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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Tuesday September 10, 2024 ( 3 items )  

FFRF to Colo. school district: Don't allow Christian proselytizing by staff members
MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 9 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging the Englewood Schools system in Colorado to put a stop to a school counselor's Christian proselytization. A concerned district employee reported that a school counselor at Englewood High School has been using their position to promote personal beliefs to students and co-workers. FFRF's complainant reported that the employee has used a bible quote  more

ICYMI: Donald Trump Touts Project 2025 Scheme to Eliminate Department of Education, Suggests Ron Johnson Run Schools in Wisconsin Appearance
MONONA, Wisconsin, Sept. 9 [Category: Economics] -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, issued the following news release: MADISON, Wis. At a Saturday campaign event in Wisconsin, Donald Trump found a way to make his extreme Project 2025 proposal to eliminate the Department of Education even worse, put conspiracy theory monger and extreme right-wing U.S. Senator Ron Johnson in charge of our kids' education. As reported, during a rambling  more

Mackinac Center for Public Policy: Shorting the Great Lakes Grid
MIDLAND, Michigan, Sept. 9 (TNSres) -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following study on August 9, 2024 entitled "Shorting the Great Lakes Grid". The study was written by Joshua Antonini and Jason Hayes. * * * This report explains why electricity consumers and policymakers should be concerned about their electricity becoming more unreliable in the future. It analyzes the electricity plans of the large, investor-owned utilities in seven Great Lakes states: Michigan, Indiana, W  more