Legislative Leader Preview: Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca

MADISON – WMC sat down with Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca (D-Kenosha) recently to discuss the legislative session and the upcoming debate on the state’s biennial budget. Check out the interview below:

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