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Scott Frostman: Budget-crafters working hard amid tough decisions
Establishing top priorities isn’t easy. The Joint Committee on Finance will have to make tough choices as time moves closer to June 30.

Margaret Kelsey, et. al.: State leaders need to take last critical steps to avert fiscal cliff for Milwaukee
No more significant challenge exists today than the fiscal crisis in Milwaukee.

Patrick McIlheran: Why public school-goers support choice
When schools threaten to teach things that parents think are poison, parents need the option to act — to engage, to call the school board to account, to leave for a better school. Parents understand this continuum.

Lisa Subeck: Medicare needs to reverse unprecedented decision and make Alzeheimer’s treatment accessible
CMS must reconsider its national coverage determination for Coverage with Evidence Development so patients can have access to the care they need if it is determined to be a good fit for their health.

Sylvia Ortiz: Solving the copay accumulator scheme is an issue of health equity
We must protect patients and hold insurers and pharmaceutical benefit managers accountable by taking action at the state and federal levels.

Marc Eisen: ‘Broad overreach’
Epic’s noncompete agreements are panned in public comments to the Federal Trade Commission.

Judith Davidoff: Where have the county beat reporters gone?
Shelia Stubbs’ confirmation process exposes decline of media coverage.

Dave Cieslewicz: Was it right to walk to stop Walker?
Twelve years ago 14 Democratic senators bolted from the Wisconsin capital to deny majority Republicans a quorum.

Jerry Hanson: Don’t buy what Scott Walker is selling
Socialism is Walker’s name for almost anything that helps people.

David Blaska: Rating the GOP presidential candidates
So far, the announced (or soon-to-be) field stands at 10 — dangerously approaching 2016, when there were 17 and the debates had to be held in shifts like meal time at Little Annie’s orphanage.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss whether lawmakers can forge a deal on Milwaukee sales taxes
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the fate of GOP legislative proposals to increase local sales tax rates for Milwaukee. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association.

Kevin P. Reilly: From heavy hand of government to speaker shout downs, free speech in peril on campuses
PEN America has identified over 100 “educational gag order” bills introduced in 33 state legislatures since January 2021.

Dave Zweifel: They don’t care what we want, but we can’t vote them out
A majority of Wisconsin legislators don’t have to worry about thumbing their noses at what the people clearly favor because their districts are safely configured in their favor.

Dave Considine: Mental Health Awareness Month
The Joint Finance Committee removed every single school-based mental health program from Gov. Tony Evers’ budget.

Shannon Whitworth: UW-Milwaukee graduation numbers for Black students plummet even further
At a time when the job market is begging for graduates with bachelor’s degrees, the opportunity for many Black students to earn a college degree is being squandered.

Dave Cieslewicz: Hard-right weakens itself
The hard-right looks pretty weak following passage of the federal debt-limit deal.

Scott Walker: America must never become a socialist country
Unfortunately, that’s exactly where the left wants.

Paul Nannis: Wisconsin youth need the FDA to enforce the law, crackdown on disposable vapes
It’s time for a crackdown on the products the FDA has already deemed a clear threat to young people across the country.

John Torinus: Ukrainians remind us what Memorial Day means
Our Memorial Day comes in the context of the brutal war raging between Russia and Ukraine.

Ruth Conniff: Going for broke
How the debt ceiling fight exposed Republican bankruptcy

Scott Frostman: Budget-crafters working hard amid tough decisions
Establishing top priorities isn’t easy. The Joint Committee on Finance will have to make tough choices as time moves closer to June 30.

Margaret Kelsey, et. al.: State leaders need to take last critical steps to avert fiscal cliff for Milwaukee
No more significant challenge exists today than the fiscal crisis in Milwaukee.

Patrick McIlheran: Why public school-goers support choice
When schools threaten to teach things that parents think are poison, parents need the option to act — to engage, to call the school board to account, to leave for a better school. Parents understand this continuum.

Lisa Subeck: Medicare needs to reverse unprecedented decision and make Alzeheimer’s treatment accessible
CMS must reconsider its national coverage determination for Coverage with Evidence Development so patients can have access to the care they need if it is determined to be a good fit for their health.

Sylvia Ortiz: Solving the copay accumulator scheme is an issue of health equity
We must protect patients and hold insurers and pharmaceutical benefit managers accountable by taking action at the state and federal levels.

Marc Eisen: ‘Broad overreach’
Epic’s noncompete agreements are panned in public comments to the Federal Trade Commission.

Judith Davidoff: Where have the county beat reporters gone?
Shelia Stubbs’ confirmation process exposes decline of media coverage.

Dave Cieslewicz: Was it right to walk to stop Walker?
Twelve years ago 14 Democratic senators bolted from the Wisconsin capital to deny majority Republicans a quorum.

Jerry Hanson: Don’t buy what Scott Walker is selling
Socialism is Walker’s name for almost anything that helps people.

David Blaska: Rating the GOP presidential candidates
So far, the announced (or soon-to-be) field stands at 10 — dangerously approaching 2016, when there were 17 and the debates had to be held in shifts like meal time at Little Annie’s orphanage.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss whether lawmakers can forge a deal on Milwaukee sales taxes
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the fate of GOP legislative proposals to increase local sales tax rates for Milwaukee. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association.

Kevin P. Reilly: From heavy hand of government to speaker shout downs, free speech in peril on campuses
PEN America has identified over 100 “educational gag order” bills introduced in 33 state legislatures since January 2021.

Dave Zweifel: They don’t care what we want, but we can’t vote them out
A majority of Wisconsin legislators don’t have to worry about thumbing their noses at what the people clearly favor because their districts are safely configured in their favor.

Dave Considine: Mental Health Awareness Month
The Joint Finance Committee removed every single school-based mental health program from Gov. Tony Evers’ budget.

Shannon Whitworth: UW-Milwaukee graduation numbers for Black students plummet even further
At a time when the job market is begging for graduates with bachelor’s degrees, the opportunity for many Black students to earn a college degree is being squandered.

Dave Cieslewicz: Hard-right weakens itself
The hard-right looks pretty weak following passage of the federal debt-limit deal.

Scott Walker: America must never become a socialist country
Unfortunately, that’s exactly where the left wants.

Paul Nannis: Wisconsin youth need the FDA to enforce the law, crackdown on disposable vapes
It’s time for a crackdown on the products the FDA has already deemed a clear threat to young people across the country.

John Torinus: Ukrainians remind us what Memorial Day means
Our Memorial Day comes in the context of the brutal war raging between Russia and Ukraine.

