Yes. A Marquette Law School Poll found that 71% of U.S. adults favor requiring that transgender athletes compete on teams that match the sex they were assigned at birth, not the gender with which they identify, and 28% were opposed.
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Did a national poll find that 86% of transgender and nonbinary youth reported negative mental health effects from anti-trans legislation?
Yes. A national poll asked lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning people age 13 to 24, “How have recent debates about state laws restricting the rights of LGBTQ young people impacted your mental health?”
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Did the government ‘help destroy’ the Bronzeville neighborhood of Milwaukee?
Yes. State-planned attempts at urban renewal contributed to the destruction of Bronzeville, a historically African-American community in Milwaukee.
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Must all money from Milwaukee’s new 2% sales tax be spent on police?
No. Most revenue from a City of Milwaukee sales tax must be spent on city employee pensions and most of the remainder on police and fire positions.
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Did a Tony Evers veto allow Wisconsin children to choose gender reassignment surgery paid for by Medicaid?
No. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a part of the 2023-25 state budget that would have prohibited people from using Medicaid to pay for some transgender health services.
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Did Gov. Tony Evers veto tax cuts for people earning over $36,000 per year?
Yes. A veto issued by Gov. Tony Evers eliminated tax cuts on the income for Wisconsin married couples above the first $36,840 per year they earn.
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Do many NATO countries meet their pledge to spend 2% of their GDP on defense?
No. Seven of NATO’s 30 member countries spent at least 2% of their gross domestic product on defense in 2022, according to the NATO secretary general’s 2022 annual report.
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Did US Rep. Derrick Van Orden confront the staff of a Wisconsin library over a display of LGBTQ+ books?
Yes. Before he was elected to Congress in 2022, Rep. Derrick Van Orden confronted employees at Prairie du Chien Memorial Library over an LGBTQ+ Pride Month display in the children’s section.
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Can colleges consider legacy status in admissions, despite the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action?
Yes. The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 29, 2023, ruling striking down affirmative action in college admissions did not address using legacy as a preference in admissions.
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Are affirmative action policies still legal in admissions to military academies?
Yes. The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 29, 2023, ruling striking down affirmative action in college admissions includes a footnote that exempts military academies.
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Do income tax cuts proposed in the Wisconsin state budget benefit richer people the most?
Yes. The 2023-25 Wisconsin state budget would reduce income tax rates in all brackets and taxpayers with the largest incomes would get the largest share of the $3.5 billion reduction.
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Is annual funding for Wisconsin public school districts $16,000 per student?
Yes. In 2021-22, the latest year for which data are available, Wisconsin’s K-12 public school districts received an average of $16,859 in revenue per student, according to the state Department of Public Instruction.