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LaKeshia Myers: Buying Black: Black businesses fuel the American economy
August is Black Business Month, a time to celebrate and cherish the many African American owned businesses across the country.

Gregory Humphrey: Build 6-story Dane County jail, as too many wish to reside there
As long as there are so many among us who wish to reside in the Dane County jail based on the absurdity of their actions then we will need to house them, keeping them separate from the ones who do live between the guard rails of law and order.

Gregg Hoffmann: The heat is on
First Street Foundation, a non-profit research group, recently reported that the world will warm each year in coming decades and that could lead to “catastrophic heat,” including in Wisconsin.

Bill Kaplan: Mandela Barnes can defeat Ron Johnson
The 2022 midterm elections no longer look like a GOP tsunami.

Dave Zweifel: Johnson emerges as Congress’ top safety net shredder
He needs to be retired, and now that he’s 67, start collecting his own Social Security.

Nick Hollman: Michels and the era of resentment
We may have seen the end of the Walker era in Wisconsin politics on Aug. 9, but the era of resentment–stretching back far before Walker–will likely continue to play an insidious role in future elections at the local, state, and national level.

Howard Marklein: Improving juvenile justice
Milwaukee and Racine counties are both moving forward with SRCCYs and are ready to break ground and begin renovations. This is one more way that the Legislature is keeping our promise to close Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake to provide correctional services closer to home for offenders.

M.D. Kittle: Evers’ licensing crisis is one disaster after another
Despite millions of dollars in federal COVID relief and state funding, Gov. Tony Evers’ dysfunctional Department of Safety and Professional Services is still failing Wisconsin’s licensed workers.

Lena Taylor: Perception doesn’t equal reality
Biden administration racking up wins for Americans.

Stan Milam: Inflation Reduction Act only allows for some drug price negotiation
The negotiating provision applies to only a few more costly drugs. A cap on insulin was approved, but it’s still more than three times what the Veterans Administration pays.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ handicap Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, handicap Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate contest between GOP incumbent Ron Johnson and Democratic challenger Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Debbie Ford: Wisconsin students deserve an increase in the Wisconsin Grant
Low- and moderate-income students are at risk of falling behind

Dave Zweifel: Sheriff’s proposal for larger jail makes sense
If you spend some time with Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett, you get to understand why he’s so passionate about building a six-story, 825-bed addition to the downtown Public Safety Building.

Dave Cieslewicz: They blew it again
The Dane County Board again fails to decide on a plan to improve the county’s jail facilities.

Jacquelyn D. Heath: Criminal justice?
Criminal justice as practiced in our country has created a waste of human potential that has negatively impacted communities of color disproportionately and is difficult to recover. Until we as a nation and as a community recognize, address and reverse this disparity, the outcomes will continue to emphasize the “criminal” and block any possibility of “justice” for any of us.

M.D. Kittle: Studies: Gun buybacks don’t work
Early research on gun buybacks, mostly from the 1990s, largely finds these programs ineffective at curbing gun violence, according to the Journalist’s Resource.

Patrick McIlheran: Think of them as ‘make better choices’ schools
Reducing Milwaukeeans’ suffering from crime starts young, and research suggests a means.

Bruce Thompson: Wisconsin’s Banana Republicans
Why are Grothman, Johnson, Michels defending Trump’s illegal hoarding of top secret files?

Paul Nannis: Ron Johnson is wrong, Social Security should be kept out of partisan politics
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson suggested on August 2 that Social Security should be stripped of its mandatory spending status, a move that would subject this essential program to yearly political wrangling and jeopardize the benefits on which over a million people in the Badger State rely.

Richard Moore: Not just the FBI
Biden, Democrats balloon IRS agent force

LaKeshia Myers: Buying Black: Black businesses fuel the American economy
August is Black Business Month, a time to celebrate and cherish the many African American owned businesses across the country.

Gregory Humphrey: Build 6-story Dane County jail, as too many wish to reside there
As long as there are so many among us who wish to reside in the Dane County jail based on the absurdity of their actions then we will need to house them, keeping them separate from the ones who do live between the guard rails of law and order.

Gregg Hoffmann: The heat is on
First Street Foundation, a non-profit research group, recently reported that the world will warm each year in coming decades and that could lead to “catastrophic heat,” including in Wisconsin.

Bill Kaplan: Mandela Barnes can defeat Ron Johnson
The 2022 midterm elections no longer look like a GOP tsunami.

Dave Zweifel: Johnson emerges as Congress’ top safety net shredder
He needs to be retired, and now that he’s 67, start collecting his own Social Security.

Nick Hollman: Michels and the era of resentment
We may have seen the end of the Walker era in Wisconsin politics on Aug. 9, but the era of resentment–stretching back far before Walker–will likely continue to play an insidious role in future elections at the local, state, and national level.

Howard Marklein: Improving juvenile justice
Milwaukee and Racine counties are both moving forward with SRCCYs and are ready to break ground and begin renovations. This is one more way that the Legislature is keeping our promise to close Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake to provide correctional services closer to home for offenders.

M.D. Kittle: Evers’ licensing crisis is one disaster after another
Despite millions of dollars in federal COVID relief and state funding, Gov. Tony Evers’ dysfunctional Department of Safety and Professional Services is still failing Wisconsin’s licensed workers.

Lena Taylor: Perception doesn’t equal reality
Biden administration racking up wins for Americans.

Stan Milam: Inflation Reduction Act only allows for some drug price negotiation
The negotiating provision applies to only a few more costly drugs. A cap on insulin was approved, but it’s still more than three times what the Veterans Administration pays.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ handicap Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, handicap Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate contest between GOP incumbent Ron Johnson and Democratic challenger Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Debbie Ford: Wisconsin students deserve an increase in the Wisconsin Grant
Low- and moderate-income students are at risk of falling behind

Dave Zweifel: Sheriff’s proposal for larger jail makes sense
If you spend some time with Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett, you get to understand why he’s so passionate about building a six-story, 825-bed addition to the downtown Public Safety Building.

Dave Cieslewicz: They blew it again
The Dane County Board again fails to decide on a plan to improve the county’s jail facilities.

Jacquelyn D. Heath: Criminal justice?
Criminal justice as practiced in our country has created a waste of human potential that has negatively impacted communities of color disproportionately and is difficult to recover. Until we as a nation and as a community recognize, address and reverse this disparity, the outcomes will continue to emphasize the “criminal” and block any possibility of “justice” for any of us.

M.D. Kittle: Studies: Gun buybacks don’t work
Early research on gun buybacks, mostly from the 1990s, largely finds these programs ineffective at curbing gun violence, according to the Journalist’s Resource.

Patrick McIlheran: Think of them as ‘make better choices’ schools
Reducing Milwaukeeans’ suffering from crime starts young, and research suggests a means.

Bruce Thompson: Wisconsin’s Banana Republicans
Why are Grothman, Johnson, Michels defending Trump’s illegal hoarding of top secret files?

Paul Nannis: Ron Johnson is wrong, Social Security should be kept out of partisan politics
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson suggested on August 2 that Social Security should be stripped of its mandatory spending status, a move that would subject this essential program to yearly political wrangling and jeopardize the benefits on which over a million people in the Badger State rely.