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Dianne Hesselbein: “We're sitting on a $4 billion that was a billion dollar…”

Featuring: Dianne Hesselbein, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 27

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WCPT 820 Interview: State Sen. Dianne Hesselbein (D-WI)

Published | Video Starts at 08:53

Yes, I think we will, but I think it's going to, we're going to need to take the majority in the next election so that we can put money back into public education. You know, We're sitting on a $4 billion that was a billion dollar surplus. And the reason we're sitting on that surplus in the state of Wisconsin is because we haven't been funding our public schools like we should have been. (08:53–08:57)

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Asserts that Wisconsin has a $4 billion surplus, which was previously a $1 billion surplus.

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