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WISCONSIN | 2025 STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS

Gov. Tony Evers pledges support for youth mental health, gun violence measures in 'Year of the Kid'

MITCHELL SCHMIDT and ADAM KELNHOFER Wisconsin State Journal
Jan 23, 2025
Jan 23, 2025 Updated Apr 14, 2025

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers delivers his State of the State Address on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025 at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
OWEN ZILIAK,STATE JOURNAL

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MITCHELL SCHMIDT and ADAM KELNHOFER Wisconsin State Journal

In his seventh State of the State address Wednesday, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers declared 2025 the “year of the kid” as he announced plans to direct nearly $300 million in mental health services and other supports to schools in his next two-year spending proposal.

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Declaring 2025 "the year of the kid," Gov. Tony Evers announced a series of initiatives Wednesday aimed at supporting young people including more access to mental health services. "If we want our kids to bring their full and best selves to our classrooms, elected officials have to start acknowledging how policy decisions and investments — or lack thereof — here in this building affect kids," the governor said in his State of the State address.
OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL

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For his seventh State of the State address Wednesday, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers found a slightly more sympathetic audience, after Democrats made gains under new maps in the November election. Republicans still control the Legislature, however, and will decide which of his initiatives survive or get the ax.
OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL

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Wisconsin state Rep. Supreme Moore Omokunde, D-Milwaukee, wells up as the governor and lawmakers recognize the family of the late state Rep. Jonathan Brostoff, who died by suicide last year.
OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL

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State Rep. William Penterman, R-Hustisford, reacts during Gov. Tony Evers’ State of the State address Wednesday. Republican leaders said their priority is more tax cuts, not more spending.
OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL

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