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EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

A Composite Nation: Then and Now

October 15, 2022

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor In 1867, Frederick Douglass used a debate about immigration to make the following point: “We are a country of all extremes, ends and opposites; the most conspicuous example of composite nationality in the world … In races we range all the way from black to white, with intermediate […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Frederick Douglass, Legislatively Speaking, Lena C. Taylor, Thomas Carlyle

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Student Debt Loan Forgiveness Eligibility Changes

October 8, 2022

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor The ink wasn’t even dry on my column last week, when the U.S. Department of Education made a major change to the student loan forgiveness eligibility rules. Shortly after pressing send, my email was flooded with stories about the six Republican controlled states that were suing the Biden […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Legislatively Speaking, Lena C. Taylor, Student Loan Debt Relief, Student Loan Forgiveness

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

“I’m Really Rich” but Morally Bankrupt

September 24, 2022

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor In June 2015, when Donald Trump came down his likely overvalued escalator, he gave what would be the first of many rambling and disconnected speeches. In his presidential bid announcement, he was clearly detached from reality as he promised to make Mexico pay to build a border wall. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Donald Trump, Legislatively Speaking, Lena C. Taylor

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

The Politics of Equal Protection Under the Law

September 17, 2022

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor There have been a number of notable stories in the media lately, which force us to tell the truth about the inequities in the application of the law. Let’s take the most glaring example, first. Section 3, of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that, “No […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Equal Protection, Legislatively Speaking, Lena C. Taylor

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

When Your Backyard is Their Backyard Too

September 10, 2022

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Over the last week, I have met with business and community stakeholders regarding the potential placement of a Juvenile Correctional Facility on the far northwest side of Milwaukee. By now many of you know the basics of the story, but I will quickly recap for those who are […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Legislatively Speaking, Lena C. Taylor, Youth Prisons

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

I Can’t Breathe: Systemic Racism Is Killing Us

September 3, 2022

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor In 2014, Eric Garner struggled to utter the words “I can’t breathe”, as a New York police officer held him in a chokehold. Accused of selling loose cigarettes, the NYPD officer wrestled Garner to the ground, with his arm firmly around his neck. At least 11 times, the […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Legislatively Speaking, Lena C. Taylor, Racism, Systemic Racism

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

Student Loan Debt Relief is a Game Changer

August 27, 2022

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Ramen noodles, work study, food stamps, and the kindness of friends is what got a lot of students through college. If you were a first generation student, things were even tougher. No one told you that financial aid checks didn’t arrive until later in the semester, but you […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Legislatively Speaking, Lena C. Taylor, Student Loan Debt, Student Loan Debt Relief, Student Loans

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

Perception Doesn’t Equal Reality

August 20, 2022

Legislatively Speaking Biden Administration Racking Up Wins for Americans If you watch local news, listen to a national political pundit, or ask any number of lay people, the U.S. government isn’t working right now. Simultaneously, President Joe Biden’s job performance approval ratings have been low. Many would draw a straight line between how folks think […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Joe Biden, Legislatively Speaking, Lena C. Taylor

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

A Spoiled Ballot: Yes, It’s A Thing!

July 30, 2022

Legislatively Speaking Did you vote early this election? Any chance you requested an absentee ballot? Feeling pretty good that you completed your ballot, got your prerequisite witness signature and dropped it in the mail? Or were you the first to the polls, when in-person early voting started on Tuesday, July 26th? Well in less than […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Legislatively Speaking, Lena C. Taylor, Spoiled Ballots

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

The Cost of Gas: Who’s to Blame, What to Do?

July 23, 2022

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor There’s likely no place in the nation that hasn’t felt the pain at the pump. Okay, maybe not Electric Vehicle owners, but that’s another column. For the millions of U.S. drivers that have not made the switch, there have been real life decisions made between filling up the […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Gas Prices, Legislatively Speaking, Lena C. Taylor

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