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Melissa Hughes: “We have to make those core investments now so that we are…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 25:49

That means to me, having a strong economy, investing in our schools, investing in Wisconsinites. Like, We have to make those core investments now so that we are continuing some momentum and can move even faster once he's gone and done with these crazy policies that are holding us back. But, miss, that's not sexy. And that's one of the problems of running for office, because you run and you've got a campaign and you're getting people's attention because we live in an attention economy. (25:49–26:02)

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Asserts the need for core investments to maintain momentum and overcome current policies.

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