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The Fight Goes On: Student Loan Debt Relief Updates

December 24, 2022

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Recently, I had constituents ask for an update on the status of the federal student loan debt relief proposal. Confusion has surrounded President Biden’s pandemic-connected proposal ever since six Republican-controlled states filed a lawsuit. Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas and South Carolina have asserted that Biden had no […]

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

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

We’ll Take the Wins, But They’re Bittersweet

December 3, 2022

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor There have been some undeniable wins in the past week. You can’t ignore the fact that for the first time in 92 years, the U.S. Men’s National Soccer team have accomplished the previously unattainable at the World Cup. They are winning big! Americans, who have rarely followed soccer […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Legislatively Speaking, Lena C. Taylor, World Cup

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

Be Grateful

November 26, 2022

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor There is an old gospel song by the iconic Walter Hawkins entitled “Be Grateful”. I remember hearing that song hummed over the years and being pulled in to the lyrics: God has not promised me sunshine That’s not the way it’s supposed to be But a little rain […]

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

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

GOP Gaslights, While Biden-Harris Provide Solutions

November 19, 2022

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Now that the noise level has been turned down, voters are starting to realize they were sold a bill of goods. Many have been quick to note how quickly gas prices fell after Election Day. Within a three to four day window, prices dropped by as much as […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Affordable Connectivity Program, Biden-Harris Administration, Gaslighting, Legislatively Speaking, Lena C. Taylor

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

The Ground Work for Civic Engagement

November 12, 2022

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor The most recent election was bittersweet for many Wisconsin voters. No matter your political leanings or candidates of choice, no one likely got everything they wanted. Wisconsin split their votes this midterm election. We are the state that could elect a Republican Governor and a Democrat for President. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Civic Engagement, Legislatively Speaking, Lena C. Taylor

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

Faith Without Works Is Dead

October 29, 2022

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase”. While the concept of the quote was not original, it captures what many voters do every time they step into a voting booth. They put faith in […]

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

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Pin Curls and Protest: Women as Activists and Leaders

October 22, 2022

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor I’d be less than honest, if I didn’t say that I don’t still feel the sting of the 2016 presidential election. It’s not so much the partisan gridlock, resulting control of the U.S. Supreme Court, or the unraveling of faith in our election system, that gets my goat. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Gender Equality, Legislatively Speaking, Lena C. Taylor

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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

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

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

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