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WILL Budget Briefing: A Deep Dive on Governor Evers’ 2021-23 State Budget Proposal

Increases in spending, programs, and new attacks on education and worker freedom The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) policy ...

WILL Warns City of Madison New Bird-Safe Glass Ordinance Undermines Wisconsin’s Uniform Building Code

Notice of Claim warns Madison that city ordinance violates state law The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) filed a Notice ...

Dane County Drops Most Fines Against Dance Studio

Health department enlisted the wrong attorneys and filed far too many counts The News: Dane County attorneys, on behalf of Public Health Madison and ...

Wisconsin Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in WILL Religious Liberty Lawsuit

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to rule on state law in religious liberty case The News: The Wisconsin Supreme ...

Wisconsin’s Emergency Powers Laws in Urgent Need of Reform

New study examines Wisconsin’s emergency powers laws, provides recommendations for reform The News: A new study from the Wisconsin Institute for Law ...

3 Attacks on School Choice in Governor Evers’ Budget Proposal

By Will Flanders, Research Director Governor Tony Evers’ 2021-23 budget includes a Christmas tree for teachers unions in the form of ...

Judge Orders Wisconsin DNR to Hold February 2021 Gray Wolf Hunt

WILL sued DNR for violating state law by refusing to schedule winter 2021 hunt The News: Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Bennett J. Brantmeier ...

STUDY: Spring 2020 School Closures May Result in $7 Billion Lifetime Earnings Loss to Wisconsin Students

This study estimates that spring 2020 school closures and incomplete curriculums could cost Wisconsin students more than $7 billion in lifetime earnings losses. The staggering cost serves as a stark warning about the effects of learning loss due to school building closures in the 2020-21 school year.