WED AM Update: Evers orders agencies to update outdated, derogatory language in administrative rules

March 13, 2019

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From WisPolitics.com ... -- Gov. Tony Evers is directing agencies to update "outdated and derogatory" language within their administrative rules. The executive order, his 15th, specifically targets the terms "mentally retarded," "mental retardation" and "handicapped" and orders they be replaced with the words "intellectu...

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