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WFHR and WIRI News. I'm Melissa K. The month's long biennial budget process in Wisconsin is complete. Jimmy Cusca has the details.
At 1.32 AM Thursday, Governor Tony Evers signed the budget bill known as 2025 Act 15 into law. The bill passed the state Senate late Wednesday evening.
There are 19 eyes, 14 nose and the bill is passed. Then it was the assembly's turn voting after midnight.
Nine eyes and 39 nose. Senate bill 45 is concurred in the assembly. Gavald out at 12.49 AM Thursday, capping a marathon session to finish the state legislature's end of the budget process.
Wisconsin State Assembly's adjourned. The budget bill passed with bipartisan support in both chambers. Assembly representative and co-chair of the Budget Writing Joint Finance Committee Mark Born said that this year's budget came about the same way as other recent budget bills.
Every budget that has come through this committee since Governor Evers has been in office has been a bipartisan budget because Republicans have crafted most of it, which is still true with this document.
And the governor has signed it. Governor Evers said after signing the bill that he never seriously considered vetoing the entire budget, as it would have jeopardized over $1 billion in healthcare funding, as well as investments in childcare, special education reimbursement, the UW system, and infrastructure.
Evers issued 23 partial vetoes, several of them due to a lack of funding provided for the Nelson Noles stewardship program.
Insigning the bill, Evers said that the compromise between both parties in the legislature, along with the governor's office, led to the creation of a bipartisan budget.
Seven Democrats in the assembly and five in the Senate voted to pass the budget for Republicans in the Senate and one in the assembly voted against the bill.
Evers touted the impact that the budget will have on families and said, quote, the budget is proof of what we can all accomplish when we put politics aside.
The final price tag on the budget is $111.1 billion.
The full budget bill and veto message is available on our website at civicmedia.us.
I'm Alyssa K for WFHRWIRI News.
The Mets beat the Miz.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with sports baseball.
The brewers Jacob Mizorowski was off to one of the best stars for a picture in the history of baseball.
Last night, though, he ran into a little trouble, loaded the bases, then gave up a grand slam.
The Mets beat the brewers, seven to three.
Pat Murphy on why he had to pull Mizorowski out after three and two-thirds innings.
Always in coming office fingers were the same way it was kind of like one time he'd let it go back here the next time out here.
And you could see he was pushing it sometimes and his whole body was not in sync.
So now Mizorowski's record is three wins and one loss.
Earlier in the day, the brewers beat the Mets, seven to two, home runs by South Freelich, Isaac Collins, and Joey RT's.
It is first career grand slam, giving credit to teammate Freddie Peralta.
You see from the offense when the starting picture is doing what he can out there to get us back in to go swing.
The offense usually stays locked in all game and the process is more important than the results at times.
So you just kind of got to grind through.
That's Brewer's shortstop, Joey RT's, with sports on Mike Clemens.
On your entertainment beat, I'm Peach Waba.
Not a lot opening wide this weekend, but there is almost one slam dunk blockbuster and that is Jurassic World Rebirth,
which opened yesterday and is expected to easily finish in first place at the box office.
As Universal Studios is hoping for a 100 to $130 million haul over the five day holiday weekend.
The film is scoring mediocre reviews at best.
Only two of the seven Jurassic films in the franchise have drawn over 60% or fresh readings on Rotten Tomatoes.
Rebirth stars Scarlett Johansson and Maharshala Ali and is directed by Gareth Edwards.
If you're not in the mood for dinosaurs, check out F1, the Formula One racing film starring Brad Pitt.
And if you want some horror and a great theater experience, check out 28 weeks later.
Opening and limited release are a couple swell re-releases, including the Suspinal tab,
which hits the big screen a couple months before the long awaited latest chapter.
Spinal tab two drops. Let's go to the movies.
Big Brother season 27 is about to drop, but there is an exciting new twist,
according to the people who created said twist.
Variety says three contestants from previous seasons will drop by every Friday night to analyze the Sitch.
Other highlights for this coming season will include a mystery hotel theme and a living room with chess guardians.
Whatever that means.
Season 27 of Big Brother drops July 10th on CBS.
In other season 27 news, the creators of South Park are not happy about the delay and their latest season, reaching viewers.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone are blaming the paramount merger with Skydance for the long wait between seasons.
Season 26 finished two years ago.
A recent update was that the new season would drop July 9, but that has been pushed back again to July 27.
Just guessing we will see Parker and Stone's frustration with the networks in a South Park episode in the near future.
The devil wears Prada is coming back, but not every cast member will return.
The production started last week on Prada 2, Meryl Streep, Ann Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci are all back.
Adrian Greener, however, will not be back as Nate Cooper in the sequel.
He played Ann Hathaway's love interest in a short-order cook in the first film.
Greener's claim to fame is of course the show entourage, but he has not done much since.
In other casting news, actor Kenneth Prada will join the production as Meryl Streep's character Miranda Priestley's husband.
There's a new action comedy that might be worth a look.
Heads of State tells the story of the UK Prime Minister played by Idris Alba and the United States President played by John Cena,
which seems more realistic than it's ever been.
The two characters butt heads but have to team up to overthrow a global plot that threatens freedom.
The film is receiving a 66% on Rotten Tomatoes and an 85% audience score and can be streamed on Amazon Prime.
For more showbiz fun, tune in to Nightlight with me, Peach Wabba, weeknights from 6-8pm on the Civic Media Radio Network.
We have a slight chance of an isolated shower or thunderstorm later today and tonight,
otherwise mostly sunny today with a high right around 85 this afternoon.
Tonight partly cloudy will drop into the load amid 60s tomorrow.
Sunny, hot and humid with a high in the upper 80s.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable. Outside now, it's 75.
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