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Jason Polzin and Erik Iverson: From bench to bedside: How WARF and GE HealthCare turn ideas into impact
Over more than three decades, GE HealthCare, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation have built one of the nation’s most productive research and product development collaborations.

George Mitchell: School choice in Wisconsin — will it flatline?
Wisconsin legislators in both parties are ready to ramp up the regulatory machine. This will slow — and likely reduce — the participation of private schools.

Jordan Sinz: Behind every successful school year is a team you don’t always see
As we celebrate National Learning and Development Month, CESA 10 is proud to partner with educators, administrators and the support teams who make learning possible.

John Torinus: Republican congressmen still in hiding
The disappearing act of Republican congressmen continues. Their town hall meetings, once a standard practice for staying in touch with their constituents, have become a rare occurrence in the face of in-your-face protests.

John Nichols: The message from Wisconsin is ‘No Kings!’
Wisconsinites will on Saturday raise the oldest and most patriotic of American cries: “No Kings!”

David Blaska: Prosecute your enemies, pay nothing unless you win
Maybe Letitia James and the original wagers of law fare deserve a little hair of the dog.

Mitchell A. Sobieski: Mechanism of control: How a 1990 GOP memo reshaped American politics by turning language into a weapon
In 1990, a little-known Republican political training organization called GOPAC released a document that would come to define American political rhetoric for decades to come.

Dave Zweifel: Bernie Sanders lays out terrifying results of GOP policies
One of the reasons congressional Democrats are standing strong against their GOP colleagues’ efforts to extend the One Big Beautiful Bill’s cuts to health care stems from a report from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on the devastation the cuts will cause American families.

Michelle Bryant: Remembering George Floyd: We are the stewards of his story
It has now been five years since the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, a tragedy that became a catalyst for urgent conversations and action on race, justice, and equality in the United States and across the globe.

Paul Fanlund: The Charlie Kirk column the Star Tribune wouldn’t touch
Missing from the mix on the Minnesota Star Tribune’s opinion page was the voice of Angela Denker, a Lutheran pastor, author, and expert on white Christian nationalism.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ assess the GOP field for Wisconsin governor
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at who’s in and who’s out in the GOP field for Wisconsin governor. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Patrick McIlheran: Fixing regulatory rampage will require amendment, say observers
But reforms via statute might help Wisconsin avoid a still more onerous environment

Elizabeth Ward: Trump administration can’t repeal Roadless Rule. We must save national forests.
Millions have made their voices heard, and the effort to sell off our natural heritage outright was squashed for now.

Gregg Hoffmann: Mining issue is back in Wisconsin
Those of us who are old enough remember the Crandon mine and other mining controversies. The issues led to a mining moratorium that was lifted by the state Legislature in 2017. Mining is an issue again after some recent exploratory drilling in northern Wisconsin.

Tom Still: State tax credits for investors in start-ups have paid off; updates should, too
The 20-year-old Qualified New Business Venture tax credit program has levered $882 million in private investment since taking effect Jan. 1, 2005. With two timely updates, it could become an even bigger success for Wisconsin.

Mark Lisheron: Fight over Obamacare is fight worth having
Wisconsin taxpayers ought to be rooting hard for conservatives to hold the line during this current federal government shutdown and let the pandemic-era super-subsidies for the Affordable Care Act run out at the end of the year.

James E. Causey: Sick of politics? Under Big Beautiful Bill, don’t get sick for real
A group of Milwaukee leaders came together to unite around fighting back against changes in health care that will be devastating to our community.

Scott Walker: Charlie Kirk and George Floyd: A lesson in violence response
Conservatives pray and forgive; leftists loot and riot

Dave Cieslewicz: The curse of tribalism
Reason and fairness should prevail over team colors.

Bruce Thompson: The irony of the government shutdown
States that overwhelmingly backed Donald Trump now stand to lose the most in ACA subsidy battle.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ offer suggestions to end political violence
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at recent political violence and suggest some ways to end it. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Aug. 29
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss conservative Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley’s decision not to seek reelection, Vice President J.D. Vance’s visit to La Crosse, the state GOP’s November election review and more.