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H 1B Visas, What's Your Mount Rushmore, and Elected Officials Falling Short
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Today on Spanning the State Kristin Brey and Brian Noonan pose the question, what do you do when your elected officials work on legislation that you know wone get passed? Wisconsin Democrats announced legislation Tuesday that would block state and local government officials from cooperating with federal deportation efforts. Kristin and Brian discuss the odds of it passing, how each side of the aisle is leaning toward and how it feels to continuously see your elected officials not succeed in getting things accomplished. As well as an elected officials work to get President Trump add to Mount Rushmore and Brian and Kristin debate who they would add to the national monument. Then there has been a lot of debate regarding H 1B Visa. Some believe these will be detrimental will take away American jobs while others say it will bring in more needed expertise. Kristin and Brian talked to Journal Sentinel Reporter Sophie Carson to understand more about the visas, how this could impact Wisconsin companies, immigration lawyers and more.
Later American Family Field has approved upgrades to for winter events worth $30million but it’s being funded by the state Kristin and Brian share their thoughts on whether this is or isn't a solid move for the stadium and Wisconsin taxpayers.
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