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"In general, it appears" Wisconsin’s right to work bill would "likely apply to" the Green Bay Packers players and their union.

Ninety-five percent of the money used for union-operated worker training centers comes from employers.

Says Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce’s "own 2014 survey revealed that just 15 percent of business executive respondents were in favor of Right-To-Work legislation."

On supporting right to work legislation in 2015

UW-Madison "spent down reserves" as it was told to do two years ago and, facing new state budget cuts, has "no more reserves to spend down."  

Says award-winning Milwaukee Public Schools teacher Megan Sampson was laid off because Gov. Scott Walker cut state aid to education.

The woman named Wisconsin’s 2010 "outstanding teacher of the year" was laid off by the Milwaukee Public Schools that year under "seniority and tenure rules" that were eliminated by his Act 10 changes.

On counting state budget shortfalls

"A married couple that" use the same last name "is rarer and rarer in our country."

Borrowing in my 2015-’17 state budget is less than half that in my  predecessor’s last budget and "the lowest it has been in a decade."

Fundamental changes made to the language describing the Wisconsin Idea in the University of Wisconsin System's mission statement were the result of a "drafting error."

"Scott Walker to cut $300 million from universities, spend $500 million on a pro basketball stadium."

On the status of illegal immigrants  

The streetcar project proposed for downtown Milwaukee "would actually take precious revenue away" from the Milwaukee Public Schools.

Wisconsin requires, "by law, a photo ID to vote."

"Documents released from the Soviet Union" show "the Soviet Union started treating" President Ronald Reagan more seriously after Reagan fired the air traffic controllers.

The Republican Party has not won a presidential election without either a Bush or a Nixon on the ticket since 1928.  

Middle-class Americans "pay a higher tax rate than millionaires and billionaires."

Federal officials declared that grant funds "could be used only for Milwaukee's streetcar project," meaning it "isn’t possible" to redirect the money to "other modes of public transportation or to our public schools."

On Common Core education standards