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Jeremy Ryan, of Madison, is led away by Capitol police as part of a crackdown on people who gather daily in the Capitol without a permit to sing protest songs on Thursday, July 25, 2013, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY JULY 22 AND THEREAFTER - In a Friday, July 7, 2017 photo, Ann Marie Hathway, 83, of Madison, who is deaf, signs to swim instructor Amy Free during a water exercise class that is taught in American Sign Language at UW Health at the American Center in Madison, Wis. (Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY JULY 22 AND THEREAFTER - In a Friday, July 7, 2017 photo, Amy Free uses American Sign Language as she teaches a water exercise class for deaf people at UW Health at the American Center in Madison, Wis. (Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY JULY 22 AND THEREAFTER - In a Friday, July 7, 2017 photo, ADelores Erlandson, 81, of Madison, who is deaf, laughs as swim instructor Amy Free, at left, uses American Sign Language while teaching a water exercise class at UW Health at the American Center in Madison, Wis. (Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY JULY 22 AND THEREAFTER - In a Friday, July 7, 2017 photo, Amy Free, left, uses American Sign Language as she teaches a water exercise class for deaf people at UW Health at the American Center in Madison, Wis. (Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, JULY 8-9 - This May 19, 2017 photo, shows the exterior of the Exact Sciences' research and development center in Madison, Wis. (M.P. King/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, JULY 8-9 - In this May 19, 2017 photo, senior research associate II Alicia Schneider works with an automated test instrument machine at Exact Sciences' research and development center in Madison, Wis. (M.P. King/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, JULY 8-9 - In this May 19, 2017 photo, research associate II Becky Rosenow prepares materials in a lab at Exact Sciences' research and development center in Madison, Wis. (M.P. King/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

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In this Wednesday, June 28, 2017 photo, Mike Carlin, who has worked at the Oscar Mayer plant for 23 years, talks about the plant closure after finishing up his shift at the Kraft Oscar Mayer headquarters and plant in Madison, Wis. The last cold cuts are rolling off the line at Oscar Mayer in Madison, ending nearly 100 years of production at the plant on Thursday. (Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

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In this Wednesday, June 28, 2017 photo, workers leave after finishing their shift at Kraft Oscar Mayer headquarters and plant in Madison, Wis. The last cold cuts are rolling off the line at Oscar Mayer in Madison, ending nearly 100 years of production at the plant on Thursday. (Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

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Fred Couples after making par on the 18th hole, and winning the tournament by two strokes the American Family Insurance Championship held at University Ridge Golf Course Sunday, June 25, 2017 in Madison, Wis. (Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

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Fred Couples, left, hugs Steve Stricker, right, after making par on the 18th hole, and winning the American Family Insurance Championship held at University Ridge Golf Course Sunday, June 25, 2017 in Madison, Wis. (Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR JUNE 24-25 AND THEREAFTER - In a Monday, June 12, 2017 photo, Dr. Yeng Her, an Hmong-American who has received a MD-PhD, displays diplomas he received from the Mayo Clinic at his home in Madison, Wis. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR JUNE 24-25 AND THEREAFTER - In a Monday, June 12, 2017 photo, Dr. Yeng Her, a Hmong-American who has received a MD-PhD, reflects on a life journey which took him from the refugee camps of Thailand as a child to a doctoral degree in medicine from the Mayo Clinic, during an interview at his home in Madison, Wis. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks to reporters during a news conference Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer) ** FILE **

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This photo taken April 12, 2017, shows Steven Salmon, a self-published author who is living with cerebral palsy, working on a new book using a device that is attached to his wheelchair that translates morse code to English that he activates by moving his head to the left or to the right, in his office at a group home where he lives in Madison, Wis. (Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

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Wisconsin budget committee co-chairs Rep. John Nygren and Sen. Alberta Darling speak at a news conference where they say in the face of an impasse they are open to pulling transportation funding out of the state budget to pass it separately on Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 file photo, voters cast their ballots at the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center on the Near East Side of Madison, Wis. (Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

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Wisconsin state Rep. Tyler August, R-Lake Geneva, discusses a bill he is co-sponsoring to create new $5,000 merit-based scholarships for state residents who attend University of Wisconsin schools on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

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Co-chairs of the Wisconsin state Legislature's budget–writing Joint Finance Committee, Sen. Alberta Darling, left, and Rep. John Nygren, field questions before the first day of voting on the $76 billion spending plan on Monday, May 1, 2017, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)