"Controversy Surrounds Use of Taxpayer Dollars in Wisconsin's DEI and Education Initiatives"

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has responded to criticism from Milwaukee Common Council members who have called policies contained in a local government funding bill "overreaching, micromanaging, and frankly racist." The policies in question take aim at diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at the city and statewide. Vos has said that taxpayer dollars should not be used to push one ideology over another. The bill would allow Milwaukee and Milwaukee County to implement sales taxes by two-thirds votes of the Common Council and County Board of Supervisors instead of letting voters decide.