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Alison Bethel: Minnesota shooting is another assault on democracy
The attacks in Minnesota must not become just another headline. They must be a line in the sand. A moment to say: enough. We will not surrender our nation’s better angels to its worst instincts. Not today. Not ever.

Julian Bradley: Health care pricing bill will provide enforcement. Consumers deserve cost data.
Wisconsin must take the lead in enforcing transparency on pricing information for common hospital procedures.

Patrick McIlheran: Courage on Medicaid in the past helps Wisconsin now
Now, alone among 10 states that didn’t expand Medicaid, Wisconsin has no gap between eligibility for Medicaid and for Obamacare exchanges. That’s why estimates find that most Wisconsinites who’d be moved to Medicaid if the state expanded eligibility up the income scale already are covered.

Philip Rocco: Wisconsin voters don’t want to lose health coverage. Yet 96,000 will under Trump.
People want health care that’s there when they need it, that doesn’t bankrupt them, and that doesn’t force them to navigate a labyrinth of paperwork.

Bill Kaplan: More hunger, farmers get hurt
Trump and congressional Republicans are determined to eliminate food assistance programs.

Judith Davidoff: Have walker, will protest
Seniors, people with disabilities, opt for more accessible ‘No Kings’ rally in Madison.

David Blaska: Madison’s anti-Trump rally may well be what Democracy looks like
No Kings/Madison WI was impressive. It’s the bandwagon effect. Says, Hey! We could prevail! We doubt any anti-Trump demonstration anywhere in the country showed stronger, per capita. These people vote!

Mike McCabe: The whole point of protest
King speaks to us still, reminding us that to be effective, protest needs to reach across social boundaries and engender sympathy, that skillful protesters don’t permit themselves to be baited into alienating behavior, don’t waste energy trying to one-up each other.

Dora Drake: Safe roads save lives
Safe Roads Save Lives Act promotes public transparency and accountability while prioritizing traffic safety.

William Osmulski: MPS accepts responsibility for its lead problems
While Baldwin Blames Kennedy: MPS’ lead problem is an MPS problem that MPS took responsibility for causing and that is being handled by MPS.

LaKeshia N. Myers: Give students a voice
Wisconsin must follow Maryland’s lead and codify student board representation through state legislation.

Terrance Wall: Things my father taught me
So guys, here’s a few things my father taught me that apparently a lot of younger guys didn’t have the opportunity to learn.

David McGrath: My father’s ‘system’ for raising eight children
Charlie McGrath was a salesman in debt half his life and never able to buy us the clothes, shoes and gadgets our friends from smaller families had. But he gave to each of us, unselfishly, something way more valuable: himself.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ weigh in on charges against Milwaukee judge in ICE evasion case
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the FBI’s arrest of Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan, who is facing felony charges over accusations she helped an undocumented immigrant attempt to evade arrest by federal immigration officials. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Mike Nichols: Without legislative change, dwindling ranks of young accountants will flee Wisconsin
As nearby states reform, Wisconsin clings to licensure requirements that add little value.

Judith Davidoff: Local government’s mixed record on meeting notices
The law says agendas must be “reasonably specific.”

Kristin Brey: Trump gives off strongman pageantry with military parade we’re paying for
Trump’s parade Pinterest board seems to be emulating an aesthetic that is part Putin, part Kim Jong Un, with a little young Mussolini mustache twirl.

Scott Walker: California’s failures on homelessness, drugs and crime show it’s time for real change
It is time for California to become more like America again.

Dave Zweifel: Trump’s National Guard move in Los Angeles was all show
When a real insurrection took place at the U.S. Capitol, Trump did nothing, sat in the little dining room off the Oval office and watched television.

Christina Lieffring: A leftist critique of top-heavy public institutions
More investment in the actual laborers will better serve everyone.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ weigh in on charges against Milwaukee judge in ICE evasion case
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the FBI’s arrest of Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan, who is facing felony charges over accusations she helped an undocumented immigrant attempt to evade arrest by federal immigration officials. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for June 13
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Joint Finance Committee Republicans approving tax cut and education funding plans for the state budget, a lawsuit filed against Elon Musk over paying people to sign petitions, this weekend’s state Dem Party convention and more.