Governor Tony Evers continued his push Monday to tie Medicaid expansion to a list of projects he'd pledge to fund with more than $1 billion Wisconsin would receive over the next two years.
In Ken Burnsâ 1994 epic historical documentary âBaseball,â Gerald Early recounts how much the âStar Spangled Bannerâ is intertwined with American sports culture.
Early, a professor of English and African American studies at Washington University in St. Louis and a writer and critic of American culture, recalls how he and his friends, young African Americans growing up in Philadelphia, would emulate how baseball games began at professional venues they venerated â like old Connie Mack Stadium in Philly. Before Early and his pals would begin their sandlot games, they sang and hummed the National Anthem.
Later in his life, Early no doubt had soul-searching moments about black struggles in America, but the memories he shared of the National Anthem show how the composition is entwined in the fabric of America.
Legislators given 59 minutes of notice for press conference about pork barrel project
MADISON Rep.
Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) made the following statement in response to Governor
Tony Evers’ press conference in Reedsburg at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, May 24, 2021:
“It is extremely disappointing to learn that the Governor was in our district with 59 minutes of notice. This political tactic makes it clear that the Governor has no interest in working with us. The entire call to Special Session is nothing more than a political game.
Our communities deserve better than to be used as pawns in an insincere political ploy. While the Governor is calling on the legislature to fund a massive list of new spending, the reality is that these projects are local projects that are not part of the state budget discussion.