We’ve got a lot of news to cover and dissect on tonight’s “Here and Now” program.
We run down the latest criminal charges out of the secret John Doe probe — including four felony counts of misconduct in office for the former deputy chief of staff in Governor Scott Walker’s former Milwaukee County Executive office. We’ll hear from Common Cause in Wisconsin about whether we learned anything from the so-called caucus scandal in the early 2000′s.
Also, excerpts from Gov. Walker’s State of the State address. He’s talking jobs and how Wisconsin is turning the corner, headed in the right direction. The CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation will join us to tell us how.
We also hear from Democratic legislators about their reaction to the State of the State Address and the Governor’s leadership.
Then, did you see the State of the State? Loud protesters disrupted the Governor several times. Reporter Zac Schultz takes a closer look at the security measures before and during the event.
Also, the all-important iron ore mining bill passed in the state Assembly Thursday. On a party line vote. We take this issue to its next step — the state Senate. What are the measure’s chances in that body and can lawmakers come to any kind of bi-partisan accord to reconcile the prospect of jobs with environmental concerns?
That’s tonight on “Here and Now” statewide at 7:30 p.m.
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