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Five Key Things to Know about the Foxconn Contract
Wisconsin policymakers have a vexing challenge this session: what should they do about the Incredible Shrinking Foxconn project? It’s especially a problem for Republican legislators because they not only approved the huge subsidies for Foxconn, but they also passed a...
Ensuring Working Families Can Succeed
All Wisconsin workers should be able to support their families, put food on the table, and make ends meet. But state lawmakers have eroded worker protections by favoring corporate handouts over common-sense reforms that support workers and boost the economy. In doing...
Kids Forward Supports Governor’s Plan to Improve Oral Health in Wisconsin
Kids Forward applauds Governor Evers’ multifaceted approach toward addressing issues of oral health for Wisconsin. The package, which is part of the Governor’s 2019-2021 biennial budget, includes just over $43 million invested in the following areas: Increases dental...
New Poverty Guidelines Shed Light on Health Care Debates
The new federal poverty guidelines, which were recently adjusted for inflation, are worth examining because they help illustrate the challenges faced by low-income working families. They show, for example, that single parents with one child are currently ineligible...
State Legislature Cannot Protect Those with Pre-Existing Conditions like the ACA Can
If state legislators want to protect people with pre-existing conditions, they should work to defend and strengthen the Affordable Care Act and help expand access to affordable, comprehensive health insurance. Since being signed into law, state and federal opponents...
Opposition to Assembly Bill 4/ Senate Bill 18
The following testimony was presented before the Assembly Ways and Means Committee and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions by Kids Forward Research Director Jon Peacock on February 5, 2019. Thank you for the opportunity to testify on...
Building Revenue for Shared Priorities
For Wisconsin’s economy to work for everyone, our state needs to invest in healthy and well-educated workers and communities, public infrastructure, and working families. Our state must also invest in its communities of color and help eradicate systemic barriers to...
Creating a More Equitable Tax Code
For Wisconsin’s economy to work for everyone, we need a tax system that provides enough resources to fund investments in healthy communities and public infrastructure, while providing a level playing field for Wisconsin families and businesses. Currently, Wisconsin’s...
Gov. Evers’ State of the State Address Put Kids and Families First
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 24, 2019 CONTACT: Ken Taylor, CEO/Executive Director, Kids Forward ktaylor@kidsforward.net, 608-284-0580 x 302 Kids Forward applauds Governor Tony Evers for proposing a budget that puts kids and families first and that seeks to address...
Beyond Borders
A Series on the Diversity of Immigrants and Refugees in Wisconsin
Wisconsin has been shaped by successive waves of newcomers seeking refuge, opportunity, and a place to call home. Our immigration and refugee series explores the significance and diversity of the immigrant narrative in shaping the past, present, and future of Wisconsin.
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