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Gregory Humphrey: Pitfalls for discounting property taxes for elderly homeowners
With a similar plan implemented over the state line thirty years ago there are major pitfalls that must be considered.

Don Leake: Maps matter, mostly
Although incumbency, coattails, or personalities seem to have had some minor effects, political geography was the predominate force in determining the Wisconsin Assembly election outcomes. Map makers of the future most assuredly need to take this into consideration.

John Nichols: Fred Kessler renewed democracy
Kessler, who was an expert in redistricting, led the charge for fair maps. That long and frustrating multiyear struggle culminated, only this year, with the drawing of district lines that restored competition in legislative races.

Bill Kaplan: Trump won, what Republicans and Democrats must do
Democrats must step up, read the election results and cease denial. The lesson of the 2024 election is that the economy trumps all else.

Christina Lieffring: Untying our nation’s Gordian knot
Getting to the roots of this election, through an endless tangle of bad narratives.

Stephanie Soucek: One million voters contacted
How Republicans flipped Wisconsin.

Steven Walters: Wisconsin voters again color state purple
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Tammy Baldwin win on the same ballot.

Michelle Bryant: Friends and families: Regrouping after the 2024 presidential election
Politics is a long game. Resilience and adaptability are key to anyone’s ability to play, survive, and secure a win. If we are going to weather political storms and maintain key relationships that we value, the ability to regroup must be a part of the game.

Dave Zweifel: Trump to Senate: I don’t need no stinking approval
During the campaign, Donald Trump made it clear that he was going to stack his new administration with people who wouldn’t give him any trouble. And now we know he wasn’t kidding.

Will Flanders and Kyle Koenen: Your child may not be doing as well in school as you think. State lowered bar.
Previous standards were implemented with bi-partisan support under Tony Evers.

‘The Insiders’ review partisan reshuffling in the Wisconsin Legislature
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, review partisan reshuffling in the Wisconsin Legislature following the November general election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Ruth Conniff: After a disastrous national election, Wisconsin Democrats show the way
Two bright lights from our state made headlines after Nov. 5. U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin bucked the red wave to win a third term, and Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler was reported by Politico to be in the running to lead the national party. Baldwin and Wikler share an approach to politics that could help guide Democrats out of the wilderness.

Scott Walker: Reagan and Trump: Political outsiders who won over the American public
President Ronald Reagan and President-elect Donald Trump have much in common: common critics, common policies and common outcomes.

Arthur Cyr: Skipping Al Smith Dinner a major political blunder
If there was a single strategic turning point in the 2024 presidential election, it could have been the disastrous decision of the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris to take a pass on the Al Smith Dinner in New York. Since the now-legendary 1960 race between Sen. John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon, this singular event has generally been considered obligatory.

Richard Moore: Americans can finally breathe again
The massive growth of the administrative state poses the greatest long-term threat to liberty. While Kamala Harris’s vision was even more record growth of smothering rules and regulations, the incoming Trump administration promises unprecedented deregulation affecting all areas of life.
Neil C. Koch: Lawmakers need to protect aquifers from waste contamination and depletion
In several areas in Wisconsin the water level in aquifers is declining and recharge is not enough to replenish the aquifer.

Michael Jahr: Wisconsin: the GOAT of dairy goats
Wisconsin long ago lost its dairy cow preeminence, but America’s Dairyland is once again living up to its billing as Greatest Of All Time — this time in a literal way. We lead the nation, by far, in dairy goats.

Brin Anderson: Today’s teens overextended and burned out
According to “Unpacking Grind Culture in American Teens: Pressure, Burnout, and the Role of Social Media,” a study from the Center for Digital Thriving at Harvard Graduate School of Education, Indiana University and Common Sense Media, over one quarter of American teens are struggling with burnout. I see this almost daily in the lives of my peers.

Dave Zweifel: Donation to United Way is a gift to the community
It’s estimated that during 2023 some 73,000 residents of Dane County received assistance that was funded by United Way.

