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635 (2008-02-29)
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Here and Now, SC Election, Tonight, we begin our formal coverage of the candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court. Incumbent Justice Louis Butler is here, a former public defender and Milwaukee municipal and circuit court judge. Butler was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Doyle in 2004. Cooperation between Wisconsin's 11 Indian tribes and state government was the message this year in the speech given by Robert Chicks, the president of the Stockbridge Munsee band of Mohican Indians, and president of the Great Lakes Intertribal Council. He asked state lawmakers to pass a joint resolution to acknowledge a legitimate relationship between Indian governments and the state legislature. Great Lakes Compact, The Great Lakes Compact is an agreement among eight states on how water is allowed to be diverted out of the Great Lakes. Governors from all eight states signed the compact in 2005. It awaits approval in the Wisconsin legislature. Some lawmakers are more than ready to pass it. Others say a few changes are are needed before passage. The leaders of Wisconsin's Indian tribes are also concerned about the state of the Great Lakes compact. State Smoking Ban, The sticking point in Wisco…
Directors & creators
Wisconsin Public Television (WHA-TV)
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public broadcasting, AAPB, Here & Now
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