Coverage dated July 4, 2023 to July 5, 2023

Wisconsin governor's 400-year veto angers opponents in state with long history of creative cuts

Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri, on the newest of 2 developments

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s governor attempted to lock in a school funding increase for the next 400 years by issuing a partial veto that angered his Republican critics and marks the latest creative use of the unique gubernatorial powers in the state.

ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Wisconsin's Democratic governor guts Republican tax cut, increases school funding for 400 years

    Headline from ABC 10 Sacramento ·

  2. Newest

    Wisconsin governor's 400-year veto angers opponents in state with long history of creative cuts

    Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri ·

Reports & sources

23 articles, oldest first.

  1. The New Republic

  2. Bangor Daily News

    Wisconsin governor signs budget with 400-year school funding increase (opens Bangor Daily News)

    Published

    Bangor Daily News's feed description

    Gov. Tony Evers achieved the budget veto simply by striking a hyphen and two numbers.

  3. Seattle Times

    Wisconsin’s Democratic governor scales back Republican tax cut, signs state budget (opens Seattle Times)

    Published

    Seattle Times's feed description

    Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has signed off on a two-year spending plan after dramatically scaling back the size of a Republican income tax cut that would have moved the state closer to a flat rate.

  4. WUSA9

    Wisconsin's Democratic governor guts Republican tax cut, increases school funding for 400 years (opens WUSA9)

    Published

    WUSA9's feed description

    Wisconsin governors have broad partial veto power and Evers got creative with his use of it in this budget.

  5. The Guardian

    Wisconsin governor slashes tax cuts and boosts school funding – for centuries (opens The Guardian)

    Published

    The Guardian's feed description

    Tony Evers slashed $3.5bn in Republican tax cuts to $175m and edited budget text to increase education funding until 2425

  6. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Wisconsin governor's 400-year veto angers opponents in state with long history of creative cuts (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

    Published

    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s governor attempted to lock in a school funding increase for the next 400 years by issuing a partial veto that angered his Republican critics and marks the latest creative use of the unique gubernatorial powers in the state.

  7. Vox

    How Wisconsin’s governor bested the GOP and secured education funding for 400 years (opens Vox)

    Published

    Vox's feed description

    Gov. Tony Evers flexed on Republicans with a creative gubernatorial veto.

  8. AL.com

    Wisconsin governor increases school funding for next 400 years, uses veto power to gut GOP tax cuts (opens AL.com)

    Published

    AL.com's feed description

    Gov. Tony Evers angered Republicans with both moves, with some saying the Democratic governor was going back on deals he had made with them.

  9. Washington Examiner

    Wisconsin governor pulls veto trick to lock in school spending for more than 400 years (opens Washington Examiner)

    Published

    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) pulled off a veto trick that allowed him to lock in spending for public schools for the next 402 years.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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