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Lawsuit: College Grant Program Not Open to All Minorities By Associated Press     June 8, 2019 file photo, The White House is visible behind a man holding a Sudanese flag (AP Photo) A lawsuit filed Thursday by a Madison couple and others alleges that a college grant program for minorities violates the Wisconsin Constitution. The complaint said grants offered by the state’s Higher Educational Aids Board are available to some minorities but not to others. Konkanok Rabiebna and Richard Freihoefer, of Madison, say their biracial teenage son is not eligible for the grant program. “Governmen...

April 15, 2021 GMT MILWAUKEE (AP) — A lawsuit filed Thursday by a Madison couple and others alleges that a college grant program for minorities violates the Wisconsin Constitution. The complaint said grants offered by the state’s Higher Educational Aids Board are available to some minorities but not to others. Konkanok Rabiebna and Richard Freihoefer, of Madison, say their biracial teenage son is not eligible for the grant program. “Government programs must be available to everybody, not just certain racial groups,” Rabiebna said in a statement. The Minority Undergraduate Retention Gr...

Wisconsin couple sues over college grant program that is open to some minorities but not others Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Stock image Decorative Scales of Justice in the Courtroom MADISON - A Madison couple sued the state Thursday over a college grant program for minorities that they argue violates the Wisconsin Constitution.  The suit, brought with the assistance of the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, contends the minority grant program operated by the state's Higher Educational Aids Board violates the clause of the state constitut...

MADISON - A Madison couple sued the state Thursday over a college grant program for minorities that they argue violates the Wisconsin Constitution.  The suit, brought with the assistance of the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, contends the minority grant program operated by the state's Higher Educational Aids Board violates the clause of the state constitution that says everyone is equal. The grants are available to some minorities but not other minorities.  Those bringing the lawsuit want the grants to be given out based on financial need, not race.  Among those brin...

WILL hires 2 attorneys, 2 policy experts The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty is adding to its team with two new attorneys and two policy experts. Dan Lennington Daniel Lennington is joining WILL as deputy counsel. He previously served as the assistant deputy attorney general and senior counsel in two Wisconsin Department of Justice administrations, managing litigation projects and providing advice on regulatory-reform matters. Lennington’s time in office also included appointments as deputy solicitor general and assistant attorney general, during which he argued cases before the Wis...