MATTHEW DeFOUR
, 608-252-6144
When sophomore Republican legislator David Murphy applied in November to lead the Assembly higher education committee, he pitched a fairly bold idea — “Eliminate or reform the University of Wisconsin Colleges and Extension.”
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