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On homecoming ceremonies. about 235 troops stepped off the plane to the cheers and very happy tears yesterday. they are the first group from the 101st combat aviation division to arrive. another plane carrying members of the third brigade combat team due in on monday. well, the uproar we ve been watching in wisconsin could spread. most states across the country face budget problems. maggie lake reports. daddy missed you. reporter: a young father with an uncertain future. until last month he was a firefighter in orange, new jersey, a job he hoped to hold for life. then the ax fell in a major round of budget cutting. never in a million years did i think that i would be laid off. that is one of the lures to the job is job security. we re not greedy public employees. we re willing to contribute more, willing to give up more and it didn t work. reporter: orange mayor, eldridge hawkins jr. himself a ....
wisconsin budget battle descends on the state capitol over the budget that the new republican governor stands by saying it will save jobs. is this bill going to pass as is or is there any movement at all. i think in the end, we have made significant adjustments to address legitimate concerns people have raised throughout the hearing process. again, we re broke, we got to balance the budget, and only alternative is to say 5,500 state workers could be laid off. 5,000 to 6,000 teachers or government workers could be laid off. i don t want to lay anybody off. give them the tools, give them the modest opportunity for local governments as well as the state to balance the budget and we re going to firmly on that. casey, the governor says he s going to save wisconsin jobs, wisconsin does have a budget crisis, so why the protests? reporter: well, there s very different views here in wisconsin about the governor s proposal and what the state should be doing to balance its b ....