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WILL Applauds Trump Admin. for Investigation into Race-Based Discipline Practices at MPS

WILL is applauding the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for opening a Title VI investigation into Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) over allegations that its policies require or encourage school officials to consider student race when making disciplinary decisions.

Brown County Taxpayers v. Evers

WILL filed a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin Act 247, the new law that legalizes statewide mobile sports betting through Wisconsin’s tribal gaming system. This new sports gambling monopoly violates the Wisconsin Constitution, which voters amended in 1993 to prohibit the Wisconsin Legislature from “authoriz[ing] gambling in any form” beyond certain narrow exceptions.

WILL Sues to Stop Unconstitutional Online Sports Gambling Law

WILL, representing two taxpayer associations, filed a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin Act 247, the new law that legalizes statewide mobile sports betting through Wisconsin’s tribal gaming system.

New Research: Wisconsin School Choice Students Make Greater Academic Gains Over Time

WILL released groundbreaking new, peer-reviewed academic research analyzing more than 100,000 low and middle-income Wisconsin students between the 2018-19 and 2022-23 school years, finding that students who remain in Wisconsin’s private school choice programs for multiple years make significantly greater gains in reading than comparable public-school students.

WILL Warns Governor Evers Over Taxpayer Funded Race-Based Teacher Loans

WILL is demanding Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB) immediately suspend Wisconsin’s Minority Teacher Loan (MTL) Program. The taxpayer-funded program gives loans to certain prospective teachers, but eligibility for the loans is limited based on race, ethnicity, and ancestry.

ANALYSIS: “Underfunded” Wisconsin Schools Have Near-Record Funding—Again

WILL has uncovered new education spending data. As students prepare for the 2026-27 school year, DPI has finally released spending data for the 2024-25. While this continues a pattern of the DPI seemingly dragging it's feet in releasing public school spending information, the data is still illuminating. Despite the continual refrain that public schools are "underfunded," the data reveals—yet again—spending that is near all-time highs.

Court of Appeals Sides with WILL in Act 10 Case

WILL secured a significant victory at the Wisconsin Court of Appeals after they upheld Act 10 in Abbotsford Education Association v. WERC. WILL represented a teacher who supported and benefited from the law signed by Governor Scott Walker in 2011.

YAF v. WILCOTS

WILL filed a new lawsuit challenging at least 20 UW-Madison scholarships and grants that contain race-based criteria and are administered with support from taxpayer funds.

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