Highlights in this edition: 

• Wisconsin Legislature Wins Legal Battle over Ability to Appropriate Funds to Itself
  • What makes the case unique is that the education funding was not appropriated to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, but instead was put in the Legislature's "emergency account"
• Iowa Department of Education Issues Final Report on Education Standards Comprehensive Review
  • Iowa's social studies standards were adopted in 2017 and in 2021 the Fordham Institute described them as vague, unambitious and without substance
• Democrats Cry Wolf on Medicaid and SNAP "Cuts" - What is Actually in the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) 
  • The OBBB appropriates $10 billion per year to rural health care, and Iowa can assume to receive at least $100 million of those funds this January
• New Law to Promote and Expand Affordable Housing and Assisted Living Choices
  • This means families can add a small apartment or home on their property, creating new rental units or support for relatives

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