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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Tuesday October 15, 2024 ( 3 items )  

A Better Wisconsin Together Commemorates Indigenous Peoples' Day
MONONA, Wisconsin, Oct. 14 [Category: Economics] -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, issued the following news release: MADISON, Wis. In honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, A Better Wisconsin Together Executive Director Chris Walloch released the following statement: "On Indigenous Peoples' Day, A Better Wisconsin Together stands with all of Wisconsin's Indigenous populations in pushing for equality, justice, and an end to the systems t  more

Male extremist organized women's prayerful 'Esther Event' in D.C.
MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 14 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: Although a Christian prayer rally held the past Saturday in was billed as "A Million Women An Esther Call on the Mall," its primary organizer was a fundamentalist man. Lou Engle, associated with the theocratic New Apostolic Reformation, first called for an "Esther Fast" to abolish Roe v. Wade in 2018, and organized last weekend's event after Kamala Harris became the Democ  more

World Council of Credit Unions: Kenyan President William Ruto Confirms Support for SACCO Movement in Meeting With Credit Union Leaders
MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 15 -- World Council of Credit Unions issued the following news release: * * * African Confederation of Cooperative Savings and Credit Associations (ACCOSCA) leads large delegation to meeting at Kenya's State House * * * President William Ruto of Kenya confirmed cooperatives are central to his government's priorities and that he wants to see the savings and credit cooperative (SACCO) movement in Kenya succeed during an October 7 State House meeting with a large delega  more