% >> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS A
% PBS WISCONSIN ORIGINAL
% PRODUCTION.
% >> WISCONSIN'S DEMOCRATIC
% GOVERNOR IS SUING THE STATE
% LEGISLATURE AFTER YEARS OF POWER
% GRABS FROM REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS.
% AND THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS
% STRIKE COMES TO AB END.
% HOW WILL THE DEAL IMPACT LOCAL
% WORKERS?
% I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
% TONIGHT ON "HERE & NOW," DETAILS
% OF THE GOVERNOR'S LAWSUIT
% AGAINST THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
% THEN WE CHECK IN WITH A LOCAL
% U.A.W. PRESIDENT ON HIS WAY TO
% RATIFY A NEW CONTRACT.
% A TOWN SUPERVISOR DETAILS LIFE
% FOR RESIDENTS WITHOUT CLEAN
% WATER, AND THE NEXT IN OUR
% SERIES "WISCONSIN IN BLACK AND
% WHITE: HEALTH DIVIDES."
% IT'S "HERE & NOW" FOR NOVEMBER
% 3.% >> FUNDING FOR "HERE & N
OW" IS% PROVIDED BY THE FOCUS FUND
FOR JOURNALISM AND FRIENDS OF PBS%
WISCONSIN.
% >> DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR TONY
% EVERS SAYS HE'S HAD ENOUGH AND
% SO THIS WEEK HE FILED A SUIT
% AGAINST THE LEGISLATURE SAYING
% REPUBLICANS ARE HOLDING HOSTAGE
% PAY RAISES FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS
% UW STATE EMPLOYEES.
% WE SHOULD NOTE PBS WISCONSIN IS
% PART OF UW-MADISON.
% SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER, ZAC
% SCHULTZ, HAS MORE.
% >> EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE
% REPUBLICAN LED JOINT COMMITTEE
% ON EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
% COCHAIRED BY ASSEMBLY SPEAKER
% ROBIN VOS, SIGNED OFF ON RAISES
% FOR ALL STATE WORKERS EXCEPT
% EMPLOYEES OF THE UNIVERSITIES OF
% WISCONSIN.%IT WAS THE LAST ST
RAW FOR
% DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR TONY EVERS.
% >> THE REPUBLICANS DECIDED THAT
% 35,000 PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THE
% UW SYSTEM SHOULDN'T GET A RAISE
% WITHOUT HAVING ANY LEGISLATION
% THAT GIVES THEM THAT AUTHORITY.
% THAT'S JUST [BLEEP], AND SO THAT
% WAS THE DEFINING MOMENT RIGHT
% THERE.%>> Reporter: THE RAISE
S WERE
% ALREADY APPROVED IN THE STATE'S
% BIENNIAL BUDGET.
% THE LAWSUIT, BROUGHT BY ATTORNEY
% GENERAL JOSH KAUL ON BEHALF OF
% THE GOVERNOR ALLEGES THIS AND
% OTHER ACTIONS BY G.O.P.-LED
% COMMITTEES ARE VIOLATING THE
% WISCONSIN CONSTITUTION AND
% INTRUDING INTO EXECUTIVE POWERS.
% EVERS FURTHER SAYS REPUBLICAN
% LEGISLATORS ARE
% UNCONSTITUTIONALLY OBSTRUCTING
% BASIC FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT.
% >>> OTHER ALLEGED VIOLATIONS
% FROM REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED
% COMMITTEES INCLUDE THE JOINT
% COMMITTEE ON FINANCE HAS
% REPEATEDLY BLOCKED CONSERVATION
% PROJECTS, SELECTED UNDER THE
% KNOLLS-NELSON STEWARDSHIP
% PROGRAM AND THE JOINT COMMITTEE
% FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RULES IS
% BLOCKING UPDATES TO THE STATE'S
% COMMERCIAL BUILDING STANDARDS
% AND ETHICS STANDARDS FOR
% LICENSED PROFESSIONALS.
% >> THERE'S NOTHING IN LAW OR THE
% BUDGET THAT WAS PASSED, WHICH IS
% LAW, TO SAY THAT THE SPEAKER OR
% THE REPUBLICANS IN GENERAL,
% LEADERSHIP CAN SAY, WELL, THAT
% 4%, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT
% OR YOU MIGHT GET IT IF YOU DO X,
% Y AND Z.
% NONE OF THAT IS IN LAW AND SO
% THAT IS AN ILLEGALLY ACT.
% THAT PUSHED ME OVER THE EDGE.
% THE OTHER ISSUES, I DO BELIEVE
% IT'S JUST A FURTHER EFFORT THAT
% STARTED BEFORE I BECAME GOVERNOR
% AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE
% DONE, NOT APPROVING MY
% APPOINTEES OR NOT -- YOU KNOW,
% ALL OF THAT.
