Paul Hambleton, a former state senate candidate in St. Croix County, talks about how important it is for former candidates not to walk away after an election loss but to stay involved in their communities. Also: Gov. Tony Evers creates a new program to reduce violence in our communities by addressing root causes before there’s a crisis. The state’s top Republican responds with insults and a mistaken belief that more police are the best way to prevent crime—even as GOP lawmakers engage in the actual “defund the police” movement by causing tighter and tighter local budgets.

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