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This May Day, Wisconsin Can Lift up Its Immigrant Families by Restoring Driver Licenses for All
On May Day: A Day without Latinx and Immigrants, Wisconsin lawmakers can lift up every family by restoring driver licenses for all. This would help keep families together, increase economic opportunities for working families, ensure safer roads, and boost state revenue.
This Tax Day, Wisconsin Families Pay More in Taxes for Every Dollar they Earn than the Wealthiest 1%
This Tax Day, as many Wisconsin families struggle to make ends meet, the wealthiest Wisconsinites are allowed to pay a smaller share of their income to taxes than low and middle income families.
Response to Governor Evers’ Budget Proposal
Last night in his budget address, Governor Evers leveraged our state’s historically strong fiscal position to reimagine a Wisconsin that does more to provide every child and family with a solid foundation to live a happy and healthy life.
From birth, Dr. King’s dream remains illusory for too many Black people in our state.
For decades, Wisconsin has received national attention as both a harbinger of public opinion and a key battleground state. Regrettably, Wisconsin also stands out nationally for a more insidious reason.
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Kids Forward in the News
Madison Mayor Rhodes-Conway responds to racial disparities report (WKOW – ABC)
Report: Dane County Black residents face ‘profound, persistent’ racial disparities (Chippewa Herald)
Report: Dane County Black residents face ‘profound, persistent’ racial disparities (Wisconsin State Journal)
Black residents of Dane County still far behind in ‘Race to Equity’ (Capital Times)
Report: Black Dane County residents suffer from ‘extreme’ disparities (WKOW – ABC)
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