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Concerns About 5G Technology Remain | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor In 2019, I stood on the senate floor of the Wisconsin State Capitol and argued against the passage of Senate Bill 239. The bill, which was being rushed through the legislature, raised a myriad of questions for me about the installation of 5G cell
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A Hit Dog Will Holler | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Republicans Work to Silence Discussions on Race Frequently, when people want to dodge honest conversations about racism, they trot out a singular quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in
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Vel Phillips Poised to Make History Again - Milwaukee Courier Weekly Newspaper
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor As a State Senator, I have had the chance to meet many amazing people. I’ve also been privileged to travel, rub elbows, and discuss the big issues of the day, with leaders from around the country and globe. Yet, I have met few people who inspired me
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The Struggle to Decide Who We Are | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor This week has left me reeling. Story after story, socially and politically, locally and nationally, has challenged everything I have in me. As a legislator, attorney and former public defender, I have seen a lot. But this week…has been one gut punch
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Pin Curls and Protest: Women as Activists and Leaders - The Madison Times
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
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Change Is Slow, But It’s Coming - The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Last week, President Biden signed an Executive Order to implement historic, bipartisan military justice reforms that significantly strengthen how the military handles sexual assault cases. The Executive Order transfers key decision-making authorities
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Biden: ‘I Make No Apologies for Efforts to Support HBCUs’ - Milwaukee Community Journal
The Roosevelt Room event included key figures like Dr. Tony Allen, Chair of the Board of Advisors and Delaware State University President, and Mayor Steve Benjamin, Director of the White […]
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A Bill to Teach Children, Before They Become Adults, How to Interact with the Police……. Really? - The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor In my nearly 20 years in elected office, I have seen some pretty interesting bills. There are few things you could think up, without realizing that someone has likely already drafted a piece of legislation about it. Ranging from necessary to outright
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Movement Grows To Make Hakeem Jeffries The Next Speaker Of The Republican-Controlled House
There's a budding movement to make Hakeem Jeffries, a Democratic Congressman from New York, the next Speaker of the House, which is currently controlled by Republicans. The post Movement Grows To Make Hakeem Jeffries The Next Speaker Of The Republican-Controlled House appeared first on NewsOne.
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Ain’t Gonna Let No Body Turn Me Round | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Juneteenth Observance Goes National When I was in middle school, a television miniseries based on Alex Haley’s book “Roots” offered me the first visual exploration of the institution of slavery. Like many children, I heard stories that were passed
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Presidency: Top to Bottom Review Required
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
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Student Loan Debt Solutions Still Exist - The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor For those hoping to see the Biden/Harris administration’s student loan forgiveness initiatives survive legal challenges, you are likely feeling pretty anxious right now. Private for-profit colleges and trade schools, in Texas, are the latest to
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By Any Means Necessary: The Work to Protect Reproductive Rights | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Congress needs to codify the right to abortion into law. Period. In the meantime, I join those that are looking for alternative options to protect the reproductive rights of women and girls. I applaud the recent executive order of President Biden
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Be Grateful - The Madison Times
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
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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back - The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor These days, I can barely catch my breath. One far reaching legislative decision or policy proposal after another has been introduced/passed. Whether at the state or federal level, many of these initiatives have far reaching consequences, with harmful
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I Will Always Lift Every Voice and Sing - The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Republicans Upset Over Black National Anthem Sung at Game This past weekend, an estimated 113 million people watched portions or all of Super Bowl LVII. A new chapter in American history was written as two Black quarterbacks shepherded the game. But
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The Give and Take of Police Reform | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor It’s Not Perfect But It’s Progress Last year, I came across a report entitled “The Evolution of Modern Use-of-Force Policies and the Need for Professionalism in Policing” written by Arthur Rizer and Emily Mooney. The first paragraph of the report
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Amid the Chaotic House Speakership Debate, A Star is Born | Chicago Defender
New York Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries provided a masterclass on leadership during the house speakership debacle and served up a clear reminder of what an up-and-coming senator from Illinois named Barack Obama once did during a divided America. By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National
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Child Tax Credit: A Game Changer | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor One of my favorite comedians is Lavelle Crawford. He has this pretty funny skit in which he says his mom would give him “the speech” before they entered the grocery store. “Don’t ask for nothing, don’t touch nothing, don’t look at nothing,” Crawford
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A Spoiled Ballot: Yes, It’s A Thing! | The Madison Times
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
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The “Colorblind Constitution” Ruse - The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Be Careful What You Ask For Reeling from the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision, on the use of affirmative action in college admission decisions, I have thought hard about which angle I wanted to discuss this landmark ruling. As scholars debate whether
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Guns At School Are Okay, But Not A Mask | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor In the middle of my committee meeting this week, the absurdity of the mask mandate was on full display. Funny thing is that the word “mask” or “mandate” were never uttered. The issue was not a part of the bills being discussed in the Senate Committee
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Redistricting Requires Our Attention | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor The state of Wisconsin needs impartial redistricting. We also need people who fully understand the process and nuance of map drawing to be engaged. After all, redistricting was created to ensure that our state legislature and congressional districts
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Remembering the 1972 National Black Political Convention: Unity without Conformity | The Madison Times
By Lena C. Taylor & LaKeshia Myers Fifty years ago, in Gary, Indiana, nearly 10,000 Black people gathered to talk politics. They were Democrats, Republicans, Socialists, Independents, Pan-Africanists and Feminists. They represented every rung on the socioeconomic ladder, every educational
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Capitol Chaos: A Tale of Two Americas | The Madison Times
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
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The Double Standards Make You Want to Double Over! | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor This week, I couldn’t stop shaking my head at the double standards that plague our politics, social norms and outright behavior in this country. In the state legislature, I listened to either ill-informed comments or intentional misrepresentations
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AR-15’s and the 2nd Amendment: It’s A Sham | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor With the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, NY and Texas, many question the constitutionality of civilians having unfettered access to AR-15 assault weapons. This rifle has been the armament of choice in a number of large-scale shootings
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Earth Day Voices Live On | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor I learned a long time ago to never underestimate the difference one voice can make. Whether in protecting a right or a person, we have countless illustrations of how a single individual changed a moment, outcome or a law. Take the issue of protecting
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Tennessee Is Our New Old Normal - The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Race. Power. Money. Writer and philosopher George Santayana said “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Well, it seems like Tennessee’s Republican state legislators are either too indolent, oblivious, or willfully resistant
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A Composite Nation: Then and Now - The Madison Times
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
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