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Bill Kaplan: U.S. GOP Rep. Tom Tiffany opposes helping Ukraine
The Trump-loving, Biden-hating isolationist wing of the House Republicans is a growing problem in a closely divided House. Tiffany is a ringleader.

Dave Zweifel: GOP obstruction knows no bounds
Their intent isn’t to govern, but to make it next to impossible to do so.

Patrick McIlheran: Big price, smaller opportunities
As you fill up with gas that as of Thursday averages $4.84 a gallon in metro Milwaukee, remember that the progressive movement in Washington, D.C., long has wanted fuel to be priced as a luxury good.

Lena Taylor: Let us finally do something
How many more have to die before state and federal lawmakers are willing to take meaningful steps to bring about real change?

M.D. Kittle: Evers attacks business again
Tough-talking Tony Evers wants you to believe he’s going to solve the baby formula shortage crisis by incriminating the people who make it and sell it.

John Nichols: Progressives just ousted the Joe Manchin of the House
Representative Kurt Schrader is the first corporate Democratic incumbent to lose his seat to a progressive challenger this election cycle. And he may not be the last.

Tom Still: A steady flow of Wisconsin innovation may help ease water woes
Three examples of innovation at the June 1-2 Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ consider how violent crime may impact Milwaukee’s chances of hosting 2024 RNC
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at violent crime in Milwaukee and consider how it may impact the Republican National Committee’s decision whether to host its 2024 convention in the city. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Dave Zweifel: With democracy at stake, it’s impossible to be too hard on Republicans
They need to be called out for the destruction they’re wreaking on America and its democratic values.

Dan O’Donnell: America’s real mass murder problem
The massacre in Uvalde has rightfully dominated headlines for the past week, but the sad reality is that more than three times more people are murdered in America every single day.

Bryan Steil: U.S. cannot depend on foreign semiconductor chip production
If we’ve learned anything from the supply chain shortages in the last few months, much less the last two years, it’s that we need to encourage production of goods in the United States.

Bill Lueders: State officials create fake document to cover up misconduct in eviction case
Officials at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services have created a fraudulent document as part of an apparent cover-up regarding its investigation into the eviction of my then-97-year-old mother from a senior care facility last fall.

Alan Borsuk: From safety to behavior to enrollment, it’s been a tough school year
The problem: Those issues aren’t going away.

Scott Frostman: Summer is yellow, orange and political
We now rely on Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, to make the next commissioner appointment, so the direction and future of the Wisconsin Elections Commission remains in flux.

Nada Elmikashfi: I’m Muslim and I’m pro-choice
No one’s religion should control access to reproductive health care.

Paul Farrow: State convention showcases shared Republican values
Ultimately, we believe in the rights of the individual. We know that Americans should be able to start a business, raise a family, and live their lives without government interference.

Dave Cieslewicz: Knudson throws in the towel
Wisconsin Elections Commissioner Dean Knudson abruptly resigned last week.

Dan Shafer: Should Milwaukee host the RNC in 2024?
Republicans in Wisconsin are in an endless cycle of demonizing, demeaning and defunding Milwaukee. Hosting the RNC here would be a tough pill to swallow. But the political reality might demand it.

M.D. Kittle: Tammy Baldwin quiet on another veterans center scandal
As Wisconsin lawmakers seek answers to the shocking revelations of abuse and neglect at a southeast Wisconsin veterans nursing home, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin has been conspicuously quiet.


Bill Kaplan: U.S. GOP Rep. Tom Tiffany opposes helping Ukraine
The Trump-loving, Biden-hating isolationist wing of the House Republicans is a growing problem in a closely divided House. Tiffany is a ringleader.

Dave Zweifel: GOP obstruction knows no bounds
Their intent isn’t to govern, but to make it next to impossible to do so.

Patrick McIlheran: Big price, smaller opportunities
As you fill up with gas that as of Thursday averages $4.84 a gallon in metro Milwaukee, remember that the progressive movement in Washington, D.C., long has wanted fuel to be priced as a luxury good.

Lena Taylor: Let us finally do something
How many more have to die before state and federal lawmakers are willing to take meaningful steps to bring about real change?

M.D. Kittle: Evers attacks business again
Tough-talking Tony Evers wants you to believe he’s going to solve the baby formula shortage crisis by incriminating the people who make it and sell it.

John Nichols: Progressives just ousted the Joe Manchin of the House
Representative Kurt Schrader is the first corporate Democratic incumbent to lose his seat to a progressive challenger this election cycle. And he may not be the last.

Tom Still: A steady flow of Wisconsin innovation may help ease water woes
Three examples of innovation at the June 1-2 Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ consider how violent crime may impact Milwaukee’s chances of hosting 2024 RNC
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at violent crime in Milwaukee and consider how it may impact the Republican National Committee’s decision whether to host its 2024 convention in the city. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Dave Zweifel: With democracy at stake, it’s impossible to be too hard on Republicans
They need to be called out for the destruction they’re wreaking on America and its democratic values.

Dan O’Donnell: America’s real mass murder problem
The massacre in Uvalde has rightfully dominated headlines for the past week, but the sad reality is that more than three times more people are murdered in America every single day.

Bryan Steil: U.S. cannot depend on foreign semiconductor chip production
If we’ve learned anything from the supply chain shortages in the last few months, much less the last two years, it’s that we need to encourage production of goods in the United States.

Bill Lueders: State officials create fake document to cover up misconduct in eviction case
Officials at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services have created a fraudulent document as part of an apparent cover-up regarding its investigation into the eviction of my then-97-year-old mother from a senior care facility last fall.

Alan Borsuk: From safety to behavior to enrollment, it’s been a tough school year
The problem: Those issues aren’t going away.

Scott Frostman: Summer is yellow, orange and political
We now rely on Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, to make the next commissioner appointment, so the direction and future of the Wisconsin Elections Commission remains in flux.

Nada Elmikashfi: I’m Muslim and I’m pro-choice
No one’s religion should control access to reproductive health care.

Paul Farrow: State convention showcases shared Republican values
Ultimately, we believe in the rights of the individual. We know that Americans should be able to start a business, raise a family, and live their lives without government interference.

Dave Cieslewicz: Knudson throws in the towel
Wisconsin Elections Commissioner Dean Knudson abruptly resigned last week.

Dan Shafer: Should Milwaukee host the RNC in 2024?
Republicans in Wisconsin are in an endless cycle of demonizing, demeaning and defunding Milwaukee. Hosting the RNC here would be a tough pill to swallow. But the political reality might demand it.

M.D. Kittle: Tammy Baldwin quiet on another veterans center scandal
As Wisconsin lawmakers seek answers to the shocking revelations of abuse and neglect at a southeast Wisconsin veterans nursing home, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin has been conspicuously quiet.
