Scott Walker

Under pressure, Houston town untethers hurricane relief from BDS test

State and local efforts to combat the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement have spread rapidly across the United States.

|ByMICHAEL WILNER
A police officer wades through the Hurricane Harvey floodwaters in Alvin, Texas August 29, 2017.
Governor of Wisconsin and potential Republican U.S. Presidential candidate Scott Walker refers to the book "Jesus Calling" at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition's forum in Waukee, Iowa

Wisconsin becomes latest state to pass anti-boycott Israel law

The proposed bill "would prohibit any entity in state government or local government from adopting a rule, ordinance, policy, or procedure that involves the entity in a boycott of Israel.

|ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL