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Jamie Stiehm: Trump takeover is nearly complete
It’s amazing what Trump thinks he can get away with — and then he does. Why? He goes further than any president ever dreamed to remake the capital in his own image.

Amy Hemmer: Before there was a ‘Karen’, there was a ‘Hanoi Jane’
Generations of young people today are probably unaware of Jane Fonda’s sordid past.

James Causey: Milwaukee can’t allow landlords to profit from human misery
A federal drug case involving a landlord from Hales Corners exposes a deeper issue: how poor and vulnerable tenants are often forced to live in unsafe and exploitative housing conditions in Milwaukee.

Bill Barth: States could help gas pump prices
Taxpayers will pay at the pump or some other way until the incompetents elected to office act with better fiscal discipline.

Chris Ott: Let’s expand and improve Wisconsin’s successful trains
It’s time for Wisconsin to invest more in this convenient, practical, popular alternative. Let’s bring the benefits of modern train service to more people in our state.

Will Coggin: A California law is hurting Wisconsin. Congress has the fix.
California shouldn’t be regulating Wisconsin, and this isn’t particularly controversial. From Arizona to Georgia to Maine, most residents support a Prop 12 fix in the 2026 Farm Bill.

Courtney Graves: Why is Gen Z so anti-capitalist?
A new poll shows that support for socialism among young Americans is at an all-time high. What could be responsible for this fact?

Mike McCabe: What just might unite us
Regardless of where we’re from or where we now live, we share a great many problems. None bigger than our relationship with technology, the question of whether machines will be our servants or masters, whether tools like AI will end up assisting humanity or commandeering it.

Gregg Hoffmann: Data center in the Driftless Area?
It could be time for more Driftless folks to consider zoning, at least for large businesses like data centers and others that could impact the environment.

Michael Lucas: Wisconsin labor market update: March 2026
Despite reports of a bustling stock market, improving employment conditions and rising wages, many have yet to benefit these positive developments personally. What’s really going on?

Anthony Pahnke: Wisconsin farmers are in crisis. Lawmakers aren’t helping.
Changes introduced by our Wisconsin lawmakers do little to fix an agricultural system hemorrhaging producers. Still, these changes do little to fix an agricultural system hemorrhaging producers.

Mark Belling: Democrats tell Evers to just go away
Leftist hatred of tax relief kills lame-duck governor’s deal for school aid and tax cuts.

Bill Barth: Common ground cursed by purists
A grand compromise — there’s that dirty word in politics — was scuttled for the sake of political grandstanding.

John Scott: Medicaid cuts are hurting Wisconsin
Hospitals in Van Orden’s congressional district were projected to lose more than $42 million in annual revenue under the budget law.

John Torinus: Columbus, Indiana, visionary model for smaller cities
Columbus, Indiana, a city about the size of West Bend, has become a mecca for its collection of 70 buildings designed by world-class architects.

John Imes: When removal becomes a political tool, democracy suffers
Four members of the Shorewood Hills Village Board voted to remove me as village president. Obviously, my family and I are disappointed. More importantly, this was not right, and the legal standard for removal was not met.

Bruce Murphy: The lessons of Watertown
How the bizarre censorship of instrumental music punished students and parents.

Steven Walters: Four reasons why the Wisconsin tax cut, school aid package died
The deal was worked out between Gov. Tony Evers, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, all of whom are retiring.

James E. Causey: Squirreling away surplus money while people suffer is wrong
Could you use an extra $300 or $600 right now? A proposed Wisconsin bill aimed at helping taxpayers and schools is now dead after lawmakers rejected the deal.

Reese Wood: Libertarian Party of Wisconsin condemns Wisconsin petition circulator ban
Measures like this do not strengthen democracy, they weaken voter choice and make it harder for grassroots candidates, independent candidates, and third parties to compete in Wisconsin elections.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ analyze Taylor’s 20-point win over Lazar in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the large margin of victory for liberal Judge Chris Taylor over conservative Judge Maria Lazar in Tuesday’s Supreme Court election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center for Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your week in review for April 10
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss Chris Taylor’s 20-point win in the Supreme Court race, the Board of Regents firing Jay Rothman as UW president, Gov. Tony Evers signing legislation to approve online sports bets through tribal servers and more.