Press Releases

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ACLU of Wisconsin Criticizes DPI Decision That Ignores Pervasive Discrimination in Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District

The ACLU of Wisconsin criticized DPI's decision allowing the Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District to continue to ignore the discriminatory environment in its schools.
Issue Areas: Education Equity

Budget Listening Sessions

Governor Evers announced that he will hold listening sessions on the 2023-25 budget.

Wisconsin Judge Dismisses Case Aiming to Out Transgender and Nonbinary Students Without Their Consent

We successfully stopped a challenge to the Madison Metropolitan School District policy to protect students’ ability to use different names or pronouns at school.

ACLU of Wisconsin Issues Recommendations About How to Increase Voting Access for Eligible Voters in Jail

The ACLU of Wisconsin Union issued a report offering jail officials a series of recommendations that would help ease barriers to jail-based voting.

Barriers Continue Preventing Eligible Voters in Wisconsin Jails From Voting, ACLU of Wisconsin Report Finds

New report "Ballots for All: Ensuring Wisconsinites in Jail Have Voting Access" finds that widespread variance across jail voting policies and a glaring lack of protocol governing voting procedures continue to disenfranchise eligible voters in Wisconsin jails.

Milwaukee Police Department Continues to Stop and Frisk Black People At a Higher Rate, Report Finds

Four years into a settlement agreement, the latest monitor report shows that the Milwaukee Police Department continues to engage in racially biased stop-and-frisk practices.

ACLU of Wisconsin Welcomes Three New Leaders To Its Organization

The ACLU of Wisconsin welcomes new Deputy Executive Director Sarah Siegel, Community Engagement Director Justice Grau, and Advocacy Director Amanda Merkwae!

ACLU of Wisconsin Praises DPI Decision In Discrimination Case Involving Burlington Area School District Student Athletes

Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction acknowledged BASD’s failure to address the racism that opposing football team members faced during a Burlington High School football game last fall.

ACLU of Wisconsin Releases Report on Immigration Enforcement in Wisconsin, Exposing the Jail-to-Deportation Pipeline

Close collaboration between Wisconsin local law enforcement and ICE is fueling the deportation of immigrants.