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Tony Evers: “There'd have to be a Republican governor and a Republican…”

Featuring: Tony Evers, Democratic | Governor of Wisconsin

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One-on-One with Tony Evers | Cap Times Idea Fest 2025

Published | Video Starts at 23:33

Well, 400 years, that's a long time. Yeah, it is significant and it'll take some doing for that to change. I mean, there'd have to be another. There'd have to be a Republican governor and a Republican legislature [to change the 400-year language in the education funding bill]. and probably could change that law. But the good news is we have some really good people. I want to say that we worked real. I worked real hard. (23:33–23:38)

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Asserts that changing the 400-year language in the education funding bill would require a Republican governor and legislature.

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