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WILL Demands Elmbrook Schools Remove Sexually Explicit Books Accessible to Children

Materials, which have been available to children as young as 3rd grade, violate state law The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) ...

WILL Sues MPS for Unconstitutional Union Leave Policy

MPS pays school employees to engage in union-related activities The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) filed a lawsuit in ...

Wisconsin Supreme Court Declares Racine School Closure Order Invalid

Racine health officer issued school closure order in November 2020 The News: The Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously declared that an order from the City ...

WILL Challenges Lake Geneva’s Short-Term Rental Fee at WI Tax Appeals Commission

Lake Geneva’s $750 fee is one of the highest in the state The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) filed a petition for review, on ...

WILL Sues City of Madison for Unconstitutional Race Discrimination

Madison’s Police Civilian Oversight Board imposes illegal racial quotas The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) filed a federal ...

WILL Files WEC Complaint Over Village of Hartland’s Use of Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes

WILL asks state agency to make clear the state law provides only two legal options for casting absentee ballots The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law ...

WILL Sues Wisconsin Elections Commission Challenging Legal Status of Ballot Drop Boxes

State law provides just two methods for casting an absentee ballot The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) filed a lawsuit in ...

Court Orders State to Allow Milwaukee Archdiocese Ability to Conduct Services in Correctional Facilities

WILL sued in May after state agency refused to permit religious volunteers from visiting inmates The News: Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge William ...

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WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg Joins RightWisconsin’s Week in Review

Rick Esenberg joined WTMJ AM620's Charlie Sykes and RightWisconsin's Collin Roth to discuss the Week in Review. You can listen to it here.  

Janesville Gazette | Research Shows Vouchers Do Benefit Students

WILL Economist Marty Lueken and Dr. James V. Shuls appear in the Janesville Gazette explaining that research shows that school vouchers do, indeed, ...

WILL’s Rick Esenberg: “Schools are not underfunded…”

WILL President Rick Esenberg blogging at Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | Schools are not underfunded and they sold their local control "Here is a fact that ...

WILL’s Rick Esenberg joins Joy Cardin on WPR’s Week in Review

Opposite Wisconsin Democracy Campaign's Matt Rothschild, Rick Esenberg joined Joy Cardin on Wisconsin Public Radio to discuss the Week in Review. You can ...

WILL’s Rick Esenberg Participates in Attorney General’s Symposium on Open Government

Marshfield News-Herald | Wisconsin Openness Laws Evolve from Wood, Candle Days Attorney Brad Schimel: "'Messing with open government laws is like ...

WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg Discusses John Doe with Steve Walters on WisconsinEye

Mike Wittenwyler administrative and regulatory attorney at Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., and the lead attorney in the firm's Political Law Group; Donald ...

Wisconsin State Journal | Advocates: Open records law can adapt to changing technology without overhaul

Wisconsin State Journal | Advocates: Open Records Law Can Adapt to Changing Technology Without Overhaul More coverage of WILL's efforts on Open ...

WILL Associate Counsel Tom Kamenick Joins Jerry Bader to Discuss Green Bay’s Disregard for the 4th Amendment

WILL Associate Counsel Tom Kamenick joins Jerry Bader on air on WTAQ to discuss the City of Green Bay's destruction of a garden and it's disregard for ...

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