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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Saturday March 29, 2025 ( 6 items )  

2025 NFL Draft: Dates, times, location, how to watch and more
CANTON, Ohio, March 28 [Category: Sports] -- The National Football League posted the following news: * * * 2025 NFL Draft: Dates, times, location, how to watch and more The 2025 NFL Draft is almost here! College football's elite players are set to find their new homes in one of the league's 32 franchises. Here is everything you need to know before the first pick is made at the draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin. How to watch the 2025 NFL Draft: You can watch the draft live on NFL Network,  more

FFRF Action Fund endorses Charlene Wang for Oakland City Council
MADISON, Wisconsin, March 28 [Category: Sociological] -- 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, posted the following news: * * * FFRF Action Fund endorses Charlene Wang for Oakland City Council The FFRF Action Fund enthusiastically endorses Charlene Wang in her April 15 bid for Oakland City Council, District 2. Wang describes th  more

FFRF AF endorses Skokie School District 73.5 Board of Education candidate
MADISON, Wisconsin, March 28 [Category: Sociological] -- 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, posted the following news: * * * FFRF AF endorses Skokie School District 73.5 Board of Education candidate The FFRF Action Fund is happy to endorse Elana Jacobs in her April 1 bid for Skokie School District 73.5 Board of Education. Ja  more

FFRF decries Oklahoma's copycat 'Christ is King' resolution
MADISON, Wisconsin, March 28 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * FFRF decries Oklahoma's copycat 'Christ is King' resolution An outrageous new resolution introduced in the Oklahoma Legislature "proclaiming Christ is King" is an un-American attack on religious freedom and needs to be deep-sixed. The resolution states: "That the Oklahoma State Legislature hereby proclaims 'Christ is King,' recognizing the spiritual significance  more

Nigerian 'blasphemy' victim interviewed for FFRF TV show after prison release
MADISON, Wisconsin, March 28 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Nigerian 'blasphemy' victim interviewed for FFRF TV show after prison release Watch the preview here. A Nigerian humanist who was only recently released after spending five years in prison for "blasphemy" is the guest on the new episode of the Freedom From Religion Foundation's TV show. At FFRF, we like to say blasphemy is a victimless crime, but blasphemy law  more

Victory! Wisconsin's Good Foods Group Confirms No Funding for Animal Tests After PETA Push
NORFOLK, Virginia, March 28 [Category: Animals] -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * Victory! Wisconsin's Good Foods Group Confirms No Funding for Animal Tests After PETA Push Pleasant Prairie, Wis. - In a significant win for animals, Pleasant Prairie-based Good Foods Group has confirmed that it no longer funds cruel and pointless experiments on animals at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Food Research Institute after hearing from PETA and  more