Wisconsin Senate Votes on Censorship and Taxpayer Funds for UW Athletes
John Steppe and Jessie Opoien:
With a one-vote margin, the state Senate on March 17 approved a bill to provide taxpayer funding for athletic facility debt service and formalize rules around name, image and likeness. Eleven Republicans and six Democrats voted in favor of the bill, while seven Republicans and nine Democrats voted against it.
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UW Statement.
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“I’m hopeful that we can get something done, but I also am very concerned about the fact apparently not all the tribal nations are with us.”
Former Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz:
For whatever reason she promised him she’d deliver the necessary votes. That could be because, for some reason I can’t comprehend, Hesselbein actually supports this awful piece of legislation. Or it could be that she made a deal with LeMahieu to get some other bill that Democrats liked to the floor. If that’s the case I’m not sure what that bill would have been.
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