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WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ take up Johnson’s reconciliation fight
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take up U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s demand for deeper cuts in the House version of the federal reconciliation bill. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

John Torinus: Out of Big Ten for taxes
4th highest to 28th … The game has changed in terms of competition with other states. We are now in the middle of the pack on taxes. That means that citizens and their politicians can consider other dimensions of life in Wisconsin.

Dan O’Donnell: The gerrymandering farce
It didn’t take long after radical liberal judge Susan Crawford won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a hard-left law firm to challenge the state’s congressional maps, something Crawford was rather obviously installed on the Court to do, but will the Court actually do it?

Barb Dittrich: Support postpartum coverage of new mothers
Wisconsin Republicans need to send the message that we truly are pro-life at every age, stage, and ability, and that we value the well-being of mothers and their newborn babies. Let’s ensure that every new Wisconsin mother has the support for their families to thrive.

Brooke Legler: We are choosing a bleak future for Wisconsin children
We spend about four times as much to keep someone in prison as we spend on education — it’s inhumane, and it impoverishes our state and condemns children to unnecessary suffering and a bleak future.

Bruce Murphy: Guns now kill more than auto crashes
Super majority in state wants some gun restrictions. Will Republicans agree?

Kathleen Gallagher: UWM’s making a big mistake to cut engineering program at critical time
Amid a domestic manufacturing renaissance, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee leadership is pushing to eliminate its materials science department.

Dave Cieslewicz: Sanctuary communities?
Last week the Trump administration identified four places in Wisconsin that they define as “sanctuary” communities: Milwaukee, Madison, Dane County and, who would have thunk it, Shawano County.

Bill Barth: Support varies for deportation
It’s one thing to round up and kick out gang members, killers, drug dealers and rapists. It’s another to sweep out people who are none of those things, who have become productive members of their communities. And parents of American citizens.

Emily Mills: How AI is harming Wisconsin’s path to renewable energy
Despite public opposition, Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission approved We Energies’ proposal to build two new fossil fuel-burning power plants, in part to meet demand from data centers and AI.

David Blaska: None dare call RoJo a RINO
Like Elon Musk, Wisconsin’s most influential Republican has broken with Donald Trump on that budget bill.

Dave Zweifel: This is what Robin Hood in reverse looks like
U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, along with the five other Wisconsin GOP representatives, has looked the other way while Trump issues unconstitutional orders one after the other.

James E. Causey: Americans need transformative talks on race. Juneteenth is the space for that.
While Milwaukee has the longest Juneteenth celebration in the nation, some cities that have previously celebrated Juneteenth have announced plans to either scale back or cancel their celebrations.

Kristin Brey: Ernst said we’re all going to die. Can we get decent health care in the meantime?
Losing your health coverage should not trigger the equivalent of a shrug emoji from someone elected to serve the public good.

Bill Berry: What the ^&*% is with all the swearing?
Trump has gotten cruder along the way, if that’s possible, but he’s hardly alone.

Mitchell A. Sobieski: From Mao to MAGA: How Trump’s decade of political chaos echoes China’s Cultural Revolution
Both Mao and Trump achieved something few modern leaders have, a personality cult so complete it displaced ideology itself.

Jacob Major: Milwaukee said yes to housing. Why are politicians saying no to lower rents?
If Milwaukeeans want to avoid displacement and skyrocketing rents, they must demand their council members support the mayoral mandate they voted for.

Steven Walters: Wisconsin has record number of female legislators
44 of 132 legislators are now women.

Andrew Weiss: Wisconsin’s energy future hangs in the balance
If the One Big Beautiful Bill Act reaches President Trump’s desk, Congress must reject anything short of a complete elimination of Inflation Reduction Act green energy subsidies.
Bryan Rogers: Profit or people? The PSC’s choice will shape Wisconsin’s future
Right now, they face legacy-defining decisions—chief among them, whether to approve two new methane gas plants proposed by We Energies in Oak Creek and Paris.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ debate the Wisconsin Supreme Court upholding governors’ veto power
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decision that upheld the governor’s line-item veto authority after Gov. Tony Evers edited the ’23-’25 state budget to extend a two-year school funding increase by 400 years. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for April 25
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss how GOP lawmakers may seek to get around Gov. Tony Evers’ veto authority, efforts to reach a tax cut deal, this week’s action in the Legislature, Evers administration guidance on how state employees should respond to ICE visits, the race for state Dem Party chair and more.