MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – Twenty-one Wisconsin Assembly Republicans have come out with a package of bills aimed at helping the rural areas they represent.
Representatives Travis Tranel of Cuba City, Romaine Quinn of Rice Lake, and Ed Brooks of Reedsburg have proposed the Rural Wisconsin Initiative.
Among other things, it would create special rural opportunity zones, and boost education through youth apprenticeship grants and expansions of science and technology programs. It also seeks more funds for the state’s rural physician residency assistance program.
Quinn says the package seeks to “galvanize” lawmakers from rural areas to make sure their issues are addressed, and people can learn more online at RuralWisconsinInitiative.Com.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
