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Capitol Notes: Why Does Welfare Reform Top The GOP Legislative Agenda in Wisconsin?

Wisconsin GOP leaders say welfare reform is a top priority in the final weeks of the two-year session

State lawmakers are holding a flurry of committee hearings this month, as they wrap up much of their work in this two-year legislative session.  Then, they'll largely turn their attention to the elections this fall. 

Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says his party will be "very aggressive" in passing welfare reform measures.  But why is that a subject GOP lawmakers want to leave on voters' minds?  WUWM's Marti Mikkelson posed that question to JR Ross of wispolitics.com for this week's Capitol Notes conversation.

Marti was a reporter with WUWM from 1999 to 2021.