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Historical Essay

Governor Tommy Thompson and Welfare Reform

Wisconsin Works, BadgerCare, Pathways to Independence
Learn about Tommy Thompson's welfare legislation that became a national model for state-supported aid to low-income families and disabled people.
Historical Essay

Tommy Thompson and the Conservative Revolution

Read about Governor Tommy Thompson's efforts to revitalize Wisconsin's economy and reform the state's welfare programs in the 1980s and 1990s.

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