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The court will now take up whether any remnant of the historic law can survive if that linchpin fails. The justices' questions in Tuesday's hearing carried deeply serious implications but were sometimes flavored with fanciful suggestions. If the government can force people to buy health insurance, justices wanted to know, can it require people to buy burial insurance? Cellphones? Broccoli? The law, pushed to passage by Obama and congressional Democrats two years ago, would affect nearly all Americans and extend insurance coverage to 30 million people who now lack it. Republicans are strongly opposed, including the presidential contenders now campaigning for the chance to challenge Obama in November. The court focused on whether the mandate for Americans to have insurance "is a step beyond what our cases allow," in the words of Justice Anthony Kennedy.

But Kennedy, who often is the swing vote on cases that divide the justices along ideological lines, also said he recognized the magnitude of the nation's health care problems and seemed to suggest they would require a See Law, A-12 I State of the An It I Schmitt READ THE SPEECH ONLINE To read a copy of the 2012 State of the City address, click on this story at www.green baypress gazette.com. 41 r-- City address, Schmitt said the community must focus on education as a key to both a strong economy and a high quality of life. "It's our duty to make sure our youth are college-, career- and community-ready," he told an audience of about 400 people in the Meyer The NFL Pliilbin concentrates on present, remembers the past i atre in downtown Green Bay. The crowd applauded loudly as Schmitt announced his commitment to making Green Bay a better-educated place. Northeast Wisconsin Technical College President Jeff Rafn, who was in attendance, said he was pleased to hear the mayor reinforce what residents normally hear only from educators that a college education is critical to success in the job market.

Rafn said he hoped the message would reach people with greater impact coming from a political leader who is outside the education field. "I'm really pleased that he's willing to step up to the plate and put some energy behind this," Rafn said. See Mayor, A-2 ABOVE: Northeast Wisconsin Technical College student Adam Doucette of Green Bay works Tuesday on his robotic arm project in a microprocessor class at the school. In his State of the City address, Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt urged the community to prioritize educating its youth. LEFT: NWTC graphic and design technology students, clockwise from top, Ryan Zim-dars, Willy Vannoie, Linda Reschke and Matthew Hobin talk over a group project Tuesday in their class.

Photos by Jim MatthewsPress-Gazette Former Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin says working at his new job as the Miami Dolphins' coach may help him deal with the loss of his son, Michael, who drowned in January. Read more B-1 'i McCarren will leave WFRV; no plans announced 7 Status of popular 'Locker Room' show unknown Steve Wexler, Journal Broadcast Group executive vice president, said he couldn't comment and added "other than he's obviously one of the great capacity while working for the Packers Media Group, which operates the team's official website, Packers.com. It's unclear what factor a noncompete clause may play. Typically, on-air TV personalities sign contracts to not appear on another station in a market for a year after they leave a station. "We'll kind of see what happens with him in his situation there," See McCarren, A-2 and things like that, and that's moving," McCarren said.

"That's certainly a factor." As was previously announced, WGBA, Channel 26, will be Green Bay's official Packers station. The Journal Broadcast Group owns WGBA. McCarren works for the Journal Broadcast Group as an announcer for the Packers Radio Network, and that may expand to TV. "We're talking, and there's a mutual interest," McCarren said. For sure, McCarren will continue as analyst on the Packers Radio Network for the 18th season.

"Unless somebody tells me different, yes," McCarren said Tuesday after WFRV announced that he would leave the station after 24 years. "A major factor at the end of the day is I think I belong where most of the Packer stuff is as far as the Packer (TV) network, coach's show, preseason games McCarren By Warren Gerds Green Bay Press-Gazette Larry McCarren and WFRV, Channel 5, are parting ways, with much to be determined about what the former Green Bay Packers star center will next do on TV. broadcasters in the state, both in TV and in radio." It's also possible the Packers could bring McCarren in house, where he could serve in similar INSIDE: CLASSIFIEDS C-4 I LOTTERIES A-5 NATIONWORLD A-9 OBITUARIES A-10 PUZZLES C-1, C-7 TV C-1 CONTACT US Newsroom (920) 431-8400 Subscription (877) 424 5042 Advertising (920) 431-8300 Online (920) 431-8211 COPYRIGHT 2012 Skin problems are not all created Visit the experts at Dermatology Associates of Wisconsin to get your personalized skin care treatment today! Associates Wucmwi, S-C Bellevue 920-336-8197 De Pere 920-964-0229 Green Bay 920-498-7546 Shawano 715-524-5995 Sturgeon Bay 920-746-4434 vvww.dermwisconsin.com 75 Metro SI 00 State Sw PtKjt to pfK nig 4.