Will Flanders, Research Director
Recently, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) approved Wisconsin’s plan for more than $1.5 billion in federal funds under the COVID-relief package ESSER 3, with one crucial exception: $77 million that was to go to schools that offered more in-person ...
WILL has helped lead the charge to roll back the illegal, harmful Obama policy
Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos officially rescinded a 2014 Obama-era “Dear Colleague” letter that was used to influence school suspension policies by threatening federal action if discipline policies ...
Testimony urges competition to achieve reform, spur innovation
September 13, 2018 – Milwaukee, WI – WILL Deputy Counsel and Director of Regulatory Reform and Federalism, Lucas Vebber, submitted testimony urging the federal Department of Education to undertake bold reforms to ...
Vebber brings a wealth of experience in advocating for free market, limited government principles
August 23, 2018 – Milwaukee, WI – The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty announced the hire of Lucas Vebber to be its Deputy Counsel and Director of Regulatory Reform and ...
WILL Research Associate and Writer, Cori Petersen, writes in the Wall Street Journal on Washington's failure to protect private property and help manage Wisconsin's burgeoning wolf population:
When the Trump administration announced a plan last week to overhaul the Endangered Species Act, the ...
Delisting wolves would be a win for federalism, property rights
July 30, 2018 - MILWAUKEE WI – In case you missed it, over the weekend, WILL Writer and Research Associate Cori Petersen published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on the importance of delegating federal management of wolves to ...