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Matthew Petering: Evers’ proposal to ban gerrymandering won’t achieve fairness
The time has come to embrace a new kind of redistricting made possible by recent advances in computer technology. In 2026, Wisconsin can become the first state to do redistricting right.

Bruce Thompson: Is non-citizen voting a real threat to elections in Wisconsin?
Out of 68 cases of election fraud in Wisconsin listed in the Heritage database, only one involved an immigrant, for a rate of 1.5%.

Jodi Emerson: Trump and Van Orden raising energy costs, killing jobs
Van Orden turned his back on Wisconsinites by voting for the Big Beautiful Bill.

Derrick Van Orden: In Wisconsin, every week is Agriculture Week
For generations, Wisconsin farmers have built more than businesses — they’ve built legacies.

Gregory Humphrey: Wisconsin-born legendary ‘Voice of Agriculture,’ Orion Samuelson, dies At 91
For many, his voice is woven into memories of early mornings in the barn, long drives down county roads, and kitchen radios humming beside a pot of coffee. He represented a kind of broadcasting that felt personal, because it was. It was rooted in place, in people, and in purpose.

Patrick McIlheran: How to keep good teachers in the classroom
Teachers who have fled a school or the profession altogether — and there are many of them in Wisconsin nowadays — often do so reluctantly and only after tremendous sacrifice and reflection.

Courtney Graves: Recent survey finds deep ideological imbalance among UW-Madison faculty
A study done by the Tommy G. Thompson Center for Public Leadership affirms that the University of Wisconsin-Madison has a significant ideological diversity problem among its faculty.

Bill Barth: Two senators who won’t do their job
It is customary for a state’s U.S. senators to work together in recommending occupants of certain federal positions. Wisconsin, however, is graced with two senators who couldn’t agree on the time of day.

Jessica McBride: On no endorsement, Sean Duffy, the ‘Prince of Duffylandia’ & those other guys
The 7th CD caucus, comprised of 20-plus county GOP parties, declined to endorse anyone for the open coongressional seat at a March 14 endorsement event.

James Causey: Planting yards signs in Milwaukee lazy way of campaigning
I can tell you one thing: This is not how Judge Chris Taylor is going to earn my vote.

Spencer Black: Don’t put a MAGA extremist on the bench; choose Chris Taylor
Courts are often the last resort for protecting our freedoms. That’s why it’s essential to vote on April 7 and to elect a proven champion for our rights as Supreme Court justice. That’s Judge Chris Taylor.

Mark Belling: Liberation day
Spring election gives some conservative communities chance to finally get conservative leadership

Kyle Maichle: Why Congress must investigate Wisconsin’s DPI
Recent reporting by Dairyland Sentinel has raised deeply troubling questions about how Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is handling federal special education dollars. Particularly, scarce funds that are supposed to directly support students with disabilities, including children with Autism.

Dyllan Moreno Taxman: School shootings spawn new focus on prosecutions of parents
In the last two years, Americans have seen the first-, second-, and third-ever homicide prosecutions and convictions focused on the parents of school shooters.

Steven Walters: Why the rise in property tax anger?
It’s ebbed and flowed since the 1960s, as state politicians tried different solutions.

Dave Cieslewicz: Fight the NIL giveaway
Do you want your tax dollars to help pay Luke Fickell’s salary? That’s essentially the question before the state Senate.

Tom Still: Oil blockage should raise awareness of energy options
A revival of nuclear fission in Wisconsin may be under way. Policymakers in state government have opened that door, and one of the state’s largest electricity wholesalers recently took a step toward walking through.

Mehalia Hauxwell: I wore the uniform and I cannot stay silent about Iran
I cannot stop this war. What I can do is refuse to be silent in my own community, to say clearly, from someone who wore this country’s uniform, that what is being done in our name deserves to be seen, and questioned, and grieved.

Kenneth Zagacki and Richard Cherwitz: War deserves more than casual rhetoric
Wars deserve more than improvisation and insouciance. They deserve the full weight of presidential responsibility. And they deserve a public argument worthy of the cost.

Michelle Bryant: My mother taught me the game: Rev. Jackson showed me the stakes
Movements are not sustained by one towering figure. They are carried forward by ordinary people who, at some point, decide that the work must continue. The question is no longer just who will show up now. The question is whether the rest of us will.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ debate what’s behind Wisconsin’s rising property tax bills
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss property tax increases facing property owners and how Wisconsin legislators could address the issue. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Nov. 7
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss the federal government shutdown, State Superintendent Jill Underly appearing before a Senate committee to address sexual misconduct and grooming in Wisconsin schools, the state Supreme Court taking up a case on race-based scholarships, election-related legislation and more.