Always the Right Time to Do What is Right TOWN HALL | Why School Choice Matters: Assessing the State of Education in Wisconsin 📅 Next week is National School Choice Week! Mark your calendars and join us on Wednesday, January 24th, for an informative virtual town hall regarding the status of education in Wisconsin. WILL Research Director, Will Flanders, PhD, plans to walk us through the results and implications of this years findings, and why school choice matters. WILL Education Counsel, Cory Brewer, will also provide an update on the recent legal challenge to school choice in Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Supreme Court's decision to deny the original action petition, and more. Register Here UPDATE | Moving Forward with the Parental Bill of Rights 🎉 GREAT NEWS! The Parent Bill of Rights, authored by Representative Wittke and Senator Wanggaard, passed out of the Assembly Committee on Family Law last week on a 6-3 vote. Next stop... a full vote of the Assembly. Stay tuned! Learn More About the Bill TESTIMONY | Opposing Barriers for Entrepreneurs to Cottage Food Industry WILL submitted testimony last week opposing AB 897 as it would introduce additional barriers for entrepreneurs—a $20,000 gross sales cap on all cottage foods, positioning WI as one of the most restrictive states for cottage food producers. 🚩 Check Out Our Testimony MEDIA MENTION | The Need for Transparency in Healthcare Prices 🏥 Wisconsin has 4th highest hospital prices in the nation. The cost of a CT scan ranges from $858 to $2,803 in Wisconsin. This price variation means that better information on prices could lead to real savings for patients. Our state needs greater price transparency. The Urban Milwaukee recently highlighted this issue and our report. To learn more about healthcare price transparency, go to will-law.org/pricetransparency. Read the Article ICYMI | Implications to Ending the Wisconsin School Choice Program Governor Evers recently came out opposing the elimination of Wisconsin’s widely popular and successful school choice program. He acknowledged that doing so would be “traumatic to a whole bunch of families and kids.” 🚨 WILL actually examined the practical implications of ending the state’s choice program last year, highlighting how doing so would cause a capacity crisis and worsen the teacher shortage. Check out our findings here. Read Our Research Defend Freedom The work we do would not be possible without the generosity of YOU, our donors; we are a tax exempt 501(c)(3) organization that receives no public funds. As a non-profit and non-partisan organization, we litigate in the areas of equality under the law, property rights, the freedom to earn a living, voting rights, regulation, taxation, school choice, and religious freedom. As an educational organization, we strive to advance the debate concerning law and public policy in these and other areas. Please consider making a donation to secure the blessings of liberty and to defend freedom. 🇺🇸 Stand With Us Read more at www.will-law.org. Check out our various social media platforms! Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty | 330 E. Kilbourn, Suite 725, Milwaukee, WI 53202 Unsubscribe
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