% IT'S ALL PART OF IT.
% BUT WHEN YOU MESS WITH 35,000
% PEOPLE AT ONE TIME, THAT'S
% ENOUGH.%>> Reporter: ARE YOU
LOOKING
% FOR THE SUPREME COURT, IF THEY
% TAKE THIS CASE, TO MAKE A BROAD
% RULING?
% OR WOULD YOU BE SATISFIED IF
% THEY ISSUED A NARROW RULING,
% SPECIFIC ON UW EMPLOYEES OR ANY
% OF THE OTHER COMMITTEES?
% >> I THINK THE LEGISLATURE -- IT
% WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE
% LEGISLATURE TO HAVE A BROAD IDEA
% OF WHAT THEIR AUTHORITY IS AND
% WHAT'S MINE.
% THAT WOULD BE THE BEST
% ALTERNATIVE, BUT AT THE END OF
% THE DAY, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE
% THAT WE PAY PEOPLE WHAT THEY
% SHOULD BE PAID.
% SO I THINK THE BEST ALTERNATIVE
% WOULD BE A BROAD SWEEPING OF
% THINGS SAYING THIS IS WHAT YOUR
% JOB IS, THIS IS WHAT THE
% GOVERNOR'S JOB IS.
% START BEHAVING.% >> Reporte
r: YOU MENTIONED THE
% LAME DUCK LAWS AND SOME OF THESE
% ACTIONS YOU'RE REFERRING TO CAME
% OUT OF THE LAME DUCK LAW.
% SO IS THIS IN EFFECT ANOTHER
% LAWSUIT ATTEMPT TO RE-LITIGATE
% SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THAT WERE
% PASSED INTO LAW UNDER THE
% PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION?
% >> YEAH.
% I MEAN, BECAUSE OF ACTIONS,
% WE'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT THEY ARE
% WRONG, AND SO IF WE HAVE TO MAKE
% SOME CHANGES, THAT'S FINE.
% I THINK, BROADLY SPEAKING, THE
% WAY THE REPUBLICANS HAVE
% ESSENTIALLY TAKEN MORE AND MORE
% POWER OVER TIME FROM THE
% EXECUTIVE BRANCH, WE HAVE TO
% STOP THAT AND WE HAVE TO
% UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE COEQUAL
% PARTS OF GOVERNMENT, JUDICIAL
% EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE, AND
% THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO
% WORK.
% IT'S NOT WORKING THAT WAY NOW.
% >> WOULD YOU HAVE FILED THIS
% LAWSUIT UNDER A DIFFERENT MAKEUP
% OF THE SUPREME COURT?
% >> OH, YES.
% GOSH, YES.
% OH GOSH, YES.
% I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE
% THAN FOUR VOTES ON THIS ONE.
% I MEAN, PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO
% UNDERSTAND THAT IS THERE IS
% BROAD AUTHORITY IN ALL THREE
% BRANCHES.
% SO ABSOLUTELY.
% THIS RECENT THING, WHETHER NEW
% JUDGES OR NOT, THAT'S IRRELEVANT
% TO THIS.
% WE WOULD HAVE FILED THAT
% REGARDLESS.%>> Reporter: SPE
AKER VOS SAID
% IN A STATEMENT, TODAY'S LAWSUIT
% BY GOVERNOR EVERS AND ATTORNEY
% GENERAL CALL IS AN EAMPT TO
% ELIMINATE THE 4% RAISES GIVE TO
% ALL STATE EMPLOYEES GIVEN BY THE
% STATE LEGISLATURE AND DEVIN
% LEMAHIEU SAID THE GOVERNOR IS
% WORKING TO DIMINISH THE VOICE OF
% WISCONSINITES BY LIMITING THE
% AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATURE AND
% UNDULY STRENGTHENING HIS OWN
% ADMINISTRATION.%YOU HAVE DEA
LT WITH THE
% LEGISLATURE RULES EVEN AS YOUR
% TIME AS SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
% INSTRUCTION.
% HOW LONGSTANDING ARE SOME OF
% THESE ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO
% THE BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN THE
% EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATURE?
% >> I'D SAY IT ACCELERATED WITH
% MY ELECTION.
% I THINK IT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT
% OF AN ISSUE GOING FORWARD, BUT
% BECAUSE IT'S JUST KEPT GETTING
% BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER, IT
% BECAME A THING AND WE HAVE TO
% DEAL WITH IT.
% SO I'M GLAD WE FILED THIS SUIT
% AND WE ANTICIPATE WINNING THIS
% SUIT.
