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Race-Discrimination Ruling Expanded to Protect WILL Clients Nationwide

WILL secured a significant victory: a court order clarifying and significantly expanding the scope of a preliminary injunction halting the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. The ruling now applies nationwide to any state in which WILL’s clients do business.

Wauwatosa School District to Close STEM Programs and High-Performing Charter School for Being Too White

The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty is threatening legal action against the Wauwatosa School District and its Superintendent after they announced plans to shut down the Wauwatosa STEM School, currently ranked the third-best elementary school in Wisconsin by U.S News and World Report.

Policy Report: WILL Highlights Solutions to Social Capital Decline

The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty released a new report suggesting policy actions that can be taken by the federal, state, and local governments to support social capital. From Isolation to Connection is the third and final report examining the impact social capital has on Wisconsin communities.

More Property Taxes to Come? WILL Informs Wisconsin Property Taxpayers About Upcoming Referenda

WILL is providing a useful tool to inform voters about how the upcoming school referenda questions on the November ballot can affect their bottom line. WILL’s calculator was developed with data from local school districts via information available online and open records requests. Gathering that data also showcased some of the shortfalls in accountability and transparency that exist at the local level related to ballot referenda.

Parents Fight MPS to Protect their Children in School, Demand District Follows the Law

The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty has filed a lawsuit seeking a writ of mandamus on behalf of several parents in the Milwaukee Public School District. This civil action seeks to hold the Milwaukee Board of School Directors, which oversees MPS, accountable for failing to provide the number of school resource officers state law requires in order to protect MPS schools and students.

Gaming the System: Wisconsin’s Forward Exam Scores Now Useless

Today, Wisconsin's DPI released the 2023-24 Forward Exam scores for schools across Wisconsin.  In the past, WILL has referred to these scores--and the report card built from them--as creating a "Lake Wobegone" effect where everyone is above average.  But the changes...

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Calculator: WILL Informs Wisconsin Property Tax Payers About Upcoming Referenda

Calculator: WILL Informs Wisconsin Property Tax Payers About Upcoming Referenda

Along with casting votes for President and US Senator, Wisconsin voters across the state will have school referenda to consider. These referenda ask voters’ permission to issue debt for something specific or to exceed the annual revenue limits set by state law, in either case by increasing voters’ property taxes.
Federal Judge Rules Against $37 Billion Biden-Harris Affirmative Action Infrastructure Program

Federal Judge Rules Against $37 Billion Biden-Harris Affirmative Action Infrastructure Program

WILL secures major victory against the nationwide Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program, which sets aside construction contracts for certain minority groups
Wisconsin Elections Commission Held Accountable for Abdication

Wisconsin Elections Commission Held Accountable for Abdication

A Waukesha County Circuit Court has sided with the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) against the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC).

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