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Dianne Hesselbein: “We're having really good conversations.”

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For the Record: Senate minority leader Dianne Hesselbein discusses 2025 in state senate

Published December 28, 2025 | Video Starts at 09:21

Yes. All right. And do you feel like that's coming to a good place or might need a little bit more work? We're having really good conversations. So I'm hoping to get to a good place by the end of the session. (09:21–09:24)

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Asserts that discussions about the medical marijuana bill are progressing well.

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“Healthy Meals... would save about $1,200 a year for a family of grocery costs.”
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“Republicans are refusing to give [the healthy meals for schools] bill a hearing.”
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“We put forward... less for Rx prescription drug costs.”
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“The third bill we put out was homestead tax credit bill.”
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“Unfortunately, Republicans' idea for education is to consolidate and have kids on a bus for maybe up to an hour.”
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“Senate Democrats were brought to the table to work on a state budget that hasn't happened in years.”
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“We need to increase general aids. We need to do more for special ed reimbursement.”
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“Child care counts was really the answer to the problem.”
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“Republicans are refusing to move on [child care].”
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“We had a Democratic Senate candidate running in every single race in every district in the state of Wisconsin.”
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“Joe Biden won, Kamala Harris won, Tammy Baldwin won, and Governor Tony Evers won all the districts that we are focusing on.”
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“What we need is actually pass our bill for general AIDS that would give every school district more money.”
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“Special education reimbursement, we need to get more of that.”
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“We definitely need to be funding education better than what we're doing in the state of Wisconsin.”
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“The stewardship bill... would be sunsetting this spring.”
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“The state Senate passed the postpartum bill for women over 60 days.”
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“I'm hoping we can... do the breast density bill in the state Assembly.”
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“I think it's stalled there.”
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“I have a bill about a menopausal bill making sure that people know what menopause and perimenopause is.”
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“Years ago, I worked with Senator Testin on a medical marijuana bill.”
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“The Republicans are refusing to act on any of those important measures.”
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