% >> A YEAR AGO, YOU WERE TALKING
% ABOUT A RESET WITH REPUBLICANS
% IN THE LEGISLATURE.
% SINCE THEN, THEY HAVE VOTED DOWN
% YOUR APPOINTEES AND YOU FILED
% THIS LAWSUIT.
% WAS AID RESET EVER REALISTIC?
% WAS IT EVER GOING TO BE LIMITED,
% OR IS IT JUST THE CURRENT STATE
% OF POLITICS?
% >> IT'S THE CURRENT STATE OF
% POLITICS, BUT WE SIGNED THE
% BUDGET.
% WE BROUGHT SHARED REVENUE TO
% MILWAUKEE AND OTHER PLACES
% ACROSS THE STATE, EVERY
% MUNICIPALITY.%SO WE'VE HAD S
OME SUCCESSES.
% BUT WE CAN'T STAND FOR IS PEOPLE
% NOT FOLLOWING THE LAW AND
% FOLLOWING WHAT WE'VE AGREED TO,
% AND WE DID NOT AGREE TO WHAT THE
% SPEAKER IS DOING NOW.
% >> ALL RIGHT.
% GOVERNOR TONY EVERS, THANKS FOR
% YOUR TIME.
% >> THANK YOU OF APPRECIATE IT.
% >> AFTER STRIKING FOR NEARLY SIX
% WEEKS, THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS
% UNION HAS SETTLED WITH THE BIG
% THREE CAR MAKERS.
% VOTES TO RATIFY THE DEAL ARE
% UNDERWAY, INCLUDING BY UNION
% MEMBERS FROM WISCONSIN AT GM AND
% THE FORMER CHRYSLER.
% THE GM CONTRACT DEAL WITH THE
% COMPANIES INCLUDES A 70%
% STARTING WAGE HIKE TO $30 AN
% HOUR AND THE ABILITY TO REACH
% THE TOP PAY SCALE OF $42 AN
% HOUR.
% FOR MORE ON THE UNION BATTLE TO
% RECOUP LOSSES WORKERS TOOK IN
% CONCESSIONS TO HELP THE
% COMPANIES STAVE OFF BANKRUPTCY,
% WE TURN TO STEVE FRISQUE, U.A.W.
% LOCAL 722 PRESIDENT AT GM IN
% HUDSON WHO IS IN DETROIT RIGHT
% NOW FOR THE VOTE.
% STEVE, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR
% BEING HERE.
% >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
% >> SO WHAT IS IT LIKE TO HAVE
% SETTLED AND BE OFF TO VOTE TO
% RATIFY?
% >> WELL, IT'S EXCITING.
% JUST ABOUT 39 DAYS THIS TIME
% AFTER BEING OUT 42 FOUR YEARS
% AGO, SO IT WAS A LONG TIME OUT
% AND, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A TOLL,
% ESPECIALLY ON A LOT OF OUR
% YOUNGER MEMBERS WHO JUST STARTED
% WORKING HERE AND DON'T MAKE THE
% TOP WAGE.
% IT TAKES A HUGE AMOUNT OF
% SACRIFICE AND DEDICATION TO BE
% OUT THERE ON THAT PICKET LINE,
% WHICH WE WERE 24 HOURS A DAY,
% SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
% IT'S EXCITING THAT WE HAVE A
% TENTATIVE CONTRACT.
% WHAT I'M HEARING AND READING
% SOUNDS VERY FAVORABLE.
% WE WILL BE ROLLING THAT OUT FOR
% ALL MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENTS
% ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THEN WE
% WILL TAKE A VOTE ON WHETHER TO
% SEND IT TO THE MEMBERSHIP FOR
% RATIFICATION VOTE.
% SO THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BE DOING
% THIS AFTERNOON.
% >> WOULD YOU EXPECT THIS TO BE
% RATIFIED BY MEMBERS?
% >> WHAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR, YES, I
% REALLY DO.
% IT'S A HUGE INCREASE, ESPECIALLY
% FOR OUR YOUNGER MEMBERS.
% IT'S BRINGING THEM UP TO THE
% WAGES THAT THE LEGACY EMPLOYEES
% THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG
% TIME ARE AT.
% IT'S GETTING RID OF THE TIERS,
% WHICH WE HAVE BEEN ARGUING AND
% FIGHTING FOR SINCE THEY WERE
% IMPLEMENTED BACK AFTER THE NEAR
% BANKRUPTCY IN 2008 AND 2009.
% UNIONS WERE BASED ON EQUAL PAY
% FOR EQUAL WORK.
% THAT'S OUR BELIEF.
