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Ruth Conniff: Wisconsinites push back on anti-immigrant attacks
Contrary to all the toxic rhetoric, immigration is a net plus for our country, and especially for the white, rural areas the Trump/Vance campaign is targeting in Wisconsin. Beneath the noise of the political campaign, a lot of people in those communities can tell you about it.
Bruce Murphy: Will western Wisconsin shock the nation?
Republican-held CD3 could elect Democratic challenger.
Wyatt Eichholz: Misers v. big spenders — and where the Badger State fits in
Ever interested in how Wisconsin can spend less on government, we found fewer examples of parsimonious politicians elsewhere in America than we’d hoped.
Howard Fuller, Abby Andrietsch and Colleston Morgan: Wisconsin school choice isn’t controversial among students and families it helps
Families are not making a political statement when they choose a school. They simply want the freedom to find the best place for their student.
Dave Zweifel: Time to quit whining about inflation
Yes, prices are up compared to the pre-pandemic days, and much of it is the result of the Federal Reserve’s decision to drastically raise interest rates that hit rent rates, mortgages and car payments, but inflation has settled back to 2.9% today, the same rate it was in 2018 during Donald Trump’s presidency.
Richard Moore: A “Red” in every glovebox
Lawmakers need to end insurance commissioner’s Stronger Wisconsin climate mitigation program.
Taima Kern: How Dungeons & Dragons helps me lead my newsroom
In my eight years as a newsroom leader, I’ve learned that the soft skills I had to hone to be good at D&D could help me manage my team.
Tom Still: Will AI improve our world, unravel it … or a little of both?
The genie cannot be squeezed back in the bottle, so the challenge is how to harness AI for societal good – and how to build guardrails that prevent AI from being hijacked by bad actors or taking on a life of its own.
William Osmulski: State agencies struggle to perform basic functions, according to self-assessments
The MacIver Institute examined the 2024 performance measures for the state’s largest agencies. Among them, there were a total of 102 performance measures, of which the agencies met the standards for 44 of them (43%).
Bruce Thompson: Should Wisconsin legalize marijuana?
What do the people want? Let’s look at the data.
Patrick McIlheran: Policy Brief: Legal cannabis’ impact on physical and mental health
Marijuana affects its users mentally and physically — that much has long been known. As more states legalize its use, research is making clearer exactly what those effects are.
Johnny Kampis: GOP stymies excessive broadband spending in Wisconsin
Republican lawmakers on the Wisconsin Assembly’s Joint Finance Committee worked to stop excessive taxpayer spending on broadband considering the more than $1 billion the state will get from the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program.
David Ahrens: Referenda would hit low-income families hard
Despite city leaders’ hand-wringing about access to housing in Madison, the discussion about the dual tax referenda proposed by the mayor and the School Board lacks any concern about the impact of the proposed increases on the cost of housing.
John Torinus: Trump, Harris far apart on Ukraine
The policy gaps between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris must be among the widest in U.S. history. The biggest gap in foreign policy, of course, is on Ukraine.
Jerry Hanson: This is the America a MAGA vote could bring
A MAGA victory in the November election holds the real possibility that the oft-denied PROJECT 2025 agenda developed by MAGA operatives to turn their grievances into policy will be the play book used to govern.
WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ review the Trump-Harris debate
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, review the debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Rewind: Your Week in Review for Sept. 13
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss results from the latest Marquette University Law School poll, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s lawsuit to be removed from Wisconsin’s ballot, state Supreme Court hearings in two voting-related lawsuits and more.