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WILL Releases Updated School Data Dashboard for the 2021-2022 Academic Year

The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) is excited to announce its update of the School Data Dashboard, which now includes data for ...

WILL Hires New Communications Director

The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) announced the hire of its new Communications Director, Pat Garrett, who will help manage ...

WILL Responds to Evers Freezing School Choice Enrollment

The News: Today, Governor Tony Evers made clear that in his 2023 Budget Address he will propose a freeze in school choice enrollment, defying common sense ...

WILL Supports Open Government Protection Act

Legislation ensures government’s openness and accountability to citizens The News: On Tuesday, Representative Todd Novak (R-Dodgeville) and Senator Duey ...

WILL Supports Monroe Voters & Taxpayers, Urges School District to Redo Misleading Referendum

Monroe School District’s referendum cost 10 to 15 times what the District had communicated to voters The News: Today, in support of citizens and ...

WILL Moves for Summary Judgment in Parents’ Rights Case with support of expert witnesses Dr. Erica Anderson and Dr. Stephen Levine

The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) and Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) have brought on two expert witnesses in support of ...

City of Neenah Backs Down on Enforcing Illegal Ordinance

Quick hearing today reinforced First Amendment rights, yard sign to stay up while litigation moves forward The News: U.S. District Judge William Griesbach ...

Military Veterans Sue Biden Administration to Protect Second Amendment Rights

New rule threatens firearm owners with fines or imprisonment unless up to 40 million pistols with stabilizing braces are registered with the ATF ...

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Wisconsin Watchdog | Milwaukee finds new way to delay selling empty school buildings

From Wisconsin Watchdog: “That reading of the statute doesn’t make any sense,” said C.J. Szafir, associate counsel and education policy director at the ...

AM 620 WTMJ | Education Policy Director CJ Szafir on Week in Review

CJ discusses politics this week with Charlie Sykes and Collin Roth. Of note, school choice enrollment is up 100% this year!

RightWisconsin | Protecting Religious Freedom No Easy Task

WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg writing at RightWisconsin today: In one of the most ringing passages in our constitutional ...

Wisconsin Watchdog | Lawmaker’s anti-ALEC bill is anti-constitution

From Wisconsin Watchdog: “I have a problem with the notion that people who put out public pronouncements about legislation should be subject to ...

Wisconsin State Journal | Live chat replay – Debating changes to Wisconsin election laws

WILL President and General Counsel, Rick Esenberg, joined Matt Rothschild of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, and Mark Pitsch and Phil Brinkman both with ...

Wisconsin Watchdog | Newly released John Doe docs reveal much more about rogue GAB

"“He said that he has been getting beat up by these attorneys and felt really beat up by Esenberg,” Falk wrote, apparently a reference to Rick Esenberg of ...

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | Amid MPS takeover debate, Chris Abele floats early-childhood proposal

"The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, which has been critical of the district's handling of its vacant buildings, criticized ...

LaCrosse Tribune | Critics say campaign finance overhaul empowers outside groups, legislative leaders

"Rick Esenberg, president of the conservative Wisconsin Institute of Law and Liberty, said it’s typically easy to guess which groups or individuals ...

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