% WE BELIEVE THAT THESE YOUNGER
% PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE A PATH TO GET
% TO THE FULL WAGE AND MAKE THE
% SAME AS THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE
% WORKING NEXT TO, AND THIS
% CONTRACT ALLOWS THAT TO HAPPEN.
% COST OF LIVING IS BACK IN THE
% CONTRACT, WHICH WE HAD SUSPENDED
% SINCE THE BANKRUPTCY TIME FRAME.
% SO I REALLY EXPECT THIS CONTRACT
% TO PASS.
% WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO GO OVER
% SOME STUFF YET BECAUSE WE
% HAVEN'T SEEN EVERYTHING IN THAT
% CONTRACT YET, BUT I'M VERY
% HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL PASS IT AND
% SEND IT TO THE MEMBERSHIP FOR
% RATIFICATION.%>> WHAT DOES T
HE CONTRACT BORNE
% OF THE U.A.W. STRIKE SAY ABOUT
% THE NEW MIGHT OF THE UNION?
% >> IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT
% LEADERSHIP, AS I'M SURE YOU
% KNOW.
% THERE'S A LOT OF CORRUPTION IN
% THE U.A.W. AND THE
% ADMINISTRATIVE CAUCUS THAT WAS
% IN THERE SINCE BASICALLY SINCE
% THE UNION STARTED HAS NOW BEEN
% REPLACED WITH A ONE MEMBER, ONE
% VOTE.
% SO SEAN FEIGN HAS ONLY BEEN IN
% OFFICE SINCE FEBRUARY OF THIS
% YEAR.
% THEY HAD OBVIOUSLY A DIFFERENT
% APPROACH TO THE STRIKE.
% NORMALLY, THEY PICK A COMPANY
% AND A TARGET COMPANY AND GO
% AFTER THAT TO TRY AND GET AN
% AGREEMENT AND THEN THE OTHER TWO
% COMPANIES, WE CALL IT PATTERNED
% BARGAINING, WILL BASICALLY GO ON
% THE SAME TYPE OF CONTRACT PRETTY
% CLOSE TO THE PATTERN BARGAINING
% THE ORIGINAL PLACE WAS.
% THIS TIME, HE PITTED ALL THREE
% AGAINST EACH OTHER AND TO SEE
% WHO WOULD GET OUT THE BEST
% DEALS, AND I THINK IT KEPT THE
% COMPANIES ON THEIR TOES, THEY
% DID NOT KNOW WHAT PLANTS WERE
% GOING TO BE MAYBE STRUCK NEXT
% AND THEY COULDN'T PREPARE FOR IT
% AND I THINK IT WAS VERY
% SUCCESSFUL AND THAT'S WHY I
% THINK WE ALL THREE AGREEMENTS
% ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE
% RATIFIED AND BECAUSE I THINK
% IT'S THE BIGGEST GAINS THAT
% WE'VE GOTTEN IN MY LIFETIME
% SINCE I'VE WORKED HERE.
% >> SPEAKING OF BIG GAINS, DO
% INCREASED LABOR COSTS JEOPARDIZE
% AUTO MAKERS AS THEY TRANSITION
% TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES?
% >> THAT'S WHAT THE COMPANY WOULD
% LIKE YOU TO BELIEVE.
% LABOR COSTS ARE VERY MINUTE
% PORTION OF WHAT A VEHICLE COSTS.
% IT'S TYPICALLY IN THE 5 TO 7%
% RANGE.
% THEY LIKE TO SAY THAT, BUT THESE
% COMPANIES HAVE BEEN MAKING
% REGARD PROFITS FOR THE LAST --
% MAKING RECORD PROFITS FOR THE
% LAST 10 YEARS.
% THE LAST DECADE, THEY'VE MADE
% OVER 250 BILLION IN PROFITS
% BETWEEN THE THREE OF THEM.
% C.E.O. PAY HAS WENT UP 40% IN
% THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
% THE COST OF VEHICLES HAVE GONE
% UP 30% IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
% INFLATION HAS GONE UP OVER 19%
% AND OUR WAGES HAVE GONE UP 6%,
% SO IF THEY WANT TO BLAME IT ON
% OUR WAGES, IT'S JUST NOT
% FACTUAL.%THEY DON'T WANT TO S
HARE THE
% MONEY THAT THEY MAKE WITH THEIR
% WORKERS.
% THAT'S NOT JUST A PROBLEM WITH
% THE BIG THREE; THAT'S A PROBLEM
% ACROSS EVERY BUSINESS, THEY
% DON'T WANT TO SHARE PROFITS WITH
% THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY MAKE
% THEM THE PROFITS AND THAT'S
% THEIR WORKERS.
% >> ALL RIGHT.
