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  <title>As universal free school meals end, are Wisconsin families ready for it?</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Elected officials and advocates debate the fate of free school meals that provided relief to families during the pandemic.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Wisconsin Watch’s Erin Gretzinger and Maddie Bergstrom examine the pandemic-era program providing free school meals to all students regardless of income — and why continuing the program may not be so easy in Wisconsin. This story is part of the Wisconsin Watch series "Beyond Hunger." Reporting by Erin Gretzinger and Maddie Bergstrom. Originally published on August 4, 2022. &lt;/p&gt;
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