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Richard Moore: Meet Ross Ulbricht, political prisoner
Challenge the government, and you too could wind up like Assange, Snowden, Ulbricht.

Michael Jahr: Successful policy reforms in peril
School choice, workers’ rights and fiscal responsibility at stake in court race.

Quinn Yeargain: Wisconsin voters may weaken their constitutional right to bail
These changes, if adopted, are simply the latest in a long line of constitutional amendments that have severely limited — or eliminated altogether — the right to bail.

Fabu: Black and Women’s history months a chance to learn
We need to know more truth about the contributions of Black people and of women because we don’t know enough information about either subject.

Ann M. Sheehy and Wendell Primus: 5 good reasons to expand Medicaid in Wisconsin
The time is now to expand Medicaid in our state. Here are five reasons why.

Huda Alkaff: The clean water we all deserve
Preventing and addressing toxic pollution in our waters is a major national priority to protect public health. Regulators and legislators must do much more to protect Wisconsinites from water contamination like PFAS, or toxic forever chemicals.

Brian Reisinger: Seeing Wisconsin’s rural drug addiction crisis through the eyes of a childhood friend in our hometown
An inside look at the cops, crimes, and human beings wrapped up in this deadly statewide problem.

Mark Rand: After school programs serve families
Today clubs provide alternative options to child care while positively impacting the future of our young people.

Kay Stellpflug: Jimmy Carter wanted to make a difference
Some presidents want to make money, some want to make trouble, some want to make history. Jimmy Carter wanted simply to make a difference.

Art Cyr: The nuclear genie and averting armageddon
President Joe Biden raised arms control to a top policy priority, but that is now unraveling.

Bill Lueders: Wisconsin’s ugly and important Supreme Court race
The acrimony continues to rise in the days leading up to the pivotal April 4 election.

Spencer Black: This one really is ‘the most important election ever’
The election for Supreme Court justice on April 4 is truly the most important and consequential election in Wisconsin this decade. Why? Because the outcome will affect virtually every major issue in Wisconsin.

Daniel Suhr: Janet Protasiewicz’s politicking, record on bench disqualify her from Supreme Court
Protasiewicz has been campaigning by sharing her “values,” telegraphing her political preferences to voters with a brazen audacity beyond anything we’ve seen in the modern history of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. And her record on the bench is equally disqualifying, displaying a consistent pattern of giving low bail and short sentences for violent criminals.

Peter Wasson: Vote with knowledge, not fear
Your vote is too valuable to squander. If it weren’t, no one would be spending millions trying to buy it.

Eric Toney: Vote ‘yes’ on both bail amendments to protect the community
Supporting both ballot amendment questions will improve our bail system and ensure judges uniformly apply cash bail standards to protect us from dangerous criminals, thus making Wisconsin safer.

Jerry Hanson: We need binding referendums
Until fair maps exist we are without a voice in our government. It is time to call for binding referendums on issues important to Wisconsinites such as voting rights, drinking water free of forever chemicals, fair voting maps, reproductive rights and sensible gun regulations if we are to have a government “of, by and for the people.”

Ruth Conniff: Weird politics, silent candidates and an insidious news vacuum in Waunakee
It’s not just that campaigns disseminating misinformation and accepting tons of money from outside local communities is becoming the norm. It’s that all that is happening at the same time that local news is drying up, leaving a void to be filled by shady characters with dangerous ideas.

Dave Cieslewicz: The Realtors’ nine
The real-estate PAC should have spent its money on the one open race for school board rather than Madison city council races.

Bill Barth: Timing is wrong for Beloit school request
Taxpayers should insist on seeing hard choices and specific plans.

Dave Zweifel: The colorful and the quiet
The Madison area loses two stalwarts.

Richard Moore: Meet Ross Ulbricht, political prisoner
Challenge the government, and you too could wind up like Assange, Snowden, Ulbricht.

Michael Jahr: Successful policy reforms in peril
School choice, workers’ rights and fiscal responsibility at stake in court race.

Quinn Yeargain: Wisconsin voters may weaken their constitutional right to bail
These changes, if adopted, are simply the latest in a long line of constitutional amendments that have severely limited — or eliminated altogether — the right to bail.

Fabu: Black and Women’s history months a chance to learn
We need to know more truth about the contributions of Black people and of women because we don’t know enough information about either subject.

Ann M. Sheehy and Wendell Primus: 5 good reasons to expand Medicaid in Wisconsin
The time is now to expand Medicaid in our state. Here are five reasons why.

Huda Alkaff: The clean water we all deserve
Preventing and addressing toxic pollution in our waters is a major national priority to protect public health. Regulators and legislators must do much more to protect Wisconsinites from water contamination like PFAS, or toxic forever chemicals.

Brian Reisinger: Seeing Wisconsin’s rural drug addiction crisis through the eyes of a childhood friend in our hometown
An inside look at the cops, crimes, and human beings wrapped up in this deadly statewide problem.

Mark Rand: After school programs serve families
Today clubs provide alternative options to child care while positively impacting the future of our young people.

Kay Stellpflug: Jimmy Carter wanted to make a difference
Some presidents want to make money, some want to make trouble, some want to make history. Jimmy Carter wanted simply to make a difference.

Art Cyr: The nuclear genie and averting armageddon
President Joe Biden raised arms control to a top policy priority, but that is now unraveling.

Bill Lueders: Wisconsin’s ugly and important Supreme Court race
The acrimony continues to rise in the days leading up to the pivotal April 4 election.

Spencer Black: This one really is ‘the most important election ever’
The election for Supreme Court justice on April 4 is truly the most important and consequential election in Wisconsin this decade. Why? Because the outcome will affect virtually every major issue in Wisconsin.

Daniel Suhr: Janet Protasiewicz’s politicking, record on bench disqualify her from Supreme Court
Protasiewicz has been campaigning by sharing her “values,” telegraphing her political preferences to voters with a brazen audacity beyond anything we’ve seen in the modern history of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. And her record on the bench is equally disqualifying, displaying a consistent pattern of giving low bail and short sentences for violent criminals.

Peter Wasson: Vote with knowledge, not fear
Your vote is too valuable to squander. If it weren’t, no one would be spending millions trying to buy it.

Eric Toney: Vote ‘yes’ on both bail amendments to protect the community
Supporting both ballot amendment questions will improve our bail system and ensure judges uniformly apply cash bail standards to protect us from dangerous criminals, thus making Wisconsin safer.

Jerry Hanson: We need binding referendums
Until fair maps exist we are without a voice in our government. It is time to call for binding referendums on issues important to Wisconsinites such as voting rights, drinking water free of forever chemicals, fair voting maps, reproductive rights and sensible gun regulations if we are to have a government “of, by and for the people.”

Ruth Conniff: Weird politics, silent candidates and an insidious news vacuum in Waunakee
It’s not just that campaigns disseminating misinformation and accepting tons of money from outside local communities is becoming the norm. It’s that all that is happening at the same time that local news is drying up, leaving a void to be filled by shady characters with dangerous ideas.

Dave Cieslewicz: The Realtors’ nine
The real-estate PAC should have spent its money on the one open race for school board rather than Madison city council races.

Bill Barth: Timing is wrong for Beloit school request
Taxpayers should insist on seeing hard choices and specific plans.