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Veto Pen Used in Signing State Budget

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

July 5, 2019

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Gov. Tony Evers signed the state budget into law, using his veto pen to make final changes to the budget passed by the Republican-controlled legislature. WPR’s Laurel White discusses those final changes and what they mean for the final state budget.

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