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Voters Given Opportunity to Reject Costly 400-Year Veto
WILL issued a statement applauding the Wisconsin State Senate for passing Senate Joint Resolution 116. This proposed amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution curbs executive overreach by prohibiting the governor from using the partial veto to create or increase taxes or fees. Voters will have to ratify it this November for it to take effect.
Racial Achievement Gaps in Wisconsin Explained by Poverty and Family Structure, New Report Shows
A new report from WILL examines why Wisconsin has some of the largest academic achievement gaps between Black and white students in the nation—and finds that poverty, family structure, and early literacy explain much of the disparity.
WILL Praises Department of Education for Title IX Investigation into New Richmond Schools, Encourages Further Action in Westosha and Sun Prairie
WILL has issued a statement in response to the Department of Education's announcement of a Title IX investigation into the New Richmond School District.
Choice and Charter Schools Outperform Public Schools, New Report Shows
Students attending Wisconsin’s private choice and charter schools outperform their peers in traditional public schools in both English Language Arts (ELA) and math, even after accounting for demographic differences, according to a new Apples to Apples report released by WILL.
WILL Warns School Districts and Alerts Parents After Supreme Court Affirms Parents’ Rights in Schools
WILL has provided new legal guidance to school districts and parents following the Supreme Court’s recent order in Mirabelli v. Bonta, which addressed parental rights in the context of school policies concerning student gender identity.
WILL Continues to Grow & Expand, Hires New Associate Counsel
WILL has announced Kirsten Atanasoff as our new Associate Counsel, expanding our litigation team as we approach new fights to defend property rights, parental rights, and push back against bureaucratic overreach in Wisconsin and beyond.
Teacher’s Union Lawsuit Attempts to Bankrupt Wisconsin and End School Choice for Families in Need
WILL has released a statement in response to a lawsuit filed on behalf of Wisconsin PTA, several Wisconsin school districts, multiple teachers’ unions, individual parents, educators and students, and the Wisconsin Public Education Network, alleging that the Wisconsin Legislature has failed to adequately fund public schools.
WILL Warns of Lawsuit Against DEI Grant Program in Wisconsin
The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) issued a formal cease-and-desist to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), ...
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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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