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James Causey: Fred Reed a civil rights leader with thundering voice he used to lift others
Reed conveyed the subtle art of de-escalation as a member of the Milwaukee Commandos, navigating tense situations with a calm and composed demeanor.

Ed Gignac: Wake surfing done responsibly is fine. Don’t restrict Wisconsin boaters like me.
We cannot make Wisconsin the most restrictive boating state in the country. These patchwork regulations create confusion and confrontation.

Bill Barth: Unbiased model is gone for court
Wisconsin has thrown that concept aside. Shameful, and against the public interest.

Bill Lueders: Crawford beats Musk in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
Tech billionaire made the election a referendum on Trump’s second term — and lost bigly.

Dave Cieslewicz: Sorting through the election
What did we learn from last night’s results?

Mark Belling: There’s somebody the left hates even more than Trump
For all the deranged loathing of Donald Trump, it somehow seems the left hates Elon Musk even more!

William Osmulski: Missed opportunity: JFC bunts on agency briefs
Wisconsin’s state agencies’ performance is dismal according to their own metrics, but lawmakers on JFC missed their big opportunity to make the heads of those agencies answer for it.

Emma Shakeshaft: Your Right to Know: Improve access to municipal court records
Courts and carceral institutions must have standardized, reliable systems for recording, analyzing, and reporting data. Wisconsin’s municipal courts must be held to higher standards of transparency, and the state must implement policies that ensure courts are accountable to the communities they serve.

Bruce Murphy: Wisconsin a leader in using Signal app to hide public records?
Trump administration’s bizarre sharing of U.S. battle plans involved use of Signal.

Dave Zweifel: Don’t count on seeing your GOP rep anytime soon
Many of Wisconsin’s Republican members of Congress are running for the hills.

Paul Fanlund: Even for Trump, this attack on a journalist is a new low
Donald Trump’s reflexive response to the bombshell reporting that his cabinet endangered national security by sharing military secrets via a leaked online chat was utterly predictable. He tried to shoot the messenger.

John Torinus: Spending cuts: start with Musk contracts, subsidies
Financial smarts have been missing in the Trump/Musk blunderbuss approach to getting our deficits and debts under control.

Tom Still: Amid tariff uncertainty, does doing business overseas still make sense?
As a 35-year veteran of Wisconsin’s import-export economy told a group of entrepreneurs meeting this month in Milwaukee, the numbers still dictate that small and mid-sized companies should think seriously about markets beyond American borders.

Ryan Powers: Here’s what the Supreme Court race could mean for Wisconsin
In Wisconsin, that national lens has turned what might otherwise be a lower-profile judicial election into an ideological battlefield.

Kristen Brey: Musk, billionaires took over Wisconsin Supreme Court race. The joke is on us.
Think about what real problems that much money could solve across our state. Mental health services in schools. Affordable housing initiatives. Child care support. Job training programs.

Ken Wysocky and Mike Nichols: Where Wisconsin’s crazy meth infestation appears most prevalent
Meth is injected, smoked, snorted or ingested in just about every corner of Wisconsin. But by at least one measure the insidious problem is worse in two adjacent counties — Brown and Outagamie — than anywhere else.

Kevin Whipple: Community solar brings energy independence, meaningful savings
Supporting the proposed Wisconsin Community Solar Policy would bring energy independence, economic stability, meaningful savings, and smart land use to communities like ours across the state.

Reggie Jackson: DOE shutdown would strip MPS of nearly $195 million and cripple equity programs
School districts that rely heavily on federal partnerships to maintain equitable learning conditions and modern facilities would likely face an uphill battle, and higher education institutions might be forced to scale back affordability measures.

JT Cestkowski: As Trump takes the Act 10 playbook national, Wisconsin workers have lessons to share
The state’s unions look back on the past 14 years from a place of both promise and great danger.

Bruce Murphy: Who’s ahead in Wisconsin Supreme Court election?
What do the polls show? How big will turnout be?

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ analyze the race for state schools superintendent
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, analyze the race for state schools superintendent between incumbent Jill Underly, Sauk Prairie Superintendent Jeff Wright and Wauwatosa education consultant Brittany Kinser. The three are to face off in a Feb. 18 primary, with the general election set for April 1. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Jan. 24
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ State of the State address; GOP bills targeting immigration, student achievement standards and other issues; and UW–Madison removing the leader of its Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement.