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Mett Sama: Forget the gas tax. Let’s repeal the income tax in Wisconsin
If Tim Michels and Rebecca Kleefisch want to put forth a bold agenda, they need to embrace substantial tax reform in Wisconsin that will make us the most competitive state in the midwest.

Jay Heck: Wisconsin must repudiate this Trump-ordered assault on voting and fair elections
Republican legislators on the Joint Committee for the Review of Administrative Rules voted to suspend an emergency rule regarding common sense clerk corrections for small omissions on absentee ballot witness certificates.

M.D. Kittle: Evers’ DSPS is an ‘ongoing failure’
Dawn Crim may have been shown the door, but the state licensing agency she has led for the past 3 1/2 years remains a mess.

John Torinus: Where’s Kaul on health cost battle?
Attorneys general in some states have sided with the FTC to block consumer and sometimes worker unfriendly mergers. Where is Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul on these consumer-adverse mergers?

Bill Kaplan: Jan. 6, Wisconsin GOP wears stain of dishonor
No one is above the law. The U.S. Department of Justice must hold Trump accountable.

John Nichols: There’s a word for Trump’s crime: treason
Donald Trump is an offender who attempted by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which he owed allegiance.

Owen Robinson: Democrats should nominate person of substance and character
I fervently hope that Ron Johnson wins reelection, but in the best interests of a state I love, I equally fervently hope that the Democrats nominate someone of substance and character.

Tom Nelson: Let’s nationalize the oil industry
Bankruptcies, tax giveaways, high gas prices, compromised national security, global warming: That’s the price of continuing down our current path. The industry needs to be put out of its misery and placed into the hands of the people.

David Blaska: No one can deny denial is on the ballot
Republicans smell blood! Four candidates want to replace incumbent Democrat governor Tony Evers, eight for lieutenant governor, three for attorney general, three for secretary of state, two for treasurer — 20 candidates in all! Best we can determine, only three of those 20 are presidential Election Deniers. What does that tell you?

Gregory Humphrey: Vos should remove Brandtjen as chair of Elections Committee
Rep. Janel Brandtjen, the chair of the Wisconsin Assembly’s elections committee, has called for invalidating President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory in the state.

Jill Cousino: A dangerous time for pregnant women in Wisconsin
The 1849 law’s only exception is so vague it leaves gold-standard, life-saving, and life-affirming medical therapy open for interpretation and scrutiny. Abortions are allowed only to save a pregnant person’s life. Yet deciding what constitutes a life-threatening emergency isn’t defined in this law.

Mike Nichols: Wisconsin’s increasingly uncompetitive tax structure
You don’t have to think Wisconsin’s trailblazing 100-year-old progressive income tax was always a bad idea to know that it’s worse than a bad idea today.

Tom Still: Dialing 9-8-8 for mental health help: It’s step forward, but only part of solution
Modeled after 9-1-1, the new “Suicide & Crisis Hotline” is designed to be a quick way for people in crisis to get connected to an existing network of more than 200 local crisis call centers around the country.

Bryan Kennedy and Andy Buck: Skilled union labor rules assure quality construction
Federal infrastructure law has quality standards which Wisconsin has moved away from.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ discuss the potential for a red flag law in Wisconsin
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider whether Wisconsin might adopt a red flag law following the recent passage of federal firearm legislation. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Paul Fanlund: Swing-district Democrat Ron Kind on why he’s leaving
U.S. Rep. Ron Kind says the increasing polarization of politics is among the reasons he’s decided not to run for reelection.

Scott Walker: We must fight back against the ‘wokeism’ hijacking our founders homes
Woke indoctrination has even hijacked the homes of our Founders.

Jerry Hanson: Vote: Our democracy needs your vote
People should not be made to jump through hoops to exercise their right to vote.

Enrique E. Figueroa: I was born in Uvalde, Texas. I have serious doubts that justice will be done on behalf of the community’s Mexican Americans.
History dictates that, if it comes, it will be unjustly deferred and grudgingly parceled out so it does not resemble full justice.


