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Melissa Hughes: “Attaching strings to all sorts of benefits is, I think, one…”

Featuring: Melissa Hughes, Secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

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Wisconsin Disability Caucus 2026 Governor Candidate Forum

Published | Video Starts at 30:49

… to root out those hidden disincentives for folks, those things that are put in and you know, there's. There's deep buried regulations that we need to make sure make sense. Attaching strings to all sorts of benefits is, I think, one of the most difficult things as we look at workforce development. and we look at supporting community. And we need to stop creating all of these obstacles and red tape. And we need to move towards a place that is solution oriented and helping communities. (30:49–30:59)

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Asserts that conditions attached to benefits complicate workforce development.

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