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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.

SCOWIS Takes Appeal in Transportation Utility Fee Lawsuit

WILL continues to challenge illegal tax that burdens Wisconsin families and small businesses The News: The Supreme Court of Wisconsin (SCOWIS) has ...

Priced Out of House and Home

New WILL report shows how laws and regulation add to WI housing prices The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) issued a new ...

Bang for the Buck-y: Direct College Students Towards Degrees that Will Improve WI’s Workforce

New WILL report argues that universities must be held responsible for the student loan crisis  The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty ...

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Washington Examiner | Goodnow: Children are the silent victims in the opioid crisis

WILL Research Fellow, Natalie Goodnow, writes in the Washington Examiner on the impact of the opioid crisis on the country's foster care system. We may ...

Real Clear Education | Flanders: Education Reform Suffers When Politicians Put Careers Before Kids

WILL's Research Director, Dr. Will Flanders, writes at Real Clear Education: But in a number of other states with conservative leadership, progress on ...

Washington Times | Wisconsin Supreme Court will take case over Evers’ powers

From the Washington Times: MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided to take original jurisdiction of a case over how much ...

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | Wisconsin Supreme Court to take up politically charged case that pits Scott Walker against Tony Evers

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's latest coverage of our lawsuit challenging State Superintendent Tony Evers rulemaking and policy authority. GOP Attorney ...

Fox6 News Milwaukee | A look back at House Speaker Paul Ryan’s 20-year political career

Fox6 News Milwaukee's Myra Sanchick sat down with Rick Esenberg today to discuss House Speaker Paul Ryan's retirement announcement and what it means for ...

City Journal | Who Misbehaves

City Journal reviews the data on Obama-era suspension policies and notes our report: The New York Times gloats that the report undercuts conservative ...

The Weekly Standard | Sykes: Why Are Businesses Intervening in a Wisconsin Academic Freedom Case?

Charlie Sykes writes at The Weekly Standard: The Trump era, if nothing else, has shown that ideological alignments can be fluid and inconsistent. So ...

Isthmus | City apologizes, settles public records lawsuit with Isthmus

Isthmus, covering our open records lawsuit on their behalf against the Madison Police Department: The request for police records was made in December 2016 ...

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