Rewind: Your Week in Review for Jan. 3
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Elections Commission launching an investigation into uncounted absentee ballots in Madison, the 2025 legislative session, Karen Hyun’s appointment as DNR secretary and more.
WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ look ahead to 2025 in politics
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, offer their views on the major political stories upcoming in 2025. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Steven Walters: Top 10 news stories of 2024
Oh what a year it was. Here are the top 10 news stories, plus honorable mentions.
Bill Berry: As we move to 2025, let’s look at the numbers
Well, 2025 is upon us, and many view the coming year with trepidation. But before we forget 2024, and with apologies to Harper’s Index, here are a few other numbers for the record.
Scott Walker: The best and worst of 2024
The past year was filled with many great moments and others that were not so great. Here are my thoughts on some of the best and worst of 2024.
Gregory Humphrey: As 2025 begins, Thomas Paine’s advice for nation as Donald Trump returns to White House
While there was a slight glimmer of hope in December as House Republicans rejected the attempt by Trump to wheel and deal with the debt limit for his personal advantage, we know that in most cases as we move forward the spineless congressional Republicans will forget that Trump is not their king.
Jim Malewitz: Protect the press against frivolous lawsuits
The benefits of an anti-SLAPP law would extend beyond newsrooms.
Tammy Baldwin: I’ll keep standing up to Wall Street and Big Pharma for Wisconsin in the Senate
Wisconsin, you’ve once again put your faith in me to fight for our state, and that’s a responsibility I do not take lightly. I’ll continue showing up, listening, and working for you every day to live up to our state motto: ‘Forward.’ Now, it’s time to get to work.
Bill Lueders: Finding joy amid the chaos
These are terrible times; let’s make the most of them.
John Torinus: Trump inherits economy with head of steam
President Biden and his lieutenants provided relative stability in our governance for four years, protected our institutions, and dealt professionally with issues affecting jobs, the economy and our international alliances.
Michael Lucas: Evers’ economy is a Soviet dream
Since the beginning of this year, Wisconsin has created only 15,800 jobs, and 7,800 of these were government jobs. This is hardly good news for Wisconsinites.
Richard Moore: Legislature should abolish all civil asset forfeiture
Civil asset forfeiture arrests property, not people, and takes it from people often without due process or, on the federal level and in many states, even a criminal conviction. Wisconsin reformed its laws in 2018, making it a model, but that’s a low bar because many loopholes still exist for the government.
David Blaska: Kick DEI out of our public schools
We have a candidate who is not a wholly owned subsidiary of the teacher union or a wind-up toy for the Democrat(ic) party. Her name is Brittany Kinser out of Wauwatosa.
Michelle Bryant: AI in Radio Broadcasting
The integration of AI into radio broadcasting is not a new phenomenon; however, the pace of its adoption is accelerating. AI chatbots and voice technologies are now capable of hosting talk shows, curating playlists, and even engaging with listeners in real time.
Dave Cieslewicz: Defund NPR
The conservatives are right about this one. NPR does in fact have a raging liberal bias — more so than it ever had — and taxpayers should not be forced to support it.