The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention recently posted a list of the 2010 awards, covering the formula grants, discretionary grants, and earmarks. Some of you may recall the controversy surrounding grant awards during the last administration, and this public posting is a welcome step toward increasing the transparency of how federal juvenile justice funds are distributed. The list includes the earmarks that came to Wisconsin
Budget Bill Fails to Include Remedies for Wisconsin’s Stark Racial Disparities
On a wide range of different indicators, Wisconsin has some of the largest racial disparities in the nation. For example, the poverty rate for Black Wisconsin children is 36% -- four times the rate for white children, which is one of the widest gaps among all states....