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Racine Unified school district passes 2025 budget referendum

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

April 4, 2025

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Voters in the Racine Unified School District passed a $190 million referendum in the spring 2025 election, one of 51 school funding referendums around Wisconsin that passed out of 89 on the ballot.

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