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Trump Administration Plans to Revoke Biden ESG Rule following WILL Lawsuit

The News: A lawsuit challenging a Biden-era investment rule will be put on hold, as Trump Administration reconsiders and ultimately plans to repeal the ...

WILL Challenges Indiana Public School’s Hispanic-Only Party

WILL is calling on the Trump Administration to investigate a Hispanic-only party hosted by the Tippecanoe Valley Middle School in Akron, Indiana. Non-Hispanic students were segregated and then denied access to the party, based on their race, to the school-sanctioned party celebrating the Christian holiday, Día de Los Reyes Magos or Three Kings Day. Racial segregation violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

WILL issues Warning to Wisconsin DPI, Encourages School Boards to Sidestep Underly

WILL has issued a warning to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and its Superintendent, Jill Underly, to comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, or potentially lose federal funding.

WILL Identifies 55 HHS Federal Funding Initiatives that Discriminate Based on Race

WILL has notified the Trump Administration of its latest report entitled, Roadmap to Equality: Healthcare, which identifies over fifty U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) programs and initiatives that mandate, permit, or promote discrimination on the basis of race in the public and private sectors.

Wisconsin Dairy Farmer Warns USDA Over Racially Discriminatory Programs

Wisconsin farmer issued a warning to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) over several race-based programs that continue to hurt farmers every day. These programs, which violate both the U.S. Constitution and President Trump’s executive orders signed earlier this year, resemble those that were successfully challenged in court by WILL and other organizations under the Biden Administration.

WILL Analyzes Potential Attempt to Redraw Wisconsin’s Congressional District Maps

WILL released a short memorandum summarizing some of the legal history surrounding Wisconsin’s current congressional district maps along with analysis of legal issues related to the ongoing calls for the Wisconsin Supreme Court to redraw those maps before the next census and even before the next midterm election.

WILL Files Parental Rights Complaint Against Milwaukee Public Schools

WILL, alongside Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and Parents Defending Education (PDE), filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) and the U.S Department of Justice (DOJ) against the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) for its secret gender transition policy.

On ‘Apples to Apples’ Assessment, Private and Charter Schools Outperform their Public Counterparts

WILL released its annual Apples to Apples report, which highlights a widening achievement gap between Wisconsin’s traditional public and choice schools. This trend has grown in recent years with no signs of slowing down.

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Racine Journal Times | Sloppy lawmaking threatens tailgating in state

The Racine Journal Times editorial page writes: So how did this silly piece of legislation come to be? The original law change was simple enough: It ...

New York Daily News | Flanders, Goodnow: The negative effects of Obama’s ‘positive’ school discipline policies

Writing in the New York Daily News, WILL Research Director Will Flanders and Research Fellow, Natalie Goodnow, note our review of Obama-era school ...

Racine Journal Times | Public records don’t belong to bureaucrats

Bemoaning policymaker efforts to keep records from public scrutiny, The Racine Journal Times writes: Sigh. Is it really that hard for state legislators ...

Wall Street Journal | No Racial Quotas in Special Education

The Wall Street Journal references our report, Collateral Damage, as they look at racial quotas in Special Education: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos ...

Education Next | Flanders, Wolf: A Story, Not a Study

WILL Research Director, Dr. Will Flanders, and the University of Arkansas Education Professor, Patrick Wolf, write in Education Next: A recent Wall Street ...

Jackson Clarion Ledger | Flanders, DeAngelis: School choice for all would jump start Mississippi economy

WILL Research Director Dr. Will Flanders and CATO Institute's Corey DeAngelis write in the Jackson Clarion Ledger: This is an exciting time for the ...

WILL Press Release | ICYMI: WILL and Americans for Tax Reform in Wall Street Journal Calling for Repeal of Wisconsin’s outdated Unfair Sales Act

Piece reviews how current 9.18% mandatory markup law harms Wisconsin consumers, makes scofflaws of retailers like Krist Oil who want to offer competitive ...

Wall Street Journal | Szafir, Gleason: These Prices Are a Steal—and in Some States, That’s Illegal

Writing in the Wall Street Journal, WILL Executive Vice President CJ Szafir and Americans for Tax Reform call for the repeal of Wisconsin's minimum markup ...