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Bill Barth: Without revenues, the debt is forever
America needs to cut spending. And America needs to add revenue.

Mike McCabe: Stars and stripe
Red or blue, neither is up to the immense challenges of our times. … There is an unclaimed color on our flag that could be the emblem of that shared dismay. Those who want better than the depressing choice we’re presently stuck with could make a statement, could start wearing white hats, that universal symbol of good guys.

David Blaska: We shall flag and fail
Did we blame Churchill for defending his country?

Dave Zweifel: Trump and Putin aren’t interested in stopping the dying
Trump apparently forgot that it was his buddy, the war criminal Putin, who launched an invasion into his neighboring country three years ago last month to begin the killing, an invasion Trump now has the audacity to blame on Ukraine.

Bill Lueders: Your Right to Know: Opee Awards highlight highs and lows
For the 19th consecutive year, the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council is bestowing its annual Openness in Government Awards, or Opees, meant to recognize outstanding efforts to protect the state’s tradition of open government, as well as highlight impediments.

Dale Kooyenga: Clean Air Act must be amended to end EPA mandates. We pay for Chicago pollution.
The Clean Air Act must be amended to hold the Milwaukee region harmless for air pollution coming from northern Illinois and Indiana.

Ingrid Jacques: ‘Inseminated person’ vs. ‘mother’? Dems keep proving they’ve lost common sense
What’s going on in Wisconsin is worth drawing attention to because it’s part of a bigger trend among progressives to undermine traditional family values.

Dan O’Donnell: Cartel politics
The state’s three electrical transmission companies are once again trying to create a government-backed cartel that gives them a monopoly on the highly lucrative business of building out Wisconsin’s electrical grid.

Wyatt Eichholz: Houses have taken a sharp turn toward unaffordable for typical Wisconsin household
Household must earn $108,000 to afford median home in metro Madison, $89,000 in Appleton area.

Michelle Bryant: Boycotts or buy-cott, but do something
The power of economic boycotts in the fight for equity.

Brad Pfaff: Widespread funding freezes damaging to Wisconsin farmers
I urge U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden and federal lawmakers to act in the best interests of farmers in Wisconsin. Stand up to Trump and demand that he stop jeopardizing your constituents’ livelihoods and our Wisconsin way of life.

William Holahan: Why Musk can’t smash and grab money from Social Security
The biggest threat to Social Security is ignorance of how it works, not Elon Musk.

Dave Cieslewicz: The pro-government backlash
Donald Trump and Elon Musk could be the best thing that ever happened to government. And not in the way they intended.

Dave Zweifel: The wrong way to trim the workforce
If downsizing the federal government is the real goal, there’s a way to do it while protecting the millions who have no other choice.

Bridget O’Brien: Doctors battle misinformation
RFK Jr. is wrong — and measles may only be start.

R.J. Johnson: Peace at any price is no peace at all
Standing with a country defending its sovereignty and democracy aligns with the very principles that America was founded on. Some of those now berating Ukraine used to believe that, too.

Roger Bass: Never forget the cost of fascist lies
Ninety years ago, too many people under increasingly autocratic rule stopped caring about the truth.

Steven Walters: Republicans reject Gov. Tony Evers’ spending, tax hikes
The majority party instead vows an income tax cut.

Michael Lucas: Why ROFR will not go quietly
In 2018, a large competitive project was authorized by MISO, put up for competitive bidding, awarded to the winning bidder, and then denied to the awardee because of the successful passing of a state ROFR law.

Terrance Wall: America is back
The state of the union is excellent!

Bill Barth: Without revenues, the debt is forever
America needs to cut spending. And America needs to add revenue.

Mike McCabe: Stars and stripe
Red or blue, neither is up to the immense challenges of our times. … There is an unclaimed color on our flag that could be the emblem of that shared dismay. Those who want better than the depressing choice we’re presently stuck with could make a statement, could start wearing white hats, that universal symbol of good guys.

David Blaska: We shall flag and fail
Did we blame Churchill for defending his country?

Dave Zweifel: Trump and Putin aren’t interested in stopping the dying
Trump apparently forgot that it was his buddy, the war criminal Putin, who launched an invasion into his neighboring country three years ago last month to begin the killing, an invasion Trump now has the audacity to blame on Ukraine.

Bill Lueders: Your Right to Know: Opee Awards highlight highs and lows
For the 19th consecutive year, the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council is bestowing its annual Openness in Government Awards, or Opees, meant to recognize outstanding efforts to protect the state’s tradition of open government, as well as highlight impediments.

Dale Kooyenga: Clean Air Act must be amended to end EPA mandates. We pay for Chicago pollution.
The Clean Air Act must be amended to hold the Milwaukee region harmless for air pollution coming from northern Illinois and Indiana.

Ingrid Jacques: ‘Inseminated person’ vs. ‘mother’? Dems keep proving they’ve lost common sense
What’s going on in Wisconsin is worth drawing attention to because it’s part of a bigger trend among progressives to undermine traditional family values.

Dan O’Donnell: Cartel politics
The state’s three electrical transmission companies are once again trying to create a government-backed cartel that gives them a monopoly on the highly lucrative business of building out Wisconsin’s electrical grid.

Wyatt Eichholz: Houses have taken a sharp turn toward unaffordable for typical Wisconsin household
Household must earn $108,000 to afford median home in metro Madison, $89,000 in Appleton area.

Michelle Bryant: Boycotts or buy-cott, but do something
The power of economic boycotts in the fight for equity.

Brad Pfaff: Widespread funding freezes damaging to Wisconsin farmers
I urge U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden and federal lawmakers to act in the best interests of farmers in Wisconsin. Stand up to Trump and demand that he stop jeopardizing your constituents’ livelihoods and our Wisconsin way of life.

William Holahan: Why Musk can’t smash and grab money from Social Security
The biggest threat to Social Security is ignorance of how it works, not Elon Musk.

Dave Cieslewicz: The pro-government backlash
Donald Trump and Elon Musk could be the best thing that ever happened to government. And not in the way they intended.

Dave Zweifel: The wrong way to trim the workforce
If downsizing the federal government is the real goal, there’s a way to do it while protecting the millions who have no other choice.

Bridget O’Brien: Doctors battle misinformation
RFK Jr. is wrong — and measles may only be start.

R.J. Johnson: Peace at any price is no peace at all
Standing with a country defending its sovereignty and democracy aligns with the very principles that America was founded on. Some of those now berating Ukraine used to believe that, too.

Roger Bass: Never forget the cost of fascist lies
Ninety years ago, too many people under increasingly autocratic rule stopped caring about the truth.

Steven Walters: Republicans reject Gov. Tony Evers’ spending, tax hikes
The majority party instead vows an income tax cut.

Michael Lucas: Why ROFR will not go quietly
In 2018, a large competitive project was authorized by MISO, put up for competitive bidding, awarded to the winning bidder, and then denied to the awardee because of the successful passing of a state ROFR law.