% WE NEED TO LEAVE IT THERE.
% STEVE FRISQUE IN DETROIT, THANKS
% VERY MUCH.
% >> THAT YOU THANK YOU FOR HAVIN.
% >> CAMPBELL RESIDENTS FILED A
% $42 MILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST THE
% NEIGHBORING CITY OF LACROSSE FOR
% CONTAMINATION FROM THE CANCER
% CAUSING FOREVER CHEMICALS, OR
% P.F.A.S.
% RED DOTS ON THIS DNR MAP SHOW
% AREAS WHERE WATER SAMPLES ON THE
% ISLAND EXCEEDED HAZARD LEVELS.
% THE AGENCY HAS NAMED THE CITY OF
% LACROSSE AS THE RESPONSIBLE
% PARTY FOR THE WIDESPREAD
% CONTAMINATION RELATED TO
% FIREFIGHTING FOAM THAT WAS USED
% FOR DECADES AT THE CITY'S
% AIRPORT.
% P.F.A.S. WERE FIRST DISCOVERED
% IN LACROSSE MUNICIPAL WELLS AND
% THEN IN PRIVATE WELLS.
% MORE THAN 2,000 RESIDENTS THERE
% ARE RECEIVING BOTTLED WATER FROM
% THE DNR AS A RESULT.
% FOR AN UPDATE ON THE TOWN OF
% CAMPBELL'S WATER WOES, WE TURN
% TO LEE DONAHUE, A MEMBER OF THE
% TOWN'S BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
% AND AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
% BEING HERE.
% >> YES.
% THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME.
% >> HOW LONG HAVE RESIDENTS BEEN
% USING BOTTLED WATER AND WHAT
% KIND OF HARDSHIP IS THAT?
% >> SO RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN USING
% BOTTLED WATER THAT HAS BEEN PAID
% FOR BY THE DNR SINCE SPRING OF
% 2021.%WE WERE FIRST NOTIFIED
THAT
% THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT
% THERE WAS CONTAMINATION IN OUR
% WATER IN OCTOBER OF 2020, SO
% WE'RE COMING UP ON THREE YEARS.
% AND THE HARDSHIP IS IMAGINE
% TRYING TO MOVE A 5-GALLON JUG OF
% WATER.
% THEY'RE UNWIELDY, THEY'RE HEAVY.
% YOU HAVE TO FIND A PLACE THAT
% YOU CAN STORE THEM THAT IS
% CLIMATE CONTROLLED.
% YOU CAN'T LEAVE THEM IN YOUR
% GARAGE OR YOUR FRONT POMP OR
% BACK PORCH OR YOUR BREEZEWAY
% BECAUSE THEY WILL FREEZE DURING
% THE WINTERTIME, SO IT'S A
% TREMENDOUS HARDSHIP FOR PEOPLE
% TO FIND PLACES TO STORE THEM AND
% FOR PEOPLE TO JUST HEFT THEM
% AROUND AND DEAL WITH THE
% PHYSICALITY OF USING LARGE
% BOTTLES OF WATER.
% >> HOW LONG BEFORE THE DNR
% STARTED SUPPLYING BOTTLED WATER
% WAS P.F.A.S. SEEPING INTO THE
% WELLS?
% >> WELL, TRUTHFULLY, THE
% P.F.A.S. COULD HAVE BEEN SEEPING
% INTO THE WELLS AS EARLY AS 1970.
% THAT IS THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT
% THE CITY OF LACROSSE AIRPORT WAS
% USING THE AFFF, AND IT'S LIKELY
% THAT IT'S BEEN THERE FOR 40 TO
% 50 YEARS.
% WE REALLY DON'T KNOW.
% IT WAS ONLY DISCOVERED FIRST IN
% 2014 IN ONE OF THE ISLANDS IN
% THE CITY AND THEN FOUND IN A
% SECOND WELL IN 2016 AND THEN WE
% WERE NOTIFIED IN 2020.
% >> SO WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR PEOPLE
% LIVING THERE TO HAVE THIS
% DANGEROUS CONTAMINATION PART OF
% THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES?
% >> YOU CHANGE EVERYTHING THAT
% YOU DO, FROM WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN
% THE MORNING AND YOU BRUSH YOUR
% TEETH, YOU HAVE A LITTLE BOTTLE
% OF WATER AT YOUR SINK.
% YOU CAN'T GROW FOODS THAT YOU
% EAT IN THE SOIL.
% YOU CAN'T USE YOUR SPRINKLER TO
% WATER FOODS THAT YOU WOULD GROW
% IN YOUR BACKYARD.
% I HAVE A RASPBERRY PATCH THAT'S
% PROBABLY 50 FEET LONG AND 10
% FEET WIDE.
