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On Campus: Democrats in Legislature, Congress push their own college affordability bills

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Madison) joined a group of prominent Democrats last week to introduce federal bills that would make the first two years of community and technical college free for students, allow borrowers to refinance their student loans and ensure the Pell grant program for low-income college students will rise at the rate of inflation … In the Wisconsin Legislature on Monday, two Democrats introduced a bill that would go further in providing free education.