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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Wednesday March 27, 2024 ( 5 items )  

A Better Wisconsin Together Calls For Safe and Legal Abortion Access Protections as Oral Arguments Begin in SCOTUS Mifepristone Case
MADISON, Wisconsin, March 27 -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: The United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in a case brought by partisan anti-abortion extremists seeking to severely gut access to safe abortion care across the country. If those behind the case are successful, it would rescind the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of Mifepristone, a me  more

CUES & Cornell Empower Aspiring Credit Union Leaders to Unlock the C-Suite Mindset
MADISON, Wisconsin, March 27 -- The Credit Union Executives Society issued the following news release: CUES Advanced Management Program from Cornell University is returning in 2024. This nine-month program, which runs July 10, 2024, through April 1, 2025, offers emerging credit union leaders a unique opportunity to gain a comprehensive understanding of the C-suite by equipping attendees with the knowledge and skills needed to navigate the challenges faced by top executives. The program pairs e  more

FFRF Attorney's Ala. Op-Ed Decries Public School Chaplains
MADISON, Wisconsin, March 27 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: FFRF Action Fund Senior Policy Counsel Ryan Jayne has crafted an op-ed for a major Alabama newspaper calling for a public-school chaplain bill in the state to be voted down. "House Bill 59 would permit chaplains to 'provide support, services, and programs for students' in public schools," he writes for the Montgomery Advertiser. "The chaplains, unlike the bona fide counselors they might repl  more

FFRF Urges Pa. School District to Stop Praying Before Board Meetings
MADISON, Wisconsin, March 27 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is insisting that the McGuffey Area School Board shouldn't begin its meetings with prayer. A concerned school district employee informed FFRF that at the board's Feb. 15 meeting, President Zonie Jackson announced that the majority of board members had decided to start board meetings with prayer led by "a pastor or minister from a church." The pastor who g  more

Freedom From Religion Foundation: Supreme Court Has Sharp Questions in FDA Abortion Case
MADISON, Wisconsin, March 27 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: In its first major abortion case since its ultraextreme majority overturned Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a lawsuit today that could imperil access to medication abortion. Several justices questioned whether the anti-abortion groups suing the Food and Drug Administration have standing to do so. The high court is tasked with deciding, firstly, whether the litigating groups and doc  more