Kristin Brey: Are UFOs real?
Grothman is helping expose the truth.

Gregory Humphrey: Pitfalls for discounting property taxes for elderly homeowners
With a similar plan implemented over the state line thirty years ago there are major pitfalls that must be considered.

Don Leake: Maps matter, mostly
Although incumbency, coattails, or personalities seem to have had some minor effects, political geography was the predominate force in determining the Wisconsin Assembly election outcomes. Map makers of the future most assuredly need to take this into consideration.

John Nichols: Fred Kessler renewed democracy
Kessler, who was an expert in redistricting, led the charge for fair maps. That long and frustrating multiyear struggle culminated, only this year, with the drawing of district lines that restored competition in legislative races.

Bill Kaplan: Trump won, what Republicans and Democrats must do
Democrats must step up, read the election results and cease denial. The lesson of the 2024 election is that the economy trumps all else.

Christina Lieffring: Untying our nation’s Gordian knot
Getting to the roots of this election, through an endless tangle of bad narratives.

Stephanie Soucek: One million voters contacted
How Republicans flipped Wisconsin.

Steven Walters: Wisconsin voters again color state purple
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Tammy Baldwin win on the same ballot.

Michelle Bryant: Friends and families: Regrouping after the 2024 presidential election
Politics is a long game. Resilience and adaptability are key to anyone’s ability to play, survive, and secure a win. If we are going to weather political storms and maintain key relationships that we value, the ability to regroup must be a part of the game.

Dave Zweifel: Trump to Senate: I don’t need no stinking approval
During the campaign, Donald Trump made it clear that he was going to stack his new administration with people who wouldn’t give him any trouble. And now we know he wasn’t kidding.

Will Flanders and Kyle Koenen: Your child may not be doing as well in school as you think. State lowered bar.
Previous standards were implemented with bi-partisan support under Tony Evers.

‘The Insiders’ review partisan reshuffling in the Wisconsin Legislature
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, review partisan reshuffling in the Wisconsin Legislature following the November general election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Ruth Conniff: After a disastrous national election, Wisconsin Democrats show the way
Two bright lights from our state made headlines after Nov. 5. U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin bucked the red wave to win a third term, and Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler was reported by Politico to be in the running to lead the national party. Baldwin and Wikler share an approach to politics that could help guide Democrats out of the wilderness.

Scott Walker: Reagan and Trump: Political outsiders who won over the American public
President Ronald Reagan and President-elect Donald Trump have much in common: common critics, common policies and common outcomes.

Arthur Cyr: Skipping Al Smith Dinner a major political blunder
If there was a single strategic turning point in the 2024 presidential election, it could have been the disastrous decision of the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris to take a pass on the Al Smith Dinner in New York. Since the now-legendary 1960 race between Sen. John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon, this singular event has generally been considered obligatory.

Richard Moore: Americans can finally breathe again
The massive growth of the administrative state poses the greatest long-term threat to liberty. While Kamala Harris’s vision was even more record growth of smothering rules and regulations, the incoming Trump administration promises unprecedented deregulation affecting all areas of life.
Neil C. Koch: Lawmakers need to protect aquifers from waste contamination and depletion
In several areas in Wisconsin the water level in aquifers is declining and recharge is not enough to replenish the aquifer.

Michael Jahr: Wisconsin: the GOAT of dairy goats
Wisconsin long ago lost its dairy cow preeminence, but America’s Dairyland is once again living up to its billing as Greatest Of All Time — this time in a literal way. We lead the nation, by far, in dairy goats.

Brin Anderson: Today’s teens overextended and burned out
According to “Unpacking Grind Culture in American Teens: Pressure, Burnout, and the Role of Social Media,” a study from the Center for Digital Thriving at Harvard Graduate School of Education, Indiana University and Common Sense Media, over one quarter of American teens are struggling with burnout. I see this almost daily in the lives of my peers.

Dave Zweifel: Donation to United Way is a gift to the community
It’s estimated that during 2023 some 73,000 residents of Dane County received assistance that was funded by United Way.
