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Bruce Murphy: Republicans hit bottom in Supreme Court race
Quiet campaign didn’t work. Party is in deep trouble.

Ruth Conniff: What Chris Taylor’s big Supreme Court win means for Wisconsin
Taylor’s lopsided victory does not mean that Wisconsin has turned, overnight, from a 50-50 purple state that narrowly elected both Presidents Joe Biden and Donald Trump into a liberal stronghold where Democrats can expect to run the table in November.

Dan Shafer: Alicia Halvensleben wins stunning victory in race for mayor in Waukesha
What makes this result especially interesting is that Halvensleben is a Democrat.

Dave Maxey: Wisconsin’s election problems just keep getting worse
We need election officials who actually care about getting this right, and we need candidates who understand and respect the law enough to follow it.

Scott Manley: Property taxes are high, but how are school districts actually spending your money?
Taxpayers are right to be angry that our property taxes are so high, and they should be especially angry about the misallocation of their school tax dollars. High property taxes and low return-on-investment are a choice, and school districts have chosen poorly.

James Finkelstein and Judith Wilde: UW president’s exit was a governance failure from start
The immediate controversy over UW president’s firing centers on secrecy. However, the more significant governance issue started long before. It began with a presidential employment agreement.

Kenneth Zagacki and Richard Cherwitz: When it comes to wartime rhetoric, Trump is no Churchill
Whatever the case and for whatever reasons, Churchill’s sense of moral and strategic clarity is harder to find today in our leaders’ wartime rhetoric. Instead there is fragmented and often contradictory messaging.

Dan Shafer: In Chris Taylor’s resounding landslide victory, Wisconsin voters again choose a judicial check on Trump
In the 2026 race for Wisconsin Supreme Court, Chris Taylor was always seen as the clear favorite to win, but even the most optimistic prognostication from liberal supporters didn’t quite see this — a 20-point landslide blowout victory.

Jessica McBride: Why Maria Lazar lost
On paper, Lazar was a good enough candidate to win. Lazar lost because she was wildly outspent.

Dave Cieslewicz: A bad day for good government
Chris Taylor’s election would have been bad enough for one day, but then yesterday evening the UW Board of Regents went ahead and fired System President Jay Rothman. They did it in closed session and provided no explanation.

Brian Fraley: The firing squad: Why the UW Board of Regents ousted Jay Rothman
The firing squad met and executed their plan with cold precision. They refused to hear a single word from the condemned. They did not even bother to read his charges to the public before striking the blow that ended his tenure. This was a bureaucratic ambush, pure and simple.

Mark Belling: Evers’ vetoes show the consequences of Wisconsin having a leftist governor
Evers’ vetoes are an indication of where Wisconsin Democrats now are: to the left of even Gavin Newsom of California.

Richard Moore: Conversion diversion
When the state dictates what a therapist can say, counseling becomes compliance. When it strips the legislature of oversight, it does the same to democracy itself.

Bill Barth: Degree of caution seems reasonable
Artificial intelligence is coming fast, and with it comes both promise and controversy.

Bruce Murphy: Progress stalls for women corporate leaders
Trump’s backlash against diversity hurting Wisconsin companies.

Mostafa Zamanian, Hamidreza Majidi, Hamze Dokoohaki and Mohammad Jafarinejad: Iran war doesn’t serve Wisconsin nor American interests
This war is being fought without a clear or credible justification, and messaging from the Trump administration has offered continually revised and contradictory goals and timelines.

April Peterson: Here’s how to protest the use of your tax dollars for war
Here in Madison this tax season, some members of Madison for a World BEYOND War are practicing war tax resistance.

Dave Zweifel: The illogical rationale for organized bigotry
Statistics continue to show that immigrants are, in actuality, two to four times more law-abiding as a group than native-born U.S. citizens.

Rex Huppke: Artemis offers humanity a lifeline amid Earthly challenges
The four astronauts aboard Orion are giving us a profound sense of our own smallness, a reminder that we are a mere speck in the universe. They are showing us what’s possible when people work as one.

Bruce Thompson: Who do you trust to conduct elections fairly?
Polls show big splits between Wisconsin Democrats, Republicans and independents.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ consider whether Wisconsin is next target for ICE surge
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at federal immigration enforcement actions in other states and consider whether Wisconsin is next. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your week in review for Feb. 27
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Plover, AG Josh Kaul’s testimony before an oversight committee, a lawsuit filed over school funding, the latest Marquette University Law School polling results and more.