• Gov. Tony Evers refuses to rule out the possibility of vetoing the entire state budget which is being written by a “Republican-controlled legislature committee” currently
• Republicans in the state agreed to spend less than 10% of their funding of what he proposed for K-12 schools and Evers says that this funding level is an “insult to the kids of our state”

• A Montana State Judge in Missoula says the environmental regulators of the state can use this new law to provide protection from industrial polluters against an Idaho-based mining company 
• The new polluter law blocks individuals and companies who have not and will not clean up their past mines from starting new ones

Voting bill in Texas fails to pass before Midnight deadline

• In Austin Texas, Texas Democrats have demonstrated a walkout in the state House of Representatives on last Sunday and forced Republicans to abandon the midnight deadline
• The Texas Bill was a restrictive voting bill that would limit those who would be eligible to vote which includes an ID requirement among other things

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