When the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee held its first public hearing on the biennial budget at UW-Whitewater on Friday, state Sen. Howard Marklein was in familiar territory.
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Winther Hall on the UW-Whitewater campus in 2019.
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Jody Wentworth, president of Whitewater Student Government, advocates for scholarships that help students during the state Joint Finance Committee’s public budget hearing at UW-Whitewater on Friday.
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Janesville Fire Chief Ernie Rhodes speaks at the state Joint Finance Committee’s public budget hearing at UW-Whitewater on Friday.
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