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Dave Cieslewicz: Long live Iowa!
Iowa is a good place to start a presidential nominating process.

Angela Rachidi: Work is the best policy for poverty
The people of Wisconsin value hard work and, like most Americans, they see employment as a path to a prosperous life. Regrettably, for policies toward low income families, some actions of Gov. Tony Evers have undermined this fundamental value.

Jon Erpenbach and Sondy Pope: Voucher programs are a costly detriment to Wisconsin
A recent memo released by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau shows that vouchers caused $145 million in aid reduction to public schools. That amount is up 30% from last year, and this problem is only going to grow if it is not addressed.

Doug La Follette: When the winter warms
Eventually, climate change will touch and forever alter nearly everything that makes Wisconsin winters special.

John Imes: Business as usual is no longer an option
These are extraordinary times, the defining decade where we finally show a sense of urgency that “business as usual” is no longer an option. So I looked forward to attending GreenBiz20, the premier annual event for sustainability leaders with 1,500 professionals representing leading companies, government, and NGOs to explore new directions, make connections, share successes and find more effective ways to advance policymaking and climate solutions.

Bill Kaplan: Romney, civic duty and patriotism
Romney stands apart from Johnson and other Senate Republicans, giving America a lesson in civic duty and patriotism, no matter the cost to himself.

M.D. Kittle: Evers itching to spend taxpayer surplus
After the Republican-controlled Legislature signed off on two record K-12 education spending budgets encompassing four years, Evers now wants to give $250 million of the projected $620 million surplus to the Department of Public Instruction — his old stomping ground.

Dave Zweifel: No wonder Pelosi tore Trump speech
The reason, I suspect, that Pelosi made a show of ripping the speech to shreds when Trump finished talking was because of what it contained — probably the biggest collection of half-truths and outright lies in the history of presidential speech making.

Gordon Hintz: Foxconn must be transparent and held accountable if it wants to salvage project in Wisconsin
Increasing uncertainty has surrounded the Foxconn project in recent months.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ discuss Senate GOP efforts to win a veto-proof majority
With the announcement of Dem state Sen. Dave Hansen’s plan to retire, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider its effect on state GOP plans to win the seat and gain a veto-proof legislative majority.

Paul Fanlund: Will his ‘outsider’ status always insulate Trump?
If it’s true that the real source of Donald Trump’s appeal is the perception that he is a Washington “outsider,” the worst of his behavior won’t matter to his supporters.

Mike Gallagher: Let the trans-Atlantic trading begin
Seven key principles for building a bilateral bloc based on mutual prosperity and shared values.

Jim Bender: From the Cap Times editorial board, a rant on education — just not about students
More than 43,000 families in Wisconsin’s school choice programs likely will be surprised to learn that they constitute a “threat” to the state.

Sheila Plotkin: Records fees mean records denials
Some legislators charge more than $100 to forward digital records. Is that open records?

Bill Osmulski: Spooner’s Roundhouse application reveals flaws of DOT’s grant program
The City of Spooner has an old railroad yard it’s been converting into a public space for the past decade. Its plan calls for restoring a roundhouse and converting it into some kind of tourism attraction. The DOT’s application fully supports this tourism project, because there are bike paths near it.

Bruce Thompson: The Republicans’ gerrymander scheme
The polls, the data, the legalities. How Robin Vos hopes to triumph.

Dan O’Donnell: A map to nowhere
Absent from both the federal and state constitutions is any mention of “people drawing our maps,” “gubernatorial appointees,” or “nonpartisan redistricting commissions.”

Terrence Wall: The demise of Nancy Pelosi’s party
The petulance of the left was summed up Tuesday night by Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s childish act.

Patty Schachtner: Farming is our future
Farming should not be relegated to distant memory in Wisconsin. Our agricultural industry is the bedrock of our state’s economy and the strong communities that we hold so dear.

