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LaKeshia Myers: The rubber meets the road
Biden’s executive mandate on marijuana offers hope.

Patrick McIlheran: Why Wisconsin’s talking about flatter, fairer taxes
That fairer structure has demonstrably driven growth in other states for years.

Ruy Teixeira and Dan Adams: Step away from the noise of social media and cable news and there’s a lot of common ground in Wisconsin
Together, we can fight back against the trend of political tribalism and create a house that stands together.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ discuss Wisconsin’s race for attorney general
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the attorney general contest between incumbent Dem Josh Kaul and GOP Fond du Lac County DA Eric Toney. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

John Nichols: War or peace is the most neglected issue on the November ballot
Most Americans don’t know it because the media isn’t asking candidates about disarmament, diplomacy, and out-of-control military spending.

Dan O’Donnell: Biden’s energy debacle
Rather than admit his mistake in dramatically slowing down domestic drilling, Biden shortsightedly bled the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to its lowest level in nearly 40 years and naively assumed he could trust the Saudis to bail him out of the jam he created.

Matt Rothschild: Wisconsin needs direct democracy
Other states have binding referendums. Evers’ call for it echoes Gov. McGovern 111 years ago.

Scott Walker: The left’s October surprises and lies
I too was a target of a political hit job by the left

Mary Telfer: Let’s put an end to cruel animal drug testing
The FDA Modernization Act would lift the archaic regulatory requirements for animal tests and allow scientists to use modern methods that spare animals in new drug and vaccine development.

Dave Zweifel: Next time you curse the pill bottle, remember the reason
It was 40 years ago that seven people in the Chicago area died after swallowing Tylenol capsules that had been doctored with a lethal amount of potassium cyanide.

Jacob Stampen: Tony Evers’ virtuous vetoes
Evers’ vetoes were virtuous in that he prevented the enactment of ill-considered and chaotic laws that would have weakened the security and stability of life in Wisconsin.

M.D. Kittle: WEC’s invalid guidance
A Waukesha County Judge recently ruled Wisconsin Elections Commission decisions lacking a 4-2 majority vote by the six-member commission are invalid. That means election law “guidance” crafted by WEC staff isn’t legal or binding. Yet, many of those edicts remain on WEC’s website.

James Causey: A former Wisconsin inmate built a cell to show the public that solitary confinement is torture. I’m convinced.
Talib Akbar is on a mission to help others understand the trauma of solitary confinement.

Mike Nichols and Mark Lisheron: Why Milwaukee needs to get cops back in schools
A chunk of the crime in Milwaukee is happening at high schools under control of a School Board that won’t allow cops to regularly walk the hallways or grounds.

Dave Cieslewicz: In crime v. abortion, crime wins
Democrats are leading with abortion while Republicans are leading with crime, and crime is winning.

Timothy McBride: Does Ron Johnson understand Wisconsin’s important role in developing Social Security policy?
The Social Security program emerged from discussions in the economics department at the University of Wisconsin, which also developed programs such as unemployment insurance, workers compensation, Aid to Families with Dependent Children and other social programs. Prototypes for national legislation on these topics first passed in the state of Wisconsin.

Jonathan Anderson: AG candidates agree: More money needed for records requests
Josh Kaul and Eric Toney are miles apart on many issues, but when it comes to open government, the candidates vying for Wisconsin attorney general in the Nov. 8 election agree: More money is needed to handle enforcement of the state’s transparency laws.

John Imes and Tom Eggert: Green jobs & the new Wisconsin economy
The Inflation Reduction Act provides a historic opportunity for Wisconsin to accelerate the transition to affordable clean energy, electric vehicles and fleets, energy-efficient buildings, advanced manufacturing, agricultural innovation, and environmental justice to significantly reduce emissions, create thousands of jobs, cut costs for consumers, strengthen energy supply chains, and improve the health of our communities.

Dave Zweifel: Johnson’s campaign stinks to high heaven, and he’s getting away with it
Johnson has spent the last 12 years in Washington as a national embarrassment, and if the Democrats fail to get that message across, he’ll spend another six years in the nation’s capital sucking up to Donald Trump and acting like Joe McCarthy reincarnated.

