Lawmaker Supports Initiated Measure 15 Movement

Democratic Representative Susan Wismer of Britton says she is supporting Initiated Measure 15, the sales tax increase.  The money from that would be split evenly between education and Medicaid providers.  Wismer says her experiences has shown her that the legislature is not doing what they should… 

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Opponents say the state is spending far more money on far fewer students than thirty years ago. Wismer says education has changed a lot in that time…

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Wismer says claims that there won’t be legislative oversight of the new money is not true…

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Wismer is running unopposed for re-election.