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WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ analyze the Dem field for Wisconsin governor
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take a look at the Democrats running for Wisconsin governor and those who may yet join the race. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

George Mitchell: School choice outperforms — again
Continuing a record dating to the late 2010s, private choice students scored higher, on average, on state tests than comparable groups of public school students. Furthermore, choice students outscored all public students on the college-readiness ACT exam.

Patrick McIlheran: Post-Kirk assassination, Wisconsin needs to teach difference between words and bullets, says prof
Silence after attack on the soul of universities puts too much at risk.

Matt Rothschild: Trump is creating the blueprint for a police state
On Sept. 25, Donald Trump issued a memorandum entitled “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence.” It’s concerning.

Scott Gordon: Wisconsin’s elected officials need to put themselves on the line
Get disruptive, get arrested, get creative, but don’t play along with fascism.

Jamie Stiehm: America’s Caesar, but without the guts
United States senators might note that Julius Caesar did not seize power as much as the Roman Senate ceded power to him.

David Blaska: Big gummint meets its day of reckoning
No Dane County government shutdown but how about a slow down?

Bill Barth: Sensible change to restore trust
Allowing absentee ballots to be counted earlier and reported in a more timely manner should be helpful and increase trust in outcomes.

David Blaska: It won’t sell in Rockford
How Democrats lost the working class

Tom Still: Pros and cons of tariffs strategy continue to play out
Debate over whether tariffs will bring back the hallowed days of American “factory towns” or unleash a new set of economic troubles continues, especially in states such as Wisconsin, where manufacturing traditions run deep.

Sunem Beaton-Garcia, Katherine Frank: Reframing higher education
The future isn’t about competing models; it’s about complementary missions that support all learners, at every stage, and help them turn their education into a lifelong advantage.

Preston C. Fields: People with autism are not the problem; stigmatizing them is
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Bill Calawerts: Breathing tubes, blindness and death. I’ve seen effects of vaccine skepticism.
The idea of a child suffering from a disease that is 100% preventable is unacceptable.

Steve Rankin: Group Health Cooperative acting in bad faith in union dispute
We call for GHC to voluntarily recognize its workers’ chosen bargaining unit, and to observe neutrality in respect to all future unionization activities, as well as to increase transparency and democracy.

Steven Walters: Parties target new Wisconsin Senate battleground districts
Party leaders are working on narrowing choices for the handful of races that will decide which party gets control of the Wisconsin Senate in 2027.

Dan Shafer: Tom Tiffany is the frontrunner to be the Republican nominee for governor in Wisconsin
The 7th District congressman does not project as a uniquely strong statewide candidate, but he could easily run away with the Republican primary, especially if he lands a Trump endorsement.

Dave Cieslewicz: Missy Hughes, a politician, joins the race
I like her profile: 17 years as an executive at Organic Valley and then six years heading up Evers’ development department. I also like the lane she’s chosen, which suggests she leans moderate.

Cory Brewer: Whistling past the graveyard for Wisconsin public schools
Superintendent Jill Underly delivered her annual “State of Education” address last week. If you tuned in hoping for an honest assessment of how Wisconsin students are doing, you were left disappointed.

Daniel Buck: Here’s why we should all get behind Wisconsin Republican school reform bills
I hope partisan politics doesn’t prevent legislators from scoring these obvious wins for Wisconsin schools.

Spencer Black: Dems need to hang tough on Stewardship Fund
This is the time for Democrats in the Legislature to stand firm. When it comes to preserving the best of what is left of outdoor Wisconsin in the face of development pressure and changing land use patterns, the public is with those would stand up for our outdoors.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ Special Edition: Chuck Chvala and the late Ted Kanavas remember less partisan times
WisOpinion marks the Fourth of July weekend with this rebroadcast of the final Insiders segment with then-co-host former state Sen. Ted Kanavas, who passed away July 3, 2017. In the episode, the two discuss political civility and the meaning of Independence Day. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Aug. 8
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss lobbying the Capitol, a new Supreme Court justice, the Texas Dem lawmaker protest echoing Act 10, a ‘setback’ in modernizing the state’s unemployment system and more.