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USDA Settles WILL Lawsuit, Removes Race-Based Discrimination in Nationwide Farming Programs

WILL has successfully secured a major settlement with the USDA, triggering the end of race- and sex-based programs that harmed American farmers for decades. Following a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of Wisconsin dairy farmer Adam Faust, the USDA settled with WILL and agreed to end discriminatory preferences across three federal farming programs.

WILL Hires New Policy and Government Affairs Manager, Grows Legislative Reach

WILL is proud to announce the addition of Sam Krebs as WILL’s new Policy and Government Affairs Manager. His hire underscores WILL’s continued commitment to expanding and advancing policy solutions that further individual liberty, limited government and free enterprise.

Counselors Sue Evers Admin Over Christian Counseling Ban

WILL has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Terri Koschnick and Joy Buchman, Wisconsin-licensed counselors, challenging a Wisconsin rule banning consensual, client-driven Christian counseling. The challenge follows an 8-1 Supreme Court ruling that Colorado’s identical law was unconstitutional “viewpoint discrimination,” the “most blatant” kind of First Amendment violation.

WILL Warns the WIAA to End Illegal Race- and Sex-Based Quotas

WILL warned the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) to scrap its illegal race and sex-based quotas. The WIAA, which governs sports for nearly 90,000 Wisconsin students, denies individuals the ability to seek certain WIAA leadership positions based solely on their race or sex.

Judge Grants WILL’s Emergency Order, Protecting Milwaukee Food Trucks

A Milwaukee County judge granted a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of Milwaukee’s 10:00 p.m. food truck curfew until at least June 10 after WILL challenged the ordinance on behalf of The Fatty Patty owner Abdallah Ismail.

Food Truck Owner Sues City of Milwaukee Over New Ban

On behalf of a Milwaukee food truck owner, WILL filed a lawsuit seeking to block a newly approved food truck curfew. 

WILL Unveils New Documentary: Classrooms in Crisis

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, WILL unveiled a new documentary, “Classrooms in Crisis,” putting human faces on the growing crisis of student behavior, school safety, and teacher authority in Wisconsin classrooms. Through the firsthand accounts of real educators, many of whom left public schools out of fear for their own safety, the mini-documentary reveals an education system under serious strain.

Contractors Sue New Jersey Over Forced Unionization and Race-Based Quotas

WILL, alongside the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) filed a federal lawsuit against the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA), Ocean County and Evesham Township on behalf of Earle Asphalt Company, a transportation contractor. The lawsuit challenges unconstitutional mandates that force contractors to meet rigid race and sex-based hiring quotas as well as force them to unionize their workforce.  
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National Review | Withdraw the Obama Administration’s ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter on School Discipline

Roger Clegg and Hans A. Von Spakovsky take a look at our letter to Secretary Betsy DeVos which urges her to scrap Obama-era suspension policy ...

RealClearPolitics | Esenberg: Why the Supreme Court Punted in Redistricting Case

Rick Esenberg writing at RealClearPolitics on why the U.S. Supreme Court punted on Wisconsin's redistricting case, Gill v. Whitford: In the eagerly ...

UrbanMilwaukee | Sobic, Peterson: MPS Could Cut Budget By Selling Buildings

WILL Associate Counsel Libby Sobic and WILL Writer and Reseach Associate Cori Peterson write in UrbanMilwaukee on how selling vacant buildings could ...

WI vs. MN Study is Deeply Flawed, Doesn’t Warrant Media Coverage

A new “study” from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute (EPI) purports to show that Minnesota has had better economic outcomes under liberal ...

The Weekly Standard | Esenberg, Szafir: How Opponents of School Choice in Wisconsin Weaponized the Justice Department

WILL's President and General Counsel, Rick Esenberg, and Executive Vice President, CJ Szafir, write in The Weekly Standard, on how the ACLU and other ...

RightWisconsin | Sobic, Flanders: MPS Budget Crisis and Half-Empty Buildings

WILL Associate Counsel Libby Sobic and WILL Research Director Will Flanders write at RightWisconsin that MPS' so-called budget woes could be alleviated if ...

Wisconsin State Journal | Supreme Court to hear arguments over whether Tony Evers can have own attorney

The Wisconsin State Journal covers today's hearing at the Wisconsin Supreme Court in our case, Koschkee v. Evers. The lawsuit is latest move in a ...

Vicki McKenna Show on WIBA | Flanders discusses Cato study challenging how we look at public education

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