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Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Assembly passed a number of education-related bills Tuesday, including legislation to break up Milwaukee Public Schools, expand school choice and allow parents to intervene in school decisions.
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The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature is prepared to pass a package of fast-tracked bills this week that would make it more difficult to vote in the presidential battleground state. These election year measures are all but certain to be vetoed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
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Wisconsin's Legislative Black Caucus is hosting a series of events this month on issues important to Black Wisconsinites. Each week will have a different theme: economic development, health, education and criminal justice.
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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has signed into law two bills aimed at helping sexual assault victims and survivors.
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A bill that advocates say will help struggling readers was passed on the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly floor this week.
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A slate of Republican-authored education bills is advancing through Wisconsin’s Legislature, including one that would restrict how racism is taught in classrooms.
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Wisconsin public schools would be prohibited from teaching students and training employees about concepts such as systemic racism and implicit bias under a Republican bill the state Assembly passed Tuesday on a party line vote.
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The battle over drawing new political boundary lines in Wisconsin is heating up. A panel of three federal judges told the Legislature and Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday that it wants to have new maps enacted by March and it needs to prepare to have the court draw those maps if Republican lawmakers and the Democratic governor can’t agree.
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Wisconsin families would be able to opt students out of lessons pertaining to gender identity and sexual orientation under a bill introduced by Republican legislators.
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University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson pushed back Tuesday against Republican lawmakers who claim campuses need their permission to implement COVID-19 policies, insisting university leaders don't need legislative approval to manage the system.