% I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO EAT A
% RASPBERRY FOR YEARS.
% IT'S HARD.
% IT CHANGES EVERYTHING THAT YOU
% DO.
% >> HOW WILL THE 402 MILLION
% DOLLARS DIRECTED FROM THE
% GOVERNOR AND THE 125 MILLION IN
% THE SATAN PEJA P.F.A.S. MITIGATE
% TOWN OF CAMPBELL?
% >> WELL, A LOT OF THAT REALLY
% DEPENDS ON SENATE BILL 312 AND
% HOW THAT BILL IS STRUCTURED TO
% BE ABLE TO HELP SMALL
% COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ON PRIVATE
% WELLS ACCESS THAT P.F.A.S. TRUST
% FUND.
% IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER THAT BILL
% WILL PASS IN ITS CURRENT FORM.
% I KNOW IT'S ALREADY BEEN AMENDED
% ONCE AND NOW THERE'S DISCUSSION
% ABOUT FURTHER AMENDMENTS THAT IT
% MIGHT COME TO THE FLOOR NEXT
% WEEK.
% >> DO PEOPLE WANT TO STAY ON
% FRENCH ISLAND?
% OR ARE PEOPLE HESITANT TO LOCATE
% THERE?
% >> WELL, I WOULD SAY IF IT
% WASN'T THE WATER PROBLEM, IT'S A
% GLORIOUS PLACE TO LIVE OF WE'RE
% A SMALL ISLAND.
% WE HAVE OUR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT
% AND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE
% HUGGED BY TWO RIVERS.
% IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
% IT'S LOVELY.
% IT'S A SMALL TOWN COMMUNITY, BUT
% WHEN YOU CAN'T DRINK THE WATER
% OUT OF YOUR TAP AND YOU HAVE TO
% MANEUVER THESE VERY HEAVY LARGE
% BOTTLES SO THAT YOU HAVE A SAFE
% ALTERNATIVE SOURCE, IT'S A
% STRUGGLE FOR MANY PEOPLE AND
% MANY PEOPLE HAVE CHOSEN TO MOVE
% ELSEWHERE.%>> WHAT WOULD BE Y
OUR ADVICE TO
% OTHERS IN THE STATE SUFFERING
% THE SAME KIND OF THING?
% >> WELL, I THINK THE MOST
% IMPORTANT THING IS TO MAKE
% CERTAIN THAT THE WATER YOU ARE
% DRINKING IS, IN FACT SAFE.
% >> SUPERVISOR LEE DONAHUE,
% THANKS VERY MUCH AND GOOD LUCK
% WITH THIS.
% >>> TURNING NOW TO OUR SERIES OF
% SPECIAL REPORTS ON RACE, WITH
% WISCONSIN IN BLACK AND WHITE, IN
% PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEHEMIAH
% CENTER FOR URBAN LEADERSHIP
% DEVELOPMENT.%LAST WEEK, REPOR
TER NATHAN
% DENZIN EXPLORED THE SOCIAL
% DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND WHY
% THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT TO HEALTH
% OUTCOMES.
% TONIGHT, WE TAKE A LOOK AT
% MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH,
% WHERE WISCONSIN'S DISPARITIES
% ARE STARK.
% HERE'S THE NEXT INSTALLMENT OF
% WISCONSIN IN BLACK AND WHITE:
% HEALTH DIVIDES.
% WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SERVICES.%>> THERE'S NO ONE ANSW
ER.
% WE COULD TALK ABOUT THIS FOR
% HOURS AND HOURS.
% IT'S MULTIFACTORIAL.
% >> ADVOCATES SAY ONE POTENTIAL
% REAP WE SEE DISPARITIES IS
% BECAUSE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS CAN
% CARRY IMPLICIT BIASES INTO THE
% CLINIC.%>> SO A LOT OF TIMES
WHEN WE
% TALK ABOUT IMPLICIT SIT BIAS AND
% TALK ABOUT RACISM IN OUR
% HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, A LOT OF
% PEOPLE THINK ABOUT, LIKE, DIRECT
% INTERPERSONAL RACISM, WHERE
% SOMEBODY WOULD COME UP TO ME AND
% SAY, "I DON'T WANT YOU TO TREAT
% ME BECAUSE YOU'RE BLACK."
% THAT'S NOT WHAT WE SEE.
% A LOT OF IT IS UNINTENTIONAL.
% >> BECAUSE OF THOSE
% UNINTENTIONAL BIASES, ZAPATA
% SAYS BLACK PEOPLE ARE LESS
% LIKELY TO GO TO A DOCTOR WHEN
% SOMETHING IS WRONG, WHICH CAN
% LEAD TO WORSE HEALTH OUTCOMES.
