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Tony Wilkin Gibart: Change of leadership has done little to bring transparency to Natural Resources Board
While the NRB and the Conservation Congress were once models of openness in government, they have increasingly come under the influence of officials who disregard public accountability.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ discuss key themes in Wisconsin primary races
The WisOpinion Insiders Chvala and Jensen consider the challenges facing each party in the August 9 legislative and statewide primaries. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Matthew Rothschild: ‘Catastrophic’ decision overturning Roe v Wade
The leaked draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito overturning Roe v. Wade has now become the official ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Ruth Conniff: Michael Gableman, Ron Johnson and ‘The Gang that Couldn’t Shoot Straight’
Wisconsin Republicans’ starring role in Trump’s tragic farce.

Dan Shafer: Marquette poll breakdown: Wisconsin will have two competitive statewide primaries
The Republican primary for governor and the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate each have a clear top two, and the races are heating up. We break it all down.

Dave Cieslewicz: Reading the latest MU Poll tea leaves
The primaries are August 9th. It looks right now like we’ll see Evers v. Michels and Johnson v. Barnes with both incumbents prevailing in November. But that’s a pretty shaky prediction this far out.

M.D. Kittle: Woke politics, incompetence threaten school safety
In the wake of last month’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, there has been a lot of talk about “hardening” schools. Wisconsin led the way with a $100 million school safety program. But four years later, safety is being compromised by liberal politics and a failure to stay alert.

Scott Walker: Juneteenth v. July 4
Juneteenth is possible because of Independence Day. The radicals pushing the 1619 Project and critical race theory would likely beg to differ with this statement, but the facts make a compelling case.

Tom Still: Does economy spell gloom and doom for startups … or rethink and reset?
Even in hard times, promising young companies can get funded if the investment opportunity is compelling.

Paul Fanlund: Ron Johnson, Joe McCarthy and Wisconsin’s fickle voters
This week’s revelation indicates the depth of Johnson’s role in Donald Trump effort to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election.

M.D. Kittle: Poll: Voters say Wisconsin still heading in wrong direction
Wisconsinites remain sour on the direction of a state led by Gov. Tony Evers, according to the latest University of Marquette Law School poll.

Owen Robinson: Kleefisch and Michels in dead heat
Michels and Kleefisch are tied. What’s interesting is where Michels’ support so far has come from.

Bruce Thompson: Trump’s “Big Lie” vs the election data
The story in Wisconsin and nationally could not have been clearer.

Gregory Humphrey: Reasonable conservatives not in fashion with today’s Republican Party
Today, no actual conservative party policy idea can surface as the saturation of crazy has dominated every aspect of the GOP.

Chuck Melvin: Cedarburg voted for Biden in 2020.
If you think otherwise, it means your own friends and neighbors are the “corrupt bureaucrats.”

Bruce Murphy: How We Energies spends your money
Profits from ratepayers funds foundation that gave $1 million to UWM and helps utility look like a good guy.

Rachel Kincade: We need a different discussion about the jail
We should have a smaller jail and put more resources into strategies and efforts to keep people out of the criminal justice system and out of the Dane County Jail.

M.D. Kittle: Evers’ anti-gouging order is full of gas
Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order on Tuesday prohibiting price gouging on gasoline and diesel, a CYA political move arguably as pointless as the Democrat’s time in office.

Deb Andraca: Despite tragedies, Wisconsin GOP wants more guns in more places
Wisconsin’s gun laws are among the weakest in the country and the Legislature is only trying to make our state less safe.

Bill Berry: Wisconsin’s disappearing Democrats
We are becoming a one-party state.

Tony Wilkin Gibart: Change of leadership has done little to bring transparency to Natural Resources Board
While the NRB and the Conservation Congress were once models of openness in government, they have increasingly come under the influence of officials who disregard public accountability.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ discuss key themes in Wisconsin primary races
The WisOpinion Insiders Chvala and Jensen consider the challenges facing each party in the August 9 legislative and statewide primaries. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Matthew Rothschild: ‘Catastrophic’ decision overturning Roe v Wade
The leaked draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito overturning Roe v. Wade has now become the official ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Ruth Conniff: Michael Gableman, Ron Johnson and ‘The Gang that Couldn’t Shoot Straight’
Wisconsin Republicans’ starring role in Trump’s tragic farce.

Dan Shafer: Marquette poll breakdown: Wisconsin will have two competitive statewide primaries
The Republican primary for governor and the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate each have a clear top two, and the races are heating up. We break it all down.

Dave Cieslewicz: Reading the latest MU Poll tea leaves
The primaries are August 9th. It looks right now like we’ll see Evers v. Michels and Johnson v. Barnes with both incumbents prevailing in November. But that’s a pretty shaky prediction this far out.

M.D. Kittle: Woke politics, incompetence threaten school safety
In the wake of last month’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, there has been a lot of talk about “hardening” schools. Wisconsin led the way with a $100 million school safety program. But four years later, safety is being compromised by liberal politics and a failure to stay alert.

Scott Walker: Juneteenth v. July 4
Juneteenth is possible because of Independence Day. The radicals pushing the 1619 Project and critical race theory would likely beg to differ with this statement, but the facts make a compelling case.

Tom Still: Does economy spell gloom and doom for startups … or rethink and reset?
Even in hard times, promising young companies can get funded if the investment opportunity is compelling.

Paul Fanlund: Ron Johnson, Joe McCarthy and Wisconsin’s fickle voters
This week’s revelation indicates the depth of Johnson’s role in Donald Trump effort to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election.

M.D. Kittle: Poll: Voters say Wisconsin still heading in wrong direction
Wisconsinites remain sour on the direction of a state led by Gov. Tony Evers, according to the latest University of Marquette Law School poll.

Owen Robinson: Kleefisch and Michels in dead heat
Michels and Kleefisch are tied. What’s interesting is where Michels’ support so far has come from.

Bruce Thompson: Trump’s “Big Lie” vs the election data
The story in Wisconsin and nationally could not have been clearer.

Gregory Humphrey: Reasonable conservatives not in fashion with today’s Republican Party
Today, no actual conservative party policy idea can surface as the saturation of crazy has dominated every aspect of the GOP.

Chuck Melvin: Cedarburg voted for Biden in 2020.
If you think otherwise, it means your own friends and neighbors are the “corrupt bureaucrats.”

Bruce Murphy: How We Energies spends your money
Profits from ratepayers funds foundation that gave $1 million to UWM and helps utility look like a good guy.

Rachel Kincade: We need a different discussion about the jail
We should have a smaller jail and put more resources into strategies and efforts to keep people out of the criminal justice system and out of the Dane County Jail.

M.D. Kittle: Evers’ anti-gouging order is full of gas
Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order on Tuesday prohibiting price gouging on gasoline and diesel, a CYA political move arguably as pointless as the Democrat’s time in office.

Deb Andraca: Despite tragedies, Wisconsin GOP wants more guns in more places
Wisconsin’s gun laws are among the weakest in the country and the Legislature is only trying to make our state less safe.
