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Melissa Hughes: “Right now we have schools that desperately need funding that…”

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

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June 11th 2026 - Governor Candidates Education Forum - Indivisible South Shore - Camera 2

Published | Video Starts at 1:27:16

And when there was a bipartisan bill presented, we saw politics as usual. We saw press releases, we saw tweets, we saw insults. And I do not find that to be what Wisconsin was. Right now we have schools that desperately need funding that are going and laying off people right now. that are going to referendum in the next election. These funds, funds needed to get to our schools again and again post our basic property tax challenges. (1:27:16–1:27:22)

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Asserts that schools are currently in need of funding and are laying off staff.

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