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Bill Kaplan: It’s un-American to hurt the hungry and sick
Stop the cruelty, extend the ACA tax credits and end the shutdown.

Dave Zweifel: GOP priorities on display in ACA face-off
Just as the sign-up period for folks whose health care has been subsidized by the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare for short — is to begin for 2026, enrollees were told to expect having to pay a lot more. As much as 800% more, in fact.

Michelle Bryant: Did Trump really just demolish 123 years of history?
We need legislative action to ensure that we never witness this type of individualized power and assault on our nation’s landmarks.

Dave Cieslewicz: Tuesday’s just Tuesday
When the smoke clears, I don’t think this off-off year election with a highly selective electorate will amount to a tea leaf worth reading. In the end it’ll be just another Tuesday.

Gregg Hoffmann: Study: Over half of earth’s land ‘unsafe’
A new study maintains that roughly 60% of global land has already crossed the safe zone for maintaining life supporting ecosystems.

James E. Causey: Here’s how Black Men Organizing is improving Milwaukee
Black Men Organizing has been working for a year and a half to change the negative statistics impacting African Americans in Milwaukee.

Paul Fanlund: Madison Police Chief Patterson impresses his predecessors
Patterson was sworn in last month as the city’s top police officer, leading a department of more than 500 people.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss Ortiz-Velez’s break from the Wisconsin Assembly Dem caucus
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, share differing views on a series of issues involving Milwaukee Democratic state Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez, who has left the Wisconsin Assembly Dem caucus.

Dan Shafer: 7 takeaways from the October 2025 Marquette poll
We’ll have to keep waiting for any meaningful data on the Democratic primary in the race for governor, but there’s a whole lot here to break down.

David Blaska: Let’s make more political points
How else can we hold Jill Underly accountable?

Tom Still: What makes for a strong startup state? Conference offers ingredients
Some cities, states and regions have a healthier technology startup economy than others, as metros such as San Francisco, Boston, Austin and others have shown for decades. How does Wisconsin stack up? An upcoming Madison conference will offer a glimpse at some long-term drivers – and some cautionary views, as well.

Dale Kooyenga: Wisconsin’s digital leap
Thousands of jobs, billions in investment and a commitment to clean, efficient growth.

Jason Tarasek: Medical cannabis use should be approved in Wisconsin. It’s about compassion.
For too long, the stigma associated with cannabis has prevented Wisconsin legislators from doing the right thing. The time to change that is now.

Mike Nichols: Milwaukee will pay someone to say nice things about The Hop
The City of Milwaukee is willing to pay a new marketing and communications officer for The Hop, its little-used $128 million streetcar, up to $108,000 per year plus benefits.

Patricia Jursik: It’s time to give Milwaukee parks the funding stability they deserve
Our parks are asked to absorb cuts that erode the very assets that knit this county together.

Scott Walker: What matters most to Trump’s legacy
The only poll that matters for the future of President Donald Trump’s plans is the one taken next November.

Dave Zweifel: If Trump can run for a third term, so can Obama
The political world is in a tizzy over Donald Trump’s suggestion that he might figure out a way to run for president for a third term, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution notwithstanding.

Dave Cieslewicz: Boo! Trump in ’28?
It’s Halloween, so I thought I’d tell the scariest story I could come up with. The 22nd Amendment is pretty clear: “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.” And yet there’s no reason to think that’ll stop Donald Trump from seeking a third term.

Gregory Humphrey: Profiles in courage as Americans stand up for constitutional norms
Capt. Dylan Blaha and Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek correctly refused a federal order to deploy in Chicago.

Jamie Stiehm: White House ruin emblematic of wider government destruction
The wreckage looks like a crime scene, with President Donald Trump’s thumbprints on it. He didn’t ask or tell people, he just destroyed a sacred structure that sang of American history. Vintage Trump.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ consider the developing field in Wisconsin’s race for governor
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the candidates vying for Wisconsin’s open governorship in 2026. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Sept. 5
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss the continuing dispute over legislative oversight of administrative rules, Dem state Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez leaving the Dem caucus, the Legislature’s fall agenda and more.