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61% of School Referendums in Wisconsin Passed

State voters approved 46 of 75 local referendums, hiking property taxes by $564 million.

Suit Seeks to Declare Wisconsin Fusion Voting Ban Unconstitutional

Allows votes for minor parties to count for major party candidate they endorse.

Why the Rise in Property Tax Anger?

It's ebbed and flowed since the 1960s, as state politicians tried different solutions.

Who Pays For The Legislature’s Lawyers? New Court Fight Seeks An Answer

Law Forward asks a Dane County judge to rein in private legal contracts at the Capitol.

WI Supreme Court Could Order More School Aid

Lawsuit says current system violates state constitution and 2000 court ruling.

Parents, Educators Sue Wisconsin Lawmakers Over School Funding

Suit argues inadequate funding denies children constitutional right to basic education.

Law Forward, Disability Rights Groups Fight to Protect Privacy and Voting Rights of Wisconsinites Under Guardianship

Groups urge Wisconsin Supreme Court to block right-wing group's attempt to access confidential court records

Law Forward, ACLU, Common Cause Fight to Protect Wisconsin Voters’ Private Data From Trump Administration Demand

Groups urge federal court to dismiss DOJ lawsuit seeking unredacted statewide voter file

Wisconsin Taxpayers Sue Wisconsin Legislature Over Unconstitutional Spending on Private Lawyers

New lawsuit challenges Legislature's repeated illegal expenditures of taxpayer funds

Law Forward Files Brief Arguing Elon Musk Cannot Escape Accountability for Election Bribery Scheme

Law Forward Victory Guarantees Wisconsinites Can Return Absentee Ballots to Polling Locations on Election Day

Motion to Dismiss granted in Luedtke vs. Yunker will make it easier for voters to return absentee ballots and uniformly enforce the existing Wisconsin Election Commission policy

New Ruling Will Allow Case Against City of Madison for Failure to Count Absentee Ballots to Proceed