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Dan Shafer: Tear down the stadium freeway in Milwaukee
Milwaukee now has an opportunity to rethink the I-94 expansion project, so let’s think big. The Stadium Freeway should be converted to a boulevard.

Lakeshia Myers: The enemy within the state
How the GOP-led state Legislature continues to malign Milwaukee.

M.D. Kittle: Protection from Evers’ veto pen
The Republican-controlled Legislature, by all accounts, crafted a tight two-year budget with an eye on protection against Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ angry veto pen.

Bruce Murphy: State ranks higher in virtual classrooms
Students of color most likely to get virtual instruction. Racial gap 14th highest in Wisconsin.

Reggie Jackson: A racial reckoning
Why people of color represent a mirror that white America refuses to look into.

Jim Kreuser: GOP attacks on Evers’ Kenosha response based on lies
Evers answered every call and did everything he could within his powers to assist Kenosha County in its time of greatest need.

M.D. Kittle: Frustration and fear at Lincoln Hills
Staff members at Lincoln Hills School for Boys, the state’s troubled juvenile offender prison, are leaving the job at an alarming pace.

Lena Taylor: Given the chance, Republicans did as little as possible
GOP controlled Legislature passes state budget riddled with problems.

Bill G. Smith: Good riddance to small business tax
The personal property tax in many ways is a small business tax.

Danielle Endvick: Don’t be duped by deceptive labeling
Misleading ‘Product of the USA’ label is hurting American farmers.

Dan Kaufman: Scott Walker’s Wisconsin paved the way for Donald Trump’s America
Act 10 sparked a nationwide attack on labor that fueled the rise of right-wing populism and helped elect Donald Trump.

James Rowen: Grothman, Fitzgerald dishonor state heroes
Vote against removing Confederate statues from U.S. Capitol dishonors Civil War dead.

Bill Kaplan: U.S. Sen. Johnson disparages bipartisan infrastructure plan as socialist
Johnson is out of step with other GOP senators who want to help problem-solve.

Dave Zweifel: On this 4th of July we should worry about the future
A national poll has shown that a majority — 55% — of Republicans said they support the use of force as a means to stop the decline of “the traditional American way of life.”

John Nichols: Pocan’s patriotic proposal to slash Pentagon spending
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan has emerged as one of the leading advocates for cutting the Pentagon budget, and he makes no bones about his determination to spend less on military adventurism and more on domestic renewal.

M.D. Kittle: Broken promises, violent consequences
Evers fails to lead on Lincoln Hills.

Deb Andraca: Wisconsin can do more to prevent gun violence
For years our state legislative leaders have not only failed to respond, but have refused to even debate the matter.

Steven Walters: Legislature is the most diverse in history
Many first served as local officials, many ran small businesses, some started as Capitol staffers.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ discuss whether Barnes should run for U.S. Senate
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss whether Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes should run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Ron Johnson.

Dave Zweifel: Advice from an activist at 100
Being in the trenches still counts.

Dan Shafer: Tear down the stadium freeway in Milwaukee
Milwaukee now has an opportunity to rethink the I-94 expansion project, so let’s think big. The Stadium Freeway should be converted to a boulevard.

Lakeshia Myers: The enemy within the state
How the GOP-led state Legislature continues to malign Milwaukee.

M.D. Kittle: Protection from Evers’ veto pen
The Republican-controlled Legislature, by all accounts, crafted a tight two-year budget with an eye on protection against Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ angry veto pen.

Bruce Murphy: State ranks higher in virtual classrooms
Students of color most likely to get virtual instruction. Racial gap 14th highest in Wisconsin.

Reggie Jackson: A racial reckoning
Why people of color represent a mirror that white America refuses to look into.

Jim Kreuser: GOP attacks on Evers’ Kenosha response based on lies
Evers answered every call and did everything he could within his powers to assist Kenosha County in its time of greatest need.

M.D. Kittle: Frustration and fear at Lincoln Hills
Staff members at Lincoln Hills School for Boys, the state’s troubled juvenile offender prison, are leaving the job at an alarming pace.

Lena Taylor: Given the chance, Republicans did as little as possible
GOP controlled Legislature passes state budget riddled with problems.

Bill G. Smith: Good riddance to small business tax
The personal property tax in many ways is a small business tax.

Danielle Endvick: Don’t be duped by deceptive labeling
Misleading ‘Product of the USA’ label is hurting American farmers.

Dan Kaufman: Scott Walker’s Wisconsin paved the way for Donald Trump’s America
Act 10 sparked a nationwide attack on labor that fueled the rise of right-wing populism and helped elect Donald Trump.

James Rowen: Grothman, Fitzgerald dishonor state heroes
Vote against removing Confederate statues from U.S. Capitol dishonors Civil War dead.

Bill Kaplan: U.S. Sen. Johnson disparages bipartisan infrastructure plan as socialist
Johnson is out of step with other GOP senators who want to help problem-solve.

Dave Zweifel: On this 4th of July we should worry about the future
A national poll has shown that a majority — 55% — of Republicans said they support the use of force as a means to stop the decline of “the traditional American way of life.”

John Nichols: Pocan’s patriotic proposal to slash Pentagon spending
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan has emerged as one of the leading advocates for cutting the Pentagon budget, and he makes no bones about his determination to spend less on military adventurism and more on domestic renewal.

M.D. Kittle: Broken promises, violent consequences
Evers fails to lead on Lincoln Hills.

Deb Andraca: Wisconsin can do more to prevent gun violence
For years our state legislative leaders have not only failed to respond, but have refused to even debate the matter.

Steven Walters: Legislature is the most diverse in history
Many first served as local officials, many ran small businesses, some started as Capitol staffers.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ discuss whether Barnes should run for U.S. Senate
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss whether Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes should run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Ron Johnson.
