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Melissa Hughes: “We have to have a place where we are building an economy for…”

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 1:14:07

You know, but there's a theme that we talked about throughout this evening, which was cuts to funding and the disability community being on the front line of those cuts again and again and again. And We have to have a place where we are building an economy for our state, where we can make sure that we are providing for our most vulnerable communities. and we are making sure that we are growing our revenue so that we don't have to consistently be looking for places to cut so that we can fully fund … (1:14:07–1:14:17)

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Asserts the need to build an economy that supports vulnerable communities.

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