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Evers Signs Special Session Executive Order
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | February 17, 2022
From WisPolitics.com …
Gov. Tony Evers yesterday signed the executive order calling a special session of the Legislature for March 8 to take up his $1.7 billion plan to give Wisconsinites tax rebates and pump more money into education.While Evers can call the Legislature into special session, he can’t force lawmakers to act. GOP legislative leaders have quickly dispatched of Evers’ past special session calls, gaveling them in and out in a matter of seconds.The offices of Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, didn’t immediately respond to emails seeking comment on how they plan to respond to the special session call.While Evers had three stops around the state today following last night’s State of the State, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes hit two UW campuses. During his Madison stop, he told reporters Evers called the special session because the “Legislature has unfortunately acted irresponsibly and not answered the calls of working people.”“We can’t just sit behind while Republicans choose to do nothing in the legislature while people in Wisconsin continue to suffer,” he said.See the release here.
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