Since each one is going to be individual to the state, keeping up with them would be an exercise in madness (I don’t think they’re allowed in most states at the moment though [Edited, 44 states have some kind of line item veto, apologies. Got out over my skis, I’m a kid in a candy store here.]). But apparently the statutes around the Wisconsin line item allowed character level editing, but don’t allow editing words by removing single letters, creating new words by combination, or making deletions to turn one sentence into two. But numbers and punctuation were still fine, presumably so republicans could kneecap programs by vetoing zeroes if they had the governor’s house. Evers, or someone clever on his team, saw that and said, “I’ll take that, think it will be useful.”
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