Mett Sama: Forget the gas tax. Let’s repeal the income tax in Wisconsin
If Tim Michels and Rebecca Kleefisch want to put forth a bold agenda, they need to embrace substantial tax reform in Wisconsin that will make us the most competitive state in the midwest.

Jay Heck: Wisconsin must repudiate this Trump-ordered assault on voting and fair elections
Republican legislators on the Joint Committee for the Review of Administrative Rules voted to suspend an emergency rule regarding common sense clerk corrections for small omissions on absentee ballot witness certificates.

M.D. Kittle: Evers’ DSPS is an ‘ongoing failure’
Dawn Crim may have been shown the door, but the state licensing agency she has led for the past 3 1/2 years remains a mess.

John Torinus: Where’s Kaul on health cost battle?
Attorneys general in some states have sided with the FTC to block consumer and sometimes worker unfriendly mergers. Where is Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul on these consumer-adverse mergers?

Bill Kaplan: Jan. 6, Wisconsin GOP wears stain of dishonor
No one is above the law. The U.S. Department of Justice must hold Trump accountable.

John Nichols: There’s a word for Trump’s crime: treason
Donald Trump is an offender who attempted by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which he owed allegiance.

Owen Robinson: Democrats should nominate person of substance and character
I fervently hope that Ron Johnson wins reelection, but in the best interests of a state I love, I equally fervently hope that the Democrats nominate someone of substance and character.

Tom Nelson: Let’s nationalize the oil industry
Bankruptcies, tax giveaways, high gas prices, compromised national security, global warming: That’s the price of continuing down our current path. The industry needs to be put out of its misery and placed into the hands of the people.

David Blaska: No one can deny denial is on the ballot
Republicans smell blood! Four candidates want to replace incumbent Democrat governor Tony Evers, eight for lieutenant governor, three for attorney general, three for secretary of state, two for treasurer — 20 candidates in all! Best we can determine, only three of those 20 are presidential Election Deniers. What does that tell you?

Gregory Humphrey: Vos should remove Brandtjen as chair of Elections Committee
Rep. Janel Brandtjen, the chair of the Wisconsin Assembly’s elections committee, has called for invalidating President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory in the state.

Jill Cousino: A dangerous time for pregnant women in Wisconsin
The 1849 law’s only exception is so vague it leaves gold-standard, life-saving, and life-affirming medical therapy open for interpretation and scrutiny. Abortions are allowed only to save a pregnant person’s life. Yet deciding what constitutes a life-threatening emergency isn’t defined in this law.

Mike Nichols: Wisconsin’s increasingly uncompetitive tax structure
You don’t have to think Wisconsin’s trailblazing 100-year-old progressive income tax was always a bad idea to know that it’s worse than a bad idea today.

Tom Still: Dialing 9-8-8 for mental health help: It’s step forward, but only part of solution
Modeled after 9-1-1, the new “Suicide & Crisis Hotline” is designed to be a quick way for people in crisis to get connected to an existing network of more than 200 local crisis call centers around the country.

Bryan Kennedy and Andy Buck: Skilled union labor rules assure quality construction
Federal infrastructure law has quality standards which Wisconsin has moved away from.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ discuss the potential for a red flag law in Wisconsin
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider whether Wisconsin might adopt a red flag law following the recent passage of federal firearm legislation. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Paul Fanlund: Swing-district Democrat Ron Kind on why he’s leaving
U.S. Rep. Ron Kind says the increasing polarization of politics is among the reasons he’s decided not to run for reelection.

Scott Walker: We must fight back against the ‘wokeism’ hijacking our founders homes
Woke indoctrination has even hijacked the homes of our Founders.

Jerry Hanson: Vote: Our democracy needs your vote
People should not be made to jump through hoops to exercise their right to vote.

Enrique E. Figueroa: I was born in Uvalde, Texas. I have serious doubts that justice will be done on behalf of the community’s Mexican Americans.
History dictates that, if it comes, it will be unjustly deferred and grudgingly parceled out so it does not resemble full justice.