSENSUAL.
RECORD'S $7 BILLION SURPLUS
MEANT NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND NEW
CHALLENGES FOR LAWMAKERS.
GOVERNOR TONY EVERS SIGNED THE
REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE'S BUDGET
BUT NOT WITHOUT MAKING SOME
CONSIDERABLE CHANGES WITH HIS
VETO AUTHORITY.
>> THE MONTHS-LONG BUDGET
PROCESS KICKED OFF WITH THE
GOVERNOR RELEASING HIS BUDGET, A
VERITABLE WISH LIST OF
DEMOCRATIC PRIORITIES.
WHEN REPUBLICANS ON THE FINANCE
COMMITTEE GOT THEIR CRACK AT IT,
THEY THREW OUT THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET AND STARTED FROM SCRATCH.
BUT THAT BOILERPLATE POLITICAL
POSTURING WAS CONTRASTED BY
COMPROMISE.
K THROUGH 12 EDUCATION SPENDING
AND SHARED REVENUE FUNDING FOR
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
>> WHAT WE'RE ANNOUNCING TODAY
IS THE SINGLE LARGEST INVESTMENT
IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE
HISTORY OF WISCONSIN.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US
SHOULD BE PROUD OF BECAUSE IT'S
BEING DONE IN A COLLABORATIVE
WISCONSIN BIPARTISAN WAY.
>> G.O.P.-LED BUDGET COMMITTEE
RACED TO FINISH.
ITS WORK INCLUDED A
3.5-BILLION-DOLLAR INCOME TAX
CUT, GIVING THE BIGGEST BREAKS
TO THE HIGHEST EARNERS, A $32
MILLION CUT TO THE UW SYSTEM FOR
DIVERSITY INITIATIVES, AND CUTS
TO THE CHILDCARE COUNTS PROGRAM.
EVERS HAD THREATEN TO VETO THE
REPUBLICAN BUDGET IN ITS
ENTIRETY OVER SUCH PROVISIONS,
BUT, INSTEAD, USED HIS POWERFUL
PARTIAL VETO REDUCE THE INCOME
TAX CUTS FROM 3.5 BILLION TO 175
MILLION BY ELIMINATING TAX CUTS
FOR THE TWO HIGHEST INCOME
BRACKETS AND HE RESTORED THE
188UW POCKETS RELATED TO
DIVERSITY.
>> I HAVE USED MY BROAD VETO
AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS WITH PREDICTABLE
LONG-TERM INCREASES FOR THE
FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
>> FORESEEABLE FUTURE BECAME NOT
TWO YEARS OF A BUDGET, BUT 402
YEARS, BECAUSE EVERS STRUCK
INDIVIDUAL NUMBERS AND
PUNCTUATION TO INCREASE SCHOOL
DISTRICT LEVY LIMITS THROUGH THE
YEYEAR 2425.
REPUBLICANS WERE LIVID, SAYING,
QUOTE CLEARLY NOW THAT HE'S WON
RE-ELECTION BY TAKING CREDIT FOR
REPUBLICAN IDEAS, IT'S BUSINESS
AS USUAL FOR GOVERNOR EVERS AS