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Tom Still: Federal R&D investment has pathway forward – now what for Wisconsin?
Biden vowed to sign a bill to provide a historic burst of investment in tech-based research, development and manufacturing.

Bill Berry: Silenced again, folks who want clean water will eventually be heard
The state of protecting Wisconsin’s drinking water for us little folks is in such rough shape these days it’s hard to think where to start or what to say in this short space.

Dave Cieslewicz: Baldwin keeps the wolves at bay
Her move to delist the gray wolf is about playing the right card.

Victor Valionta: Why I’m helping people in Ukraine
A Milwaukeean now living in Ukraine is helping a besieged people.

Gregory Humphrey: Biden jumps up in poll with rally-around-the Ukrainian flag sentiment
The poll shows what leadership can accomplish abroad, and at home.

Matt Rothschild: Surprise victory on fair maps
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a surprise, if partial, victory on the issue of fair maps.

Dan O’Donnell: Wisconsin legalizes racial gerrymandering
Gov. Tony Evers’ maps represent an unconstitutional racial gerrymander that blatantly violates both the Voting Rights Act and the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.

Bill Kaplan: U.S. Rep. Gallagher is a hawk, not an owl
Hawks like Wisconsin GOP U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher acted recklessly concerning Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Roger Utnehmer: Prehn the squatter may mean the end of DNR Board governance
Prehn should leave the DNR board, the state Senate should confirm his replacement and Wisconsin voters should hold the Republican obstructionists who have facilitated his “seat-squatting” antics accountable in the next election.

Owen Robinson: Power v. education
School Choice changes the dynamic by forcing schools — government and private — to be responsive to the families they serve.

LaKeshia Myers: Finally, future focused leadership emerges at Milwaukee Public Schools
What is evident, is the district cannot continue to operate with business as usual; MPS cannot continue to rely on apportionment for poverty on performance assessments, the overall proficiency rates for students must get better.

Bill Barth: Do we really want state’s overreach?
Politicians’ gaze easily could shift to Beloit after any reconfiguration of Milwaukee schools.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ weigh impact of Ramthun’s GOP primary bid
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, weigh the impact of Rep. Timothy Ramthun’s entry into the GOP gubernatorial primary race. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Paul Fanlund: Why we seem mired in a time of ‘toddler meltdown behavior’
Capital Times Editor and Publisher Paul Fanlund speaks with University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Christine Whelan about the rise in inconsiderate and aggressive behavior amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Scott Walker: Biden’s state of denial address
Our people are strong, but the state of our Union is not.

Dave Cieslewicz: Biden takes the right tack
In his State of the Union speech earlier this week Pres. Joe Biden tacked to the center. In doing so, he gave his party some slim hope for the fall.

David Blaska: Getting it right on crime and schooling
Are even Democrats awaking from wokeness?

Ruth Conniff: A moment of clarity on voting rights
Marquette University Law School Poll Director Charles Franklin took a rare break from his usual careful neutrality to answer a question about his childhood in the segregated south in the 1950s and 60s.

Dan Shafer: Marquette Poll Breakdown: Tony Evers is a popular governor
Plus: The continued high favorability of the Black Lives Matter Movement, primary polls for Senator and Governor, marijuana legalization, and more.

Lena Taylor: We just want to live
Whether abroad or at home, being Black is a problem.

Tom Still: Federal R&D investment has pathway forward – now what for Wisconsin?
Biden vowed to sign a bill to provide a historic burst of investment in tech-based research, development and manufacturing.

Bill Berry: Silenced again, folks who want clean water will eventually be heard
The state of protecting Wisconsin’s drinking water for us little folks is in such rough shape these days it’s hard to think where to start or what to say in this short space.

Dave Cieslewicz: Baldwin keeps the wolves at bay
Her move to delist the gray wolf is about playing the right card.

Victor Valionta: Why I’m helping people in Ukraine
A Milwaukeean now living in Ukraine is helping a besieged people.

Gregory Humphrey: Biden jumps up in poll with rally-around-the Ukrainian flag sentiment
The poll shows what leadership can accomplish abroad, and at home.

Matt Rothschild: Surprise victory on fair maps
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a surprise, if partial, victory on the issue of fair maps.

Dan O’Donnell: Wisconsin legalizes racial gerrymandering
Gov. Tony Evers’ maps represent an unconstitutional racial gerrymander that blatantly violates both the Voting Rights Act and the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.

Bill Kaplan: U.S. Rep. Gallagher is a hawk, not an owl
Hawks like Wisconsin GOP U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher acted recklessly concerning Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Roger Utnehmer: Prehn the squatter may mean the end of DNR Board governance
Prehn should leave the DNR board, the state Senate should confirm his replacement and Wisconsin voters should hold the Republican obstructionists who have facilitated his “seat-squatting” antics accountable in the next election.

Owen Robinson: Power v. education
School Choice changes the dynamic by forcing schools — government and private — to be responsive to the families they serve.

LaKeshia Myers: Finally, future focused leadership emerges at Milwaukee Public Schools
What is evident, is the district cannot continue to operate with business as usual; MPS cannot continue to rely on apportionment for poverty on performance assessments, the overall proficiency rates for students must get better.

Bill Barth: Do we really want state’s overreach?
Politicians’ gaze easily could shift to Beloit after any reconfiguration of Milwaukee schools.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ weigh impact of Ramthun’s GOP primary bid
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, weigh the impact of Rep. Timothy Ramthun’s entry into the GOP gubernatorial primary race. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Paul Fanlund: Why we seem mired in a time of ‘toddler meltdown behavior’
Capital Times Editor and Publisher Paul Fanlund speaks with University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Christine Whelan about the rise in inconsiderate and aggressive behavior amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Scott Walker: Biden’s state of denial address
Our people are strong, but the state of our Union is not.

Dave Cieslewicz: Biden takes the right tack
In his State of the Union speech earlier this week Pres. Joe Biden tacked to the center. In doing so, he gave his party some slim hope for the fall.

David Blaska: Getting it right on crime and schooling
Are even Democrats awaking from wokeness?

Ruth Conniff: A moment of clarity on voting rights
Marquette University Law School Poll Director Charles Franklin took a rare break from his usual careful neutrality to answer a question about his childhood in the segregated south in the 1950s and 60s.

Dan Shafer: Marquette Poll Breakdown: Tony Evers is a popular governor
Plus: The continued high favorability of the Black Lives Matter Movement, primary polls for Senator and Governor, marijuana legalization, and more.
