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Mark Lisheron: What happens when Wisconsin emergency responders need help?
Short-staffed, EMS leaders say local control is key.

Steven Walters: Graying demographics drive Wisconsin Republicans’ tax cut
Most residents over 67 would see exemptions on pensions, IRA and 401(k) investments.

John Torinus: Give UW-Madison its freedom
Removing flagship university from UW System may help the rest.

Kelda Roys: Republican voters care about climate change, but their leaders don’t
Polling shows that young Republican voters care about the climate and want their party do more on this issue.

Diane Michalski Turner: U.S. senators could spearhead removal of F-35s
There are battles and there are wars, and just because one loses a battle does not mean that the war was lost.

Dave Zweifel: College football’s big-money dilemma
That television money that has come to dominate big college sports is a big reason behind the breakup of the major collegiate conferences and the expansion of regional conferences, like the former Big Ten, to the country’s coasts.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ consider Republicans’ threat to impeach Protasiewicz
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take up legislative Republicans’ efforts to force liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s recusal from redistricting cases, including the threat of impeachment.

John Nichols: The Wisconsin GOP’s new attack on democracy is extreme even for them
Conservatives lost control of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court with April’s election of Justice Janet Protasiewicz. Now, they’re scheming to impeach her.

Scott Walker: Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz must recuse herself in redistricting case
Wisconsin lawmakers are considering a potential vote on impeaching the newest member of the state Supreme Court.

Dave Cieslewicz: Expect Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz to be impeached
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has floated the idea of impeaching the new Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and now Democrats are organizing a $4 million campaign to fight the move.

Jerry Hanson: It’s time for Assembly District 63 voters to recall Robin Vos
Vos so desperately wants to hold on to power that he is willing to deny the votes of one million plus Wisconsin voters by impeaching a newly elected Supreme Court Justice who has yet to hear a single case.

Paul Fanlund: Stop blaming the mainstream media for Trump’s resilience
The biggest problem is that too many Americans, the ones who believe the distortions of Fox News and its even more extreme brethren, apparently are unwilling to read or listen to any serious journalism.

Kadeem Gill: More special education funding is needed
State covers only 33% of the costs. That must be increased.

Patrick McIlheran: DPI ‘equity’ speakers talk revolution; Wisconsin parents just want their kids to be able to read
If the system’s so rotten, why shouldn’t kids escape?

Dave Zweifel: Falling vaccination rates threaten our schools
Cross your fingers because we’re going to need a little luck if this alarming new trend to shun vaccines becomes even more pervasive in the years ahead.

Mike Nichols: The Journal Sentinel gets its comeuppance
Local paper’s smear of Moms for Liberty noted in Wall Street Journal.

Valerie Heth: Community solar can save small Wisconsin family farms
In these unpredictable economic times, a community solar farm would give many family farms just like ours a stable revenue source while helping to grow the local and state economy.

Tom Still: In time of healthcare upheaval, quality of Wisconsin hospitals scores high
Change is rippling through Wisconsin health care administration and delivery at a pace not seen in years, but there are data-driven reasons to believe quality won’t suffer as a result.

Melissa Agard: Robin Vos’ last stand
The Speaker’s blueprint to undemocratically retain the majority.

LaKeshia Myers: What about the children?
Why child care funding does matter.

Mark Lisheron: What happens when Wisconsin emergency responders need help?
Short-staffed, EMS leaders say local control is key.

Steven Walters: Graying demographics drive Wisconsin Republicans’ tax cut
Most residents over 67 would see exemptions on pensions, IRA and 401(k) investments.

John Torinus: Give UW-Madison its freedom
Removing flagship university from UW System may help the rest.

Kelda Roys: Republican voters care about climate change, but their leaders don’t
Polling shows that young Republican voters care about the climate and want their party do more on this issue.

Diane Michalski Turner: U.S. senators could spearhead removal of F-35s
There are battles and there are wars, and just because one loses a battle does not mean that the war was lost.

Dave Zweifel: College football’s big-money dilemma
That television money that has come to dominate big college sports is a big reason behind the breakup of the major collegiate conferences and the expansion of regional conferences, like the former Big Ten, to the country’s coasts.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ consider Republicans’ threat to impeach Protasiewicz
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take up legislative Republicans’ efforts to force liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s recusal from redistricting cases, including the threat of impeachment.

John Nichols: The Wisconsin GOP’s new attack on democracy is extreme even for them
Conservatives lost control of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court with April’s election of Justice Janet Protasiewicz. Now, they’re scheming to impeach her.

Scott Walker: Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz must recuse herself in redistricting case
Wisconsin lawmakers are considering a potential vote on impeaching the newest member of the state Supreme Court.

Dave Cieslewicz: Expect Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz to be impeached
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has floated the idea of impeaching the new Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and now Democrats are organizing a $4 million campaign to fight the move.

Jerry Hanson: It’s time for Assembly District 63 voters to recall Robin Vos
Vos so desperately wants to hold on to power that he is willing to deny the votes of one million plus Wisconsin voters by impeaching a newly elected Supreme Court Justice who has yet to hear a single case.

Paul Fanlund: Stop blaming the mainstream media for Trump’s resilience
The biggest problem is that too many Americans, the ones who believe the distortions of Fox News and its even more extreme brethren, apparently are unwilling to read or listen to any serious journalism.

Kadeem Gill: More special education funding is needed
State covers only 33% of the costs. That must be increased.

Patrick McIlheran: DPI ‘equity’ speakers talk revolution; Wisconsin parents just want their kids to be able to read
If the system’s so rotten, why shouldn’t kids escape?

Dave Zweifel: Falling vaccination rates threaten our schools
Cross your fingers because we’re going to need a little luck if this alarming new trend to shun vaccines becomes even more pervasive in the years ahead.

Mike Nichols: The Journal Sentinel gets its comeuppance
Local paper’s smear of Moms for Liberty noted in Wall Street Journal.

Valerie Heth: Community solar can save small Wisconsin family farms
In these unpredictable economic times, a community solar farm would give many family farms just like ours a stable revenue source while helping to grow the local and state economy.

Tom Still: In time of healthcare upheaval, quality of Wisconsin hospitals scores high
Change is rippling through Wisconsin health care administration and delivery at a pace not seen in years, but there are data-driven reasons to believe quality won’t suffer as a result.

Melissa Agard: Robin Vos’ last stand
The Speaker’s blueprint to undemocratically retain the majority.