Emily Krueger Legislative The IRS should not (and constitutionally, cannot) cede its oversight authority to a religious entity with no accountability to the taxpayers or obligation to enforce the law. Last week, ... Read »

Emily Krueger Legislative We will work to develop suggestions that fully protect a woman’s right to freely exercise her religious freedom and make her own decisions about reproductive health. Earlier this month, ... Read »

Emily Krueger Legislative The broad and dangerous measure would have threatened both the health and religious freedom of employees across the country, and we are extremely pleased the Senate has halted this effort. ... Read »

Emily Krueger Legislative Last week, we wrote about the letter we sent on behalf of the National Coalition for Public Education (NCPE) asking the House Education and Workforce Committee to reject provisions allowin ... Read »

Emily Krueger Legislative Vouchers are at odds with the entire purpose of ESEA. Last Thursday, the House Education and Workforce Committee held a hearing on two of their Elementary and Secondary Education Act (E ... Read »

Emily Krueger Legislative We expressed our disappointment that the current Administration would propose abolishing constitutional protections that even the Bush Administration deemed necessary. Earlier this mont ... Read »

Emily Krueger Legislative When a number of far-right groups agree with us and our allies that a bill is unconstitutional, the legislation clearly goes too far. Florida’s public school prayer bill, SB 98, has pas ... Read »

Emily Krueger Legislative It is the woman’s right to exercise her religion freely and make her own decisions about reproductive health, even if she is employed by an organization that holds a different position on these matt ... Read »

Emily Krueger Legislative The final BOAST report, released last month, finds numerous problems with the backdoor voucher proposal – the same concerns that AU routinely raises about voucher programs. Last year, t ... Read »

Emily Krueger Legislative Private school vouchers, however, are not real education reform. Those appointed represent a fair, well-balanced group that will advise the governor based on existing research, and will hopefully co ... Read »