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Lena Taylor
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“This Right Here”
Legislatively Speaking Zimmerman’s Twisted Dance With Justice You may not know the name of them, but if you use social media, you have definitely seen a “GIF”. In its simplest…
Thanks and Mourning: Can You Do Both?
Legislatively Speaking It’s amazing what we didn’t learn in school, how history can be revised, and how omissions can change the way we remember a story. I recall looking forward…
Gun Sanctuary Counties Are a Misnomer
Legislatively Speaking By now, many of you have heard that Wisconsin’s Florence County has passed a resolution declaring the county as a Second Amendment sanctuary, or “gun sanctuary county” as…
45 Seconds to Punctuate Years of Meaningless Action
Legislatively Speaking It didn’t take a minute. In a combined 45 seconds, both houses of the Republican controlled Wisconsin State legislature dismissed Governor Evers’ special session on gun violence. It…
Special Session Lacks Special GOP Attention
Legislatively Speaking This week, the Governor called a special session of the legislature to take up the issue of gun violence. The session included two legislative proposals to address the…
We Can Do Better Than This
Legislatively Speaking Breathe. Just take a deep breath. That is all I could do after reviewing data recently reported by the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP). Known as the…
Unemployment Insurance: A Bridge Over
Legislatively Speaking In 2018, nearly 22 million workers were laid off jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Roughly, two million people collected unemployment last year. Now imagine…
Harriet to Cummings: Our Ancestors Wildest Dreams
Recently, when acknowledging the 400th Anniversary of the arrival of enslaved Africans in what we know today as America, someone said something that I could not shake. We are our…
I Got Five On It!
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Calls for A Fair Deal, Requires A Fair Assessment of Resources In Jordan Peele’s hit movie “Us”, many hip-hop music fans were reminded…
Crisis of Leadership
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor The Constitution Is Fine, It’s the Leadership That is the Problem If you are like many residents, you have begun to realize there…