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WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ consider Biden’s chances of winning again in Wisconsin
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider President Joe Biden’s chances of winning again in Wisconsin in 2024. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Paul Fanlund: Assessing race in Madison 10 years after ‘Justified Anger’
An essay by the Rev. Alex Gee in the Cap Times in December 2013 sparked a movement called “Justified Anger” that is still shaping Madison today.

Mike Nichols: Government Scrooges take cut of Christmas tree trade
And it came to pass that the whole world should be taxed (or charged a fee) — unfortunately.

O. Ricardo Pimentel: Hands off our national myth, er, story – the dynamic driving anti-wokeness
Anti-woke conservatives want to whitewash history to preserve their dream of American exceptionalism. But we can celebrate our nation’s ideals even while acknowledging that we’ve fallen short of them.

Scott Walker: Republicans must make the economy central in 2024 election campaigns
A typical American household must spend $11,434 more each year to maintain the standard of living they enjoyed in January 2021, according to a new report.

Scott Neitzel: Foxconn work helped draw Microsoft to region
Kudos to all of those who stayed the course, passed the laws, improved the site, kept the faith, ignored the critics and worked to land such a prized partner. It really is great when a plan comes together.

Paul Soglin: Madison faces ‘unprecedented fiscal crisis’
The mess is the result of a series of financial decisions made over the past five years; it is not a result of the pandemic. In fact the fiscal relief provided by the federal government through the American Rescue Plan Act only masked the poorly thought-out decisions pushed forward by Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway.

Dave Cieslewicz: Soglin being Soglin
The former Madison mayor never fails to try to sabotage whoever currently holds the office.

Susan De Vos: BRT preys on local bus service
Madison’s bus rapid transit (BRT) and local bus service could and should complement each other. Instead, Madison’s Network Redesign Plan places them in opposition by preying on local transit service funding to support BRT.

Dan O’Donnell: Why Governor Evers’ email scandal matters
“Warren.Spahn@wisconsin.gov” has sent or received 17,000 emails since Evers took office—an average of more than 11 per day—in a blatant and calculated attempt at evading Wisconsin’s Open Records Law and shielding from the public correspondence that it has an absolute right to view.

Mark Belling: Evers thinks he can do whatever he wants
Now he’s stealing Warren Spahn’s name to duck state records law.

Spencer Black: Walker era giveaway threatens popular state park
One of our most popular state parks is being threatened by a Scott Walker-era corporate giveaway that could not only degrade the popular Kohler-Andrae State Park but also set a dangerous precedent that could endanger other state parks as well.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ consider Biden’s chances of winning again in Wisconsin
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider President Joe Biden’s chances of winning again in Wisconsin in 2024. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Dec. 1
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the new lawsuit challenging ACT 10, Madison Dem Sen. Melissa Agard’s bid for Dane County executive, a judge dismissing an open meetings complaint against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos over his impeachment advisory panel, Gov. Tony Evers’ alias email account, the redistricting lawsuit before the state Supreme Court and more.