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Committee backs more college aid for Wis. veterans

An Assembly committee has voted to significantly enhance Wisconsinâ??s higher education benefits for veterans. The Assemblyâ??s veterans affairs committee last week approved a plan that would give veterans 128 credits of free tuition after they exhaust federal tuition benefits. The vote came after the committee amended a bill by its chairman, Rep. Steve Hilgenberg, that would have given 64 free credits in the state program.