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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Saturday July 27, 2024 ( 4 items )  

19th Annual Powerful Event to Feature Digital Wellbeing Pioneer Larissa May
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin, July 26 -- The Greater Green Bay Community Foundation issued the following news: * * * Women's Fund of Greater Green Bay's primary fundraising event will take place September 19, 2024 * * * On Thursday, September 19, 2024, the Women's Fund of the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation will proudly host digital wellbeing pioneer and founder of #HalfTheStory (HTS) Larissa May as the keynote speaker of Powerful, previously known as Power of the Purse. Powerful, an event by  more

FFRF and other groups request records related to Okla. biblical schooling mandate
MADISON, Wisconsin, July 26 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: A coalition of civil rights organizations is making a joint request for records today related to the Oklahoma State Department of Education superintendent's recent mandate that the bible be incorporated into public school teaching. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, ACLU of Oklahoma, American Civil Liberties Union, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and Oklahoma Appleseed  more

J.D. Vance Epitomizes Catholic Christian Nationalism While GLAAD Calls Out Project 2025
MADISON, Wisconsin, July 27 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, issued the following news: A leading media advocacy organization that launched a national ad campaign on the dangers of Project 2025 is FFRF Action Fund's "Secularist of the Week" while the Republican vice presidential nominee has earned our "Theocrat of the Week"  more

On 34th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, A Better Wisconsin Together Applauds Recent Efforts to Make Voting Accessible to All
MONONA, Wisconsin, July 26 [Category: Economics] -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, issued the following news release: MADISON, Wis. 34 years ago today, President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), marking one of the first ever federal protections to ensure equal rights and opportunities for people with disabilities and what is now known as Disability Independence Day. "On the heels of a recen  more