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Ruth Conniff: Eric Hovde’s weirdly lackluster Senate bid
In his announcement speech in Madison Tuesday, it was not at all clear that his heart is in it.

Dan O’Donnell: Profiles in cowardice
In a move generally reserved for benign actions like naming post offices, Assembly Republicans passed their Right of First Refusal bill on a voice vote—giving each of them plausible deniability when confronted by an angry constituency.

James Causey: I agree with Ron Johnson. Close border. We don’t care for people already here.
I don’t always agree with Sen. Johnson, but he’s right to call for the closure of the southern border with Mexico.

Nicholas Kelly: Democrats were for uncoupling voucher funding, why the change?
Decoupling provides more state aid to 404 of the 421 public school districts and provides significant property tax relief to Wisconsin taxpayers outside Milwaukee. Why make them wait?

Richard Moore: The sad decline of the American republic
Sadly but not surprisingly, a GOP constitutional amendment against discrimination is more talk than substance.

John Nichols: How Biden can win
The key play is to make the race about Trump’s utter contempt for the core values of the American experiment.

Spencer Black: Biden age issue will plague him as right-wing attacks mount
The narrative that Joe Biden is too old for a second term has clearly set in and is reflected very broadly in public surveys.

Dan Shafer: ‘It’s a new day in Wisconsin.’ Your votes made that happen.
RIP to the gerrymander.

Gregory Humphrey: Redistricting victory!
Gov. Tony Evers proves pragmatic governing best serves Wisconsin.

Don Kriefall: Fair Game: To the victors go the spoils of redistricted maps
The decision by the four liberal Justices to discard the previously approved maps is a threat to democracy and irrevocably harms the citizens of this great state.

Owen Robinson: Democrats keep the change
Why are Evers and his fellow travelers refusing to let Wisconsinites keep their money to afford the exploding cost of living despite government being fully funded? Simple. They do not think it is your money.

John Torinus: Tired of Trumpian losses, Gallagher leaves House
The major factor in Gallagher’s decision was surely deep discomfort with the leadership of the Republican Party that has become lapdog for former President Trump, one of the biggest losers in American history.

David Blaska: Past Wisconsin GOP chairman says ‘never again’ to Trump
What does it tell you that not even a recent chairman of the Wisconsin Republican party won’t vote Trump and is willing to go public about it?

Terrance Wall: Why Eric Hovde’s announcing against Tammy Baldwin
Hovde tells Wisconsin Right Now that he wakes up in disbelief and heartbroken at what’s happening to his country. In summary, he is deeply concerned about the state of the U.S., the economy, the lack of unity, the messed up foreign policy, and the leftist agenda being pushed these days.

Waring Fincke: How to lose elections
GOP’s actions at federal and state levels continue to alienate electorate.

Kristen Brey: Prisons make headlines for abhorrent conditions. Where’s the will to fix them?
Inmates can still be shackled while giving birth in Wisconsin prisons.

Tom Content et al.: Crony capitalism may cost Wisconsin electricity consumers
Utilities say right of first refusal saves money but can’t prove it.

Patrick McIlheran: Wisconsin employers’ outlook is gloomy, and that’s a warning.
Expecting a raise? Temper your hopes, says new survey.

LaKeshia Myers: Literacy: The next civil rights frontier
Last summer, Governor Tony Evers signed into law Act 20, a bill that allocated $50 million dollars to create a new literacy office, hire reading coaches and shift away from what has been known as “balanced literacy” to a “science of reading” approach.

Dave Cieslewicz: Finally, fair maps for Wisconsin
But what does it all mean?

Ruth Conniff: Eric Hovde’s weirdly lackluster Senate bid
In his announcement speech in Madison Tuesday, it was not at all clear that his heart is in it.

Dan O’Donnell: Profiles in cowardice
In a move generally reserved for benign actions like naming post offices, Assembly Republicans passed their Right of First Refusal bill on a voice vote—giving each of them plausible deniability when confronted by an angry constituency.

James Causey: I agree with Ron Johnson. Close border. We don’t care for people already here.
I don’t always agree with Sen. Johnson, but he’s right to call for the closure of the southern border with Mexico.

Nicholas Kelly: Democrats were for uncoupling voucher funding, why the change?
Decoupling provides more state aid to 404 of the 421 public school districts and provides significant property tax relief to Wisconsin taxpayers outside Milwaukee. Why make them wait?

Richard Moore: The sad decline of the American republic
Sadly but not surprisingly, a GOP constitutional amendment against discrimination is more talk than substance.

John Nichols: How Biden can win
The key play is to make the race about Trump’s utter contempt for the core values of the American experiment.

Spencer Black: Biden age issue will plague him as right-wing attacks mount
The narrative that Joe Biden is too old for a second term has clearly set in and is reflected very broadly in public surveys.

Dan Shafer: ‘It’s a new day in Wisconsin.’ Your votes made that happen.
RIP to the gerrymander.

Gregory Humphrey: Redistricting victory!
Gov. Tony Evers proves pragmatic governing best serves Wisconsin.

Don Kriefall: Fair Game: To the victors go the spoils of redistricted maps
The decision by the four liberal Justices to discard the previously approved maps is a threat to democracy and irrevocably harms the citizens of this great state.

Owen Robinson: Democrats keep the change
Why are Evers and his fellow travelers refusing to let Wisconsinites keep their money to afford the exploding cost of living despite government being fully funded? Simple. They do not think it is your money.

John Torinus: Tired of Trumpian losses, Gallagher leaves House
The major factor in Gallagher’s decision was surely deep discomfort with the leadership of the Republican Party that has become lapdog for former President Trump, one of the biggest losers in American history.

David Blaska: Past Wisconsin GOP chairman says ‘never again’ to Trump
What does it tell you that not even a recent chairman of the Wisconsin Republican party won’t vote Trump and is willing to go public about it?

Terrance Wall: Why Eric Hovde’s announcing against Tammy Baldwin
Hovde tells Wisconsin Right Now that he wakes up in disbelief and heartbroken at what’s happening to his country. In summary, he is deeply concerned about the state of the U.S., the economy, the lack of unity, the messed up foreign policy, and the leftist agenda being pushed these days.

Waring Fincke: How to lose elections
GOP’s actions at federal and state levels continue to alienate electorate.

Kristen Brey: Prisons make headlines for abhorrent conditions. Where’s the will to fix them?
Inmates can still be shackled while giving birth in Wisconsin prisons.

Tom Content et al.: Crony capitalism may cost Wisconsin electricity consumers
Utilities say right of first refusal saves money but can’t prove it.

Patrick McIlheran: Wisconsin employers’ outlook is gloomy, and that’s a warning.
Expecting a raise? Temper your hopes, says new survey.

LaKeshia Myers: Literacy: The next civil rights frontier
Last summer, Governor Tony Evers signed into law Act 20, a bill that allocated $50 million dollars to create a new literacy office, hire reading coaches and shift away from what has been known as “balanced literacy” to a “science of reading” approach.
