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Tom Still: Economist: Mix of factors drive ‘attainable’ housing crunch
A mix of factors make it harder for people to find the shelter they want or need – but untangling those economic knots can make housing more “attainable.”

Matt King: Milwaukee food banks have evolved. Help us help even more.
Let’s invest in a future where food assistance is a bridge towards a healthier community. Support local food assistance efforts that prioritize empowerment.

Dave Zweifel: Erroll Davis left a lasting mark on Madison
Former Madison business and civic leader Erroll Davis Jr. had passed away at the age of 81.

Stan Milam: As political reporter, Wisconsin journalist Dan Bice was fearless, feared
Not only did Wisconsin journalism lose a great reporter when Dan Bice died on his 62nd birthday, Tuesday, April 21, Wisconsin residents also lost an unvarnished look into Wisconsin politics and government from a reporter willing to dig for the truth and report it.

Scott Walker: WHCD shooting highlights danger of reckless political rhetoric
We can disagree on issues, but anyone who agrees with the guy who brought a firearm to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is evil.

Jamie Stiehm: Charles politely salvaging our ‘special relationship’
Once upon a time a charming Prince Charles and now the present king, his work is cut out for him as he and Queen Camilla reach across the ocean to try to make things right between us — or at least appear to be all right.

Gregory Humphrey: Moral leadership needed from the Trump White House about his war In Iran
Our nation has seen more than its fair share of policy disputes, strategic missteps, and even bizarre moments of national confusion since Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2025. Now, we are facing an alarming moment with the absence of moral leadership at the very top of this White House concerning the Iran war.

Jay Rothman: I was president of Wisconsin’s UW System. It needs reform.
The Universities of Wisconsin are far too important to Wisconsin to allow for governance that does not meet the standards articulated above. A functioning Board of Regents is essential for the UW System.

Gregg Hoffmann: Regulators move on data centers costs
State utility regulators recently moved in the right direction when they rejected a proposal to have ratepayers share the costs of data center power plants.

Dave Cieslewicz: The data center tax ripoff conspiracy
These companies can afford to pay sales taxes like everybody else.

Dan Knodl: Closed schools, open borders, and missed priorities: When policy failures disrupt our communities
Evers’ veto of AB 24 sends the wrong message at the wrong time. It signals a retreat from cooperation with federal law enforcement, a disregard for policies aimed at removing dangerous individuals from our communities, and a willingness to tolerate disruptions that ultimately harm Wisconsin families.

Ruth Conniff: May Day could signal the beginning of a bigger backlash
On Friday, May 1, labor unions and immigrants rights groups are coming together to organize mass walkouts in more than 3,000 cities across the U.S. “No work. No school. No shopping” is the tag line for the national campaign, joined in Wisconsin by Madison Teachers Inc., the Southcentral Federation of Labor, and myriad civic groups.

Ron Malzer: May Day is your chance to support human rights
A Day Without Immigrants on Friday May 1 will make a national statement that immigrants and their allies are vital parts of America and our economy. It will build community when that is desperately needed.

Steven Walters: Conservative justices on Supreme Court ignored 2017 plea for recusal rule
Now the liberal-controlled court is being asked by five retired judges to reconsider

John Imes: Rural Wisconsin is asking the right questions about data centers
Large-scale data center development is moving quickly into rural Wisconsin, and the scale is unlike anything the state has seen.

Jim Wood: How Wisconsin combats a high demand for energy
While the current increase in demand may be unprecedented, Wisconsin’s utilities and the various regulatory bodies with whom they work anticipated it.

Nancy Stencil and Juliana Reimann: Wisconsin mining can’t come at the cost of nature, history
GLW claims to have found significant amounts of gold and copper, as well as tellurium in their sampling. But do we truly want to place northern Wisconsin’s farmland, lakes and streams at risk?

Mark Belling: Madison, we have a problem
Dem voters may nominate an unelectable radical as their candidate for governor.

Gregory Humphrey: May 1st is a teaching moment outside of Madison’s school classrooms
Closing schools on May 1 can be a powerful and principled choice because it acknowledges that students are not just learners in a classroom but members of a nation still wrestling with deep inequities, especially those affecting immigrants and people of color. Madison schools made the call last week to shut their doors on May 1st.

David Blaska: May 1, a day without responsibility
When we heard that Madison teachers had decided to take the day off so they could take to the streets Friday to demonstrate for socialism, open borders, the repeal of Act 10, and opposition to Donald Trump — what was our reaction? It was: Forget it, Jake, it’s Madison. We’re running low on outrage.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ analyze the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court election in April and how that race has changed in recent years. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your week in review for March 20
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu’s retirement announcement, the Senate’s final floor period of the legislative session, Gov. Tony Evers signing bills extending postpartum Medicaid coverage to one year and requiring insurers to cover additional breast cancer screenings, and more.