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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 ...

Citizens Sue City of Neenah for Violating First Amendment Rights

City ordinance tramples on residents’ protected right to express opinion on yard sign The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) filed ...

Blog Post: Barriers to School Choice

Did you know that statewide choice students outperform their public-school peers by 3.2% in ELA and 2.1% in math? It is no wonder that their enrollment ...

Apples to Apples 2023: Assessing Wisconsin’s State of Education

WILL’s fifth edition of Apples to Apples once again reports the valuable alternative of school choice in Wisconsin  The News: The Wisconsin Institute for ...

Blog Post: School Choice 101

It’s School Choice Week! Across the nation, people are celebrating the notion that families ought to be able to choose the educational options that work ...

WILL Sends Demand Letter to the City of Neenah for First Amendment Violation

WILL pushes back against city silencing political opposition The News: Over the past several weeks, the City of Neenah sent a number of “Notice of ...

Wisconsin School District Refuses to Release Evidence of Race Discrimination

For nearly a year, WILL has sought public records detailing the Madison Metropolitan School District’s use of “small instructional groups” that illegally ...

The Mysterious TikTok-ing Noise

The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) issued a new policy report, The Mysterious TikTok-ing Noise. The report recaps the meteoric rise of the China-based social media app “TikTok,” and recounts the invasive ways that the software records data from its users. The report strongly recommends that Wisconsin take heed of federal warnings and follow some other states’ practices in prohibiting the app from government-owned devices.

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Racine Journal Times | Walker appoints Bradley to state Supreme Court

"Rick Esenberg, president of the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, said Bradley worked in Milwaukee’s children’s court dealing with ...

Wisconsin State Journal | GOP Proposal rewrites state’s campaign finance laws

"Rick Esenberg, president of the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, lauded the contribution limit increase because it empowers ...

Wisconsin State Journal | Madison School Board approves employee handbook to replace union contracts next year

"While the board was free to take this approach, it didn’t necessarily serve taxpayers well, said conservative lawyer Rick Esenberg."

La Crosse Tribune | Scott Walker got an earful from voters, including Republicans

La Crosse Tribune | Scott Walker got an earful from voters, including Republicans More on WILL's efforts to ensure transparency in government.

Education Week | State Law Forces Milwaukee to Put Vacant Schools Up for Sale

Education Week | State Law Forces Milwaukee to Put Vacant Schools Up for Sale An issue where WILL lead the way to reform: "The Milwaukee school system ...

WILL Communications Director | Act 10 Was Worth the Price

Act 10 Was Worth the Price Cameron Sholty, WILL's Communications Director, explains why Act 10 was worth the price in a piece that appeared on ...

Cato at Liberty | The School Choice Myth That Won’t Die

The School Choice Myth That Won't Die The myth that there’s no evidence that school choice works has more lives than Dracula. Worse, it’s often repeated ...

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | MPS submits inventory of empty buildings for possible sale

MPS submits inventory of empty buildings for possible sale Because of a new Republican-led state law forcing Milwaukee Public Schools to sell its empty ...

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