% >> THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE,
% ESPECIALLY IN THE MATERNAL AND
% CHILD HEALTH FIELDS, THAT HAVE
% ACCESS, THAT HAVE INSURANCE, AND
% THEY'RE STILL NOT ATTENDING
% THEIR HEALTHCARE APPOINTMENTS.
% JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE INSURANCE
% AND YOU CAN PHYSICALLY MAKE AN
% APPOINTMENT, IS IT SOMEWHERE
% THAT YOU FEEL SAFE AND
% COMFORTABLE.
% >> BUT WHILE ACCESS TO QUALITY
% HEALTHCARE CAN BE A LARGE DRIVER
% IN OUTCOMES, NATIONAL DATA SHOWS
% THAT EVEN THE INFANTS OF THE
% RICHEST BLACK MOTHERS SUFFER
% WORSE HEALTH OUTCOMES THAN THE
% BABIES OF THE POOREST WHITE
% MOTHERS.
% >> I THINK WE FOCUS A LOT ON
% HOSPITALS AND DOCTORS BECAUSE
% THAT IS WE CAN EASILY WRAP OUR
% HEADS AROUND, BUT THE REALITY IS
% THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS, AND
% I THINK THEY HAVE A LOT MORE TO
% DO WITH THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT.
% >> IN THE SOCIETAL ENVIRONMENT
% FOR BLACK WISCONSINITES IS ONE
% DEFINED BY RACISM.
% WHEN IT COMES TO WHERE BLACK
% WISCONSINITES LIVE, ONLY A
% QUARTER OWN THEIR OWN HOME.
% THEY FACE ONE OF THE HIGHEST
% INCOME GAPS IN THE COUNTRY AND
% ARE FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO
% LIVE IN A FOOD DESERT THAN WHITE
% PEOPLE.% >> A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE LINKED
% THINGS LIKE SEGREGATION, THINGS
% LIKE THE RESOURCE, THE
% ENVIRONMENTS TO POOR, TO THE
% RISK OF PREMATURITY, AND THOSE
% THINGS MATTER.
% >> DR. ZAPATA SAYS SHE
% EXPERIENCED THIS DIFFERENCE IN
% OUTCOMES FIRSTHAND WHEN SHE HAD
% HER SECOND CHILD.
% >> I GOT PREGNANT WITH MY SECOND
% CHILD, A LITTLE BABY GIRL.
% I WAS SO EXCITED.
% AND SHE WAS DUE ON JANUARY
% 2nd, BUT ON SEPTEMBER 20, I
% HAD A SHARP PAIN IN MY LOWER
% ABDOMEN.
% >> WHEN IT HAPPENED, SHE WAS IN
% CLASS FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL AND
% KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
% DOCTORS TOLD HER THAT IT WAS
% JUST FALSE LABOR, BUT WHEN SHE
% SAW BLOOD A FEW MINUTES LATER,
% SHE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL.
% >> ULTIMATELY, WITHIN TWO HOURS,
% I WAS IN AN EMERGENCY C-SECTION
% AND I DELIVERED A 1st-POUND
% BABY WHO DIDN'T CRY WHEN SHE
% CAME OUT.
% WE KNOW BABIES COME OUT, THEY'RE
% SUPPOSED TO BE KICKING,
% SCREAMING, CRYING.
% IT WAS COMPLETELY SILENT.
% >> Reporter: HER DAUGHTER WAS
% TAKEN TO THE NEO NATAL INTENSIVE
% CARE UNIT TO START HER
% BREATHING.%>> IT WAS SO HARD
FOR ME AT THAT
% MOMENT BECAUSE I KNEW ALL OF THE
% STATISTICS ABOUT BLACK BIRTH
% OUTCOMES.% >> Reporter: AFT
ER THREE WEEKS
% IN THE N.I.C.U., ZAPATA'S BABY
% WAS ABLE TO THRIVE AND IS NOW A
% VERY HEALTHY TEENAGER, BUT
% ZAPATA KNEW THE OUTCOME COULD
% HAVE BEEN MUCH DIFFERENT.
% >> I KNEW THAT IT WAS AN HONOR
% THAT SHE WAS THERE WITH ME
% BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER
% BIRTHING PEOPLE AND FAMILIES,
% PARTICULARLY BLACK WOMEN, BLACK
% BIRTHING PEOPLE, WHO DO NOT HAVE
% THAT SAME OUTCOME.
