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Black History Month

March 6, 2021

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Not Today, But Every Day I wondered how long it would take for someone to catch on. Afterall, the month of February, at least for the last few years, has represented a source of contention in the Wisconsin State Legislature. Disagreements, about who should or could be listed […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black History Month, Legislatively Speaking, Lena Taylor

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The Real Work Begins

January 23, 2021

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Biden Election Only the First Step The inauguration of the 46th President of the United States was unlike any we have ever seen. It was historic, defiant, norm-busting and tragic all at the same time. Many Americans, and for that matter, people around the world, watched the events […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Legislatively Speaking, Lena Taylor

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A Day of Reckoning

January 16, 2021

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor We’ve Been Warned and Yet We Keep Making the Same Mistakes As we near the national observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s holiday, we realize that King remains one of the most relevant and influential leaders of our day. King’s sentiment that the time is always […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Legislatively Speaking, Lena Taylor, Martin Luther King Jr.

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Capitol Chaos: A Tale of Two Americas

January 9, 2021

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor The comparisons were immediate. If these were Black people, they would have been arrested. If these were Black people, they would have been beaten and shot. If these were Black people, they would have been killed. But they weren’t Black people, they were white. If you haven’t figured […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Legislatively Speaking, Lena Taylor, Storming the Capitol

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Backbones: Wanted and For Sale

December 12, 2020

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor 17 States Republican Attorney Generals In Search of a Spine OMG!!!! Can I start a column like that? If I could scream and know that you could hear me, then that’s what I would be doing. But I guess, OMG must do for now. The crazy thing is […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Legislatively Speaking, Lena Taylor, Presidential Election

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THE GOP JUST WON’T LEARN

November 22, 2020

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor You Can’t Court Black Voters and Call Them Thieves At The Same Time This election cycle, the Wisconsin Republican Party trotted out a number of Black candidates to run for office in Milwaukee. If it wasn’t a record number of challenges to historically Democratically leaning districts, it sure […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Legislatively Speaking, Lena Taylor

Legislative Black Caucus Members Discuss Why We Benefit When We All Vote

November 7, 2020

By Karen Stokes Biden for President Wisconsin held a “Get Out the Vote” press conference headlined by Legislative Black Caucus Members on Monday, Nov. 2, the day before the election. The results of the 2020 election will shape U.S. politics for the next four years and beyond. During the event, Congresswoman Gwen Moore, State Sen. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: David Bowen, Gwen Moore, LaTonya Johnson, Lena Taylor, Voting, Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus

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Presidency: Top to Bottom Review Required

November 7, 2020

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor The one thing that Donald Trump’s run for office and subsequent presidency has taught us is that we need to tighten up our game. After enduring one “unprecedented” situation after another with Trump, it is clear, that the American people often got played by a man unwilling to […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Legislatively Speaking, Lena Taylor, US Presidency

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More Needed on COVID-19, GOP Fine with Less

October 24, 2020

Legislatively Speaking Wisconsin Republicans Unprepared to Lead As Death Toll Rises Wisconsin’s Republican controlled state Legislature has pretty much been missing in action, when it comes to minimizing the universal damage of COVID-19. In fairness, I don’t want to give the impression that Republicans have not been working. After all, they have been busy fighting […]

Popular Interests In This Article: COVID-19, Legislatively Speaking, Lena Taylor

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SCOTUS Pick: Receiver of Stolen Goods

October 17, 2020

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor By the time you read this, Judge Amy Coney Barrett will be picking out drapes for her new office at One First Street, NE, in Washington, D.C. For those that don’t know, that is the address and permanent home of the United States Supreme Court. The problem is […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Legislatively Speaking, Lena Taylor

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