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Michelle Bryant: America at 250: It does feel a little janky
The promise of America has always rested on a simple, radical idea: that power belongs to the people. Anything less than that really is janky.

Dave Zweifel: Scott Fitzgerald’s boundless support for a lunatic president
I remember Fitz when he was strutting around the state Capitol insisting that Wisconsin’s state budget needed to be cut while he voted against school aids and destroyed teachers’ unions seeking better pay for their members. Now he’s gladly voting to pass legislation that adds trillions to an already dangerously bloated national debt.

Arthur Cyr: Hungary election shows the folly of U.S. meddling
Hungary is suffering severely economically, with nil growth, high inflation and low investment. New Prime Minister Magyar and associates have both challenge and opportunity to improve the situation.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss Rothman’s ouster as Universities of Wisconsin president
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the UW Board of Regents’ removal of Jay Rothman as Universities of Wisconsin president. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center for Public Leadership.

Devin LeMahieu: Bipartisan help for new moms, cancer screenings in Wisconsin
As the mainstream media focuses on a handful of wedge issues designed to divide Wisconsinites, I penned this column to talk about two bills that united Democrats and Republicans.

Ruth Conniff: Wisconsin Republicans thumb their noses on their way out the door
What are the odds the soon-to-retire Republican leaders of the state Legislature are seriously considering Gov. Tony Evers’ call to end partisan gerrymandering?

Ron Malzer: Democrats are poised for November after Supreme Court win
In a single sentence, Chris Taylor named three issues tabbed by Democrats for the congressional and gubernatorial November elections: the federal government’s assault on individual rights and freedoms; sexual and physical violence against women and its consequences; and extreme income inequality and the struggles of those not among the wealthy.

Goldy Brown III: Measure what matters: family structure and its impact on learning
By measuring family structure alongside academic and discipline outcomes, Wisconsin would gain clearer insight into which disparities are primarily school-based, context-based, or amenable to coordinated intervention.

Aaron Yarmel: How the tactic of ‘open rescue’ came to Wisconsin
The grassroots effort to free the beagles at Ridglan Farms goes back 10 years.

Scott Walker: Higher taxes reduce growth and drive income out of the economy
As Americans, we feel the impact of taxes at the federal, state and local levels this week, as well as throughout the year.

Jeff Thompson: Fixing American politics requires more than being nice
In the history of most communities, examples can be found of unlikely groups coming together to solve common problems. Some are small, and some are very significant.

Jodi Habush Sinykin: Locals urgently need state guidance on data centers
Currently, Wisconsin has no statewide regulatory standards governing hyperscale data centers, leaving local communities to take on powerful big tech corporations in negotiations without any state-level guardrails.

Brian Fraley: DPI balks at oversight, accountability, transparency
Calling oversight of millions in spending and the potential lowering of student proficiency standards a “distraction” sure is dismissive. It also raises new questions about why the agency fought so hard to keep its work out of public view.

Bruce Murphy: Republicans lose campaign cash game they created
Democrats are winning using rules Scott Walker and Republicans passed into law.

Dave Cieslewicz: Redistricting gamesmanship
Somebody’s playing politics with gerrymandering. Actually, I suspect everybody’s playing politics with gerrymandering.

Scott Niederjohn: When students harm themselves economically by going to college
Unwinding distortions in higher education starts to bite into student lending, college funding

Gregory Humphrey: Even good news carries the weight of our time
The very fact that the status of the Pride flag at Stonewall, of all places, became a point of federal contention underscores the deeper absurdity of the moment we’re living in.

Fred Wade: Why Wisconsin should ban partisan gerrymanders
Partisan gerrymanders are incompatible with the text, design and structure of the Wisconsin constitution because they distort the legislative process.

Evan Umpir: Lowering taxes would help make Wisconsin more competitive
It won’t be long before WI is the highest property tax state in America. In addition to out-of-control property taxes, WI’s current corporate tax rate of 7.9% is 12th highest in the nation.

Nadiyah Groves: On Tax Day, we must ask hard questions about who is paying
Wisconsin families are struggling and stretched thin. Advocates recently have been sounding the alarms — when affordability is reduced to a mere talking point without a real plan.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss how election-year politics may shape plans for Wisconsin’s $2.5B surplus
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss how the 2026 legislative elections will shape plans to spend Wisconsin’s $2.5 billion budget surplus. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your week in review for Feb. 20
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ State of the State address, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ retirement announcement, the close of the Assembly’s legislative session and more.