% THERE ARE REASONS ABOVE AND
% BEYOND IS OFFER THESE INDIVIDUAL
% LEVEL CHARACTERISTICS THAT DON'T
% EXPLAIN WHY WE ARE SEEING THESE
% DISPARITIES.%>> BUT THERE IS
WORK BEING DONE
% TO BRING PAIRITY FOR BLACK
% MOTHERS AND INFANTS.
% GOVERNOR TONY EVERS ANNOUNCED
% DRIVER'S LICENSE 16 MILLION IN
% ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR D.H.S. TO
% WORK ON CLOSING THOSE GAPS.
% >> WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON
% THIS WITH INTENSITY AND PASSION.
% >> Reporter: DR. ZAPATA SAYS
% THERE ARE THREE BIG THINGS THAT
% MONEY IS GOING TOWARD:
% INCREASING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE
% FOR BLACK MOTHERS AND INFANTS,
% EDUCATING CURRENT HEALTHCARE
% PRACTITIONERS ABOUT THE ISSUES,
% AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF
% BLACK DOCTORS AND NURSES.
% >> WE WILL HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT
% IF WE CAN GO UPSTREAM AND FOCUS
% ON HOW CAN WE ELIMINATE SOME OF
% THE VERY FACTORS AND SOCIAL
% DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH THAT
% CAUSE SOME OF THESE HEALTH
% OUTCOMES IN THE FIRST PLACE.
% >> ALONG WITH THE $16 MILLION,
% HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS IN DANE
% COUNTY HAVE ANOTHER EFFORT TO
% IMPROVE THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS
% OF HEALTH CALLED CONNECT RX, A
% PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT TO
% PREGNANT BLACK PEOPLE AT RISK.
% >> MAKING SURE FAMILIES AT RISK
% OF LOSING THEIR PLACE ARE
% GETTING HOUSING, MAKING SURE
% THAT THEY ARE GETTING FOOD.
% I'VE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO HEAR
% STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING
% EMPLOYMENT THAT THEY NEED.
% >> Reporter: THE PROGRAM ALSO
% CONNECTS MOTHERS WITH DOULAS IF
% THEY CHOOSE AND WITH AN
% INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY HEALTH
% WORKER, BOTH DURING FREE AGENCY
% AND AFTER.
% >> I'M JUST -- DURING PREGNANCY
% AND AFTER.
% >> I'M JUST STUNNED AT THE WORK
% THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO
% THAT ADDRESSES THESE SOCIAL
% DETERMINANTS.%>> Reporter: B
UT EVEN WITH
% THESE PROGRAMS, GREEN SAYS MORE
% NEEDS TO BE DONE.
% >> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THINGS
% LIKE MEDICAID EXPANSION, WHICH
% WE HAVE REFUSED TO DO IN OUR
% STATE, DESPITE THE FACT THAT
% LACES LIKE GEORGIA AND
% MISSISSIPPI HAVE EXPANDED
% POSTPARTUM MEDICAID FOR UP TO A
% YEAR.%>> Reporter: THE WISCO
NSIN
% LEGISLATURE REMOVED MEDICAID
% EXPANSION FROM THE GOVERNOR'S
% BUDGET AGAIN IN 2023, MAKING
% WISCONSIN ONE OF ONLY A FEW
% STATES WHICH HAS NOT EXPANDED
% POSTPARTUM COVERAGE.
% >> IF WE LIVE IN A WISCONSIN
% WHERE EVERYBODY IS ABLE TO REACH
% THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL,
% EVERYBODY NEEDS ACCESS TO A
% PROVIDER.%>> Reporter: WELL,
EXPANDED
% COVER REMAINS ELUSIVE, HEALTH
% OFFICIALS LOOK TO FILL THE GAPS
% AND IMPROVE THE OUTCOMES
% WHEREVER THEY CAN.
% FOR "HERE & NOW," I'M NATHAN
% DENZIN.
% >> NEXT WEEK ON OUR PROGRAM,
% "HERE & NOW" REPORTER, ADITI
% DEBNATH, BRINGS US THE FIRST OF
% TWO STORIES SPEAKING WITH
% WISCONSIN RESIDENTS WITH FAMILY
% AND FRIENDS NOW IN ISRAEL AND
% GAZA.
% HEAR THEIR FEARS AND HOPES IN
% THE MIDST OF HEIGHTENED VIOLENT
% RHETORIC AND SOCIAL MEDIA
% MISINFORMATION.
% ALSO, WHAT LED TO THIS POINT AND
% WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING TO HELP.
% FOR MORE ON THIS AND OTHER
% ISSUES FACING WISCONSIN, VISIT
% OUR WEBSITE AT PBS WISCONSIN
% DOT-ORG AND THEN CLICK ON THE
% NEWS TAB.
% THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR TONIGHT.
% I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
% HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
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