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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.
WILL Weighs In to Protect Election Integrity
WILL has filed a nonparty brief in Bins v. Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC), a lawsuit that is seeking to overturn WEC guidance barring absentee voters from changing their vote after submitting their ballots. That guidance, which merely restates state law, was adopted on July 10.
WILL Sues UW-Madison over Race-Based Scholarships
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. WILL represents Young America’s Foundation and Citizens Defending Liberty in our second lawsuit challenging race-based state programs since winning a major case at the Wisconsin Supreme Court earlier this year, in which a unanimous Court struck down a racially discriminatory scholarship program.
WILL Releases Roadmap to Re-Engaging Populist Conservatives with America’s Founding Principles
WILL, in partnership with Heart+Mind Strategies, released “Bridging the Gap,” new public opinion research exploring how populist-leaning conservative voters in Wisconsin view government institutions, as well as ways to reconnect classical conservative principles like federalism, free markets, and trust institutions with values this key audience already holds.
WI Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Property Owners in Vacation Rental Dispute
WILL secured a major legal victory for property owners in Sister Bay after the Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled that the Village's four-bedroom cap for vacation rentals operates as an illegal "back-door prohibition on renting."
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Wisconsin State Journal | Wilford, Vebber: Wisconsin’s tax web gets stickier for small business
National Taxpayer's Union's Andrew Wilford and WILL's Lucas Vebber write at the Wisconsin State Journal how tax policy should be the exclusive purview of ...
The Cap Times | Legislative committee considers licensing Wisconsin wedding barns
As a legislative committee considers updating Wisconsin's liquor licensing laws, we've pointed out how their efforts may very well shut down the ...
Fox & Friends | WATCH: Rick Esenberg and Polly Olsen Fighting For Free Speech on Campus
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Fox & Friends | WATCH: Rick Esenberg and Polly Olsen Fighting For Free Speech on Campus
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Washington Examiner | Flanders: Spending more money on schools doesn’t help students learn
WILL Research Director, Dr. Will Flanders, writes in the Washington Examiner on how research shows that spending more money on schools doesn't help ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | High-speed lane: Legislation moved much faster after Republicans gained control in Madison
WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg gives his thoughts to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on the pace with which legislation moves through the ...
National Review Online | Esenberg, Roth: To ‘Save’ Jobs, Wisconsin Republicans Set a Dangerous Precedent
WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg and Director of Public Engagement Collin Roth write in National Review Online on the market distorting ...
ICYMI: WILL in National Review on “Crony Capitalism” of Kimberly-Clark Bailout Plan
It makes little sense to pay struggling businesses to “save jobs” during a labor shortage
August 17, 2018 – Milwaukee, WI -- WILL President and General ...
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