Heather Smith: Fact checking Barnes’ “Crumbs” ad
Do choosy tax delinquents choose Jif?

LaKeshia Myers: The rubber meets the road
Biden’s executive mandate on marijuana offers hope.

Patrick McIlheran: Why Wisconsin’s talking about flatter, fairer taxes
That fairer structure has demonstrably driven growth in other states for years.

Ruy Teixeira and Dan Adams: Step away from the noise of social media and cable news and there’s a lot of common ground in Wisconsin
Together, we can fight back against the trend of political tribalism and create a house that stands together.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ discuss Wisconsin’s race for attorney general
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the attorney general contest between incumbent Dem Josh Kaul and GOP Fond du Lac County DA Eric Toney. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

John Nichols: War or peace is the most neglected issue on the November ballot
Most Americans don’t know it because the media isn’t asking candidates about disarmament, diplomacy, and out-of-control military spending.

Dan O’Donnell: Biden’s energy debacle
Rather than admit his mistake in dramatically slowing down domestic drilling, Biden shortsightedly bled the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to its lowest level in nearly 40 years and naively assumed he could trust the Saudis to bail him out of the jam he created.

Matt Rothschild: Wisconsin needs direct democracy
Other states have binding referendums. Evers’ call for it echoes Gov. McGovern 111 years ago.

Scott Walker: The left’s October surprises and lies
I too was a target of a political hit job by the left

Mary Telfer: Let’s put an end to cruel animal drug testing
The FDA Modernization Act would lift the archaic regulatory requirements for animal tests and allow scientists to use modern methods that spare animals in new drug and vaccine development.

Dave Zweifel: Next time you curse the pill bottle, remember the reason
It was 40 years ago that seven people in the Chicago area died after swallowing Tylenol capsules that had been doctored with a lethal amount of potassium cyanide.

Jacob Stampen: Tony Evers’ virtuous vetoes
Evers’ vetoes were virtuous in that he prevented the enactment of ill-considered and chaotic laws that would have weakened the security and stability of life in Wisconsin.

M.D. Kittle: WEC’s invalid guidance
A Waukesha County Judge recently ruled Wisconsin Elections Commission decisions lacking a 4-2 majority vote by the six-member commission are invalid. That means election law “guidance” crafted by WEC staff isn’t legal or binding. Yet, many of those edicts remain on WEC’s website.

James Causey: A former Wisconsin inmate built a cell to show the public that solitary confinement is torture. I’m convinced.
Talib Akbar is on a mission to help others understand the trauma of solitary confinement.

Mike Nichols and Mark Lisheron: Why Milwaukee needs to get cops back in schools
A chunk of the crime in Milwaukee is happening at high schools under control of a School Board that won’t allow cops to regularly walk the hallways or grounds.

Dave Cieslewicz: In crime v. abortion, crime wins
Democrats are leading with abortion while Republicans are leading with crime, and crime is winning.

Timothy McBride: Does Ron Johnson understand Wisconsin’s important role in developing Social Security policy?
The Social Security program emerged from discussions in the economics department at the University of Wisconsin, which also developed programs such as unemployment insurance, workers compensation, Aid to Families with Dependent Children and other social programs. Prototypes for national legislation on these topics first passed in the state of Wisconsin.

Jonathan Anderson: AG candidates agree: More money needed for records requests
Josh Kaul and Eric Toney are miles apart on many issues, but when it comes to open government, the candidates vying for Wisconsin attorney general in the Nov. 8 election agree: More money is needed to handle enforcement of the state’s transparency laws.

John Imes and Tom Eggert: Green jobs & the new Wisconsin economy
The Inflation Reduction Act provides a historic opportunity for Wisconsin to accelerate the transition to affordable clean energy, electric vehicles and fleets, energy-efficient buildings, advanced manufacturing, agricultural innovation, and environmental justice to significantly reduce emissions, create thousands of jobs, cut costs for consumers, strengthen energy supply chains, and improve the health of our communities.

Dave Zweifel: Johnson’s campaign stinks to high heaven, and he’s getting away with it
Johnson has spent the last 12 years in Washington as a national embarrassment, and if the Democrats fail to get that message across, he’ll spend another six years in the nation’s capital sucking up to Donald Trump and acting like Joe McCarthy reincarnated.

