Assembly GOP approves bill requiring parents be notified when ‘controversial’ subjects taught in schools

AB 510 would establish a variety of rights for parents. Those include the right to be notified of and decline health care services, such as vaccines; to determine the name and pronouns the child uses at school; and to opt their children out of certain instructional materials. It would also require parents to be notified when a “controversial” subject will be taught and school.

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Jimmy Anderson: Book bans must be banned in Wisconsin

Combined with a nationwide shortage of school librarians, these escalating attacks are creating a dangerous culture of censorship. Instead of walling off students from new and unique perspectives, we should be encouraging them to explore our world more widely through books.

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R. Alan Bates Jr.: Is Trump eligible to run?

Hopefully the U.S. Supreme Court will decide the issue of eligibility of Mr. Trump before our Wisconsin primary ballots are prepared. … The question for each voter is: Does racist speech, lies about the 2020 election, and calling for violence against our own government make Donald Trump, in our own opinions, eligible to serve as our president?

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Assembly GOP approves bill requiring parents be notified when ‘controversial’ subjects taught in schools

AB 510 would establish a variety of rights for parents. Those include the right to be notified of and decline health care services, such as vaccines; to determine the name and pronouns the child uses at school; and to opt their children out of certain instructional materials. It would also require parents to be notified when a “controversial” subject will be taught and school.

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Jimmy Anderson: Book bans must be banned in Wisconsin

Combined with a nationwide shortage of school librarians, these escalating attacks are creating a dangerous culture of censorship. Instead of walling off students from new and unique perspectives, we should be encouraging them to explore our world more widely through books.

Read More »

R. Alan Bates Jr.: Is Trump eligible to run?

Hopefully the U.S. Supreme Court will decide the issue of eligibility of Mr. Trump before our Wisconsin primary ballots are prepared. … The question for each voter is: Does racist speech, lies about the 2020 election, and calling for violence against our own government make Donald Trump, in our own opinions, eligible to serve as our president?

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WMC survey finds business leaders less confident in state economy

Confidence in the state economy has dropped sharply among Wisconsin business leaders over the past six months, according to the latest Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce survey.  WMC’s Wisconsin Employer Survey found 22% of responding business leaders rank the state economy as strong — well below the 39% seen in a

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