Jessie Opoien: Celebrating Mark Witherspoon and journalism grounded in public service

Dave Cieslewicz: Long live Iowa!
Iowa is a good place to start a presidential nominating process.

Angela Rachidi: Work is the best policy for poverty
The people of Wisconsin value hard work and, like most Americans, they see employment as a path to a prosperous life. Regrettably, for policies toward low income families, some actions of Gov. Tony Evers have undermined this fundamental value.

Jon Erpenbach and Sondy Pope: Voucher programs are a costly detriment to Wisconsin
A recent memo released by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau shows that vouchers caused $145 million in aid reduction to public schools. That amount is up 30% from last year, and this problem is only going to grow if it is not addressed.

Doug La Follette: When the winter warms
Eventually, climate change will touch and forever alter nearly everything that makes Wisconsin winters special.

John Imes: Business as usual is no longer an option
These are extraordinary times, the defining decade where we finally show a sense of urgency that “business as usual” is no longer an option. So I looked forward to attending GreenBiz20, the premier annual event for sustainability leaders with 1,500 professionals representing leading companies, government, and NGOs to explore new directions, make connections, share successes and find more effective ways to advance policymaking and climate solutions.

Bill Kaplan: Romney, civic duty and patriotism
Romney stands apart from Johnson and other Senate Republicans, giving America a lesson in civic duty and patriotism, no matter the cost to himself.

M.D. Kittle: Evers itching to spend taxpayer surplus
After the Republican-controlled Legislature signed off on two record K-12 education spending budgets encompassing four years, Evers now wants to give $250 million of the projected $620 million surplus to the Department of Public Instruction — his old stomping ground.

Dave Zweifel: No wonder Pelosi tore Trump speech
The reason, I suspect, that Pelosi made a show of ripping the speech to shreds when Trump finished talking was because of what it contained — probably the biggest collection of half-truths and outright lies in the history of presidential speech making.

Gordon Hintz: Foxconn must be transparent and held accountable if it wants to salvage project in Wisconsin
Increasing uncertainty has surrounded the Foxconn project in recent months.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ discuss Senate GOP efforts to win a veto-proof majority
With the announcement of Dem state Sen. Dave Hansen’s plan to retire, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider its effect on state GOP plans to win the seat and gain a veto-proof legislative majority.

Paul Fanlund: Will his ‘outsider’ status always insulate Trump?
If it’s true that the real source of Donald Trump’s appeal is the perception that he is a Washington “outsider,” the worst of his behavior won’t matter to his supporters.

Mike Gallagher: Let the trans-Atlantic trading begin
Seven key principles for building a bilateral bloc based on mutual prosperity and shared values.

Jim Bender: From the Cap Times editorial board, a rant on education — just not about students
More than 43,000 families in Wisconsin’s school choice programs likely will be surprised to learn that they constitute a “threat” to the state.

Sheila Plotkin: Records fees mean records denials
Some legislators charge more than $100 to forward digital records. Is that open records?

Bill Osmulski: Spooner’s Roundhouse application reveals flaws of DOT’s grant program
The City of Spooner has an old railroad yard it’s been converting into a public space for the past decade. Its plan calls for restoring a roundhouse and converting it into some kind of tourism attraction. The DOT’s application fully supports this tourism project, because there are bike paths near it.

Bruce Thompson: The Republicans’ gerrymander scheme
The polls, the data, the legalities. How Robin Vos hopes to triumph.

Dan O’Donnell: A map to nowhere
Absent from both the federal and state constitutions is any mention of “people drawing our maps,” “gubernatorial appointees,” or “nonpartisan redistricting commissions.”

Terrence Wall: The demise of Nancy Pelosi’s party
The petulance of the left was summed up Tuesday night by Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s childish act.

Patty Schachtner: Farming is our future
Farming should not be relegated to distant memory in Wisconsin. Our agricultural industry is the bedrock of our state’s economy and the strong communities that we hold so dear.