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Sen. Melissa Agard on Wisconsin politics in 2023 and 2024

By Zac Schultz | Here & Now

December 1, 2023

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State Sen. Melissa Agard, D-Madison, the former Wisconsin Senate Minority Leader, discusses the Legislature's work in 2023, state Supreme Court and 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

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