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Melissa Hughes: “We have had divided government, because we have really…”

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

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Former WEDC Sec Missy Hughes discusses municipal/school dist govt w/ Glendale Mayor Bryan Kennedy

Published | Video Starts at 07:49

And, you know, some of the policies that we have put into place in Wisconsin, whether it's school funding or the revenue limits or the levy limits are 30 years old. And we, you know, because We have had divided government, because we have really struggled to be able to continue policymaking. we have found ourselves with, as I said, these kind of Frankenstein situations where things have been tweaked and tweaked and tweaked, and we end up with something that's not working for many, many communities. (07:49–07:55)

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