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Joe Handrick: The truth about Wisconsin’s congressional districts
The real reason Democrats struggle to win a proportional number of congressional seats in Wisconsin isn’t the map—it’s the candidates. In statewide races, liberal candidates like Janet Protasiewicz, Doug LaFollette, and even Tammy Baldwin have won in 4 of the 8 current congressional districts.

Colleston Morgan Jr.: Wisconsin must follow the lead of Florida and Tennessee on how it funds schools
Education once again took top billing across state budget hearings, but progress is grinding to a halt, just as federal uncertainty looms.

John Imes: Wisconsin’s energy crossroads: Time for business leadership, not more fossil fuel plants
As the Public Service Commission considers We Energies’ proposal to invest $2.2 billion in new methane gas plants in Oak Creek and Paris, business and civic leaders must ask: Are we investing in the future—or repeating the past?

Patrick McIlheran: Local government regulations push price of a Wisconsin roof skyward
Builders, economists cite rules, especially those on lot size, for affordability crisis, but point to solutions.

Madeline Topf: Labor of the mind is still labor
Academic science needs to embrace union organizing, now more than ever.

Steven Walters: Meet the Legislature’s fiscal big shots
16 members of Finance, mostly Republicans, decide what’s in the state budget.

David Craig: The spending hypocrisy of Tony Evers (and his media cheerleaders) knows no bounds
Evers likes to defend his actions by trumpeting that “the will of the people is the law of the land,” but I’m hard-pressed to imagine a less democratic policy in modern history than tethering generations of Wisconsinites to perpetual tax increases that neither they nor their elected officials ever voted for.

David Blaska: Republicans are battling for their soul at Wisconsin’s GOP convention
Believing they can purge their way to victory, cultists would rather lose with the My Pillow Man than elect a moderate Republican. The reality is that Donald Trump’s hold on Wisconsin voters is communion wafer thin.

Spencer Black: Petty politics puts stewardship fund in jeopardy
With so much support and such a strong record of success, why are Republican legislators hesitating to back stewardship? It appears the reason is petulance.

Ron Johnson: The ugly truth about the ‘big beautiful bill’
Years after Covid, the overspending continues—even with a Republican Congress.

Gregory Humphrey: Reporters must use civics education for tumultuous political times
Reporters must do their complete job with every news story they write or air. That means adding the reason the actions Trump makes run counter to constitutional safeguards and the laws of the country.

Jill Jacklitz: My brother was disabled. Defunding disability programs will cost lives.
A leaked version of a proposed budget for the federal Department of Health and Human Services would eliminate direct funding for many programs for people with disabilities

Frank Schneiger: The dire threat to nonprofits that serve the people some want to forget
As the Trump administration’s demolition of our civic institutions proceeds, there is little attention paid to the human impact these cuts will have on the government workers who are being summarily dismissed.

Mike McCabe: The costliest casualty
America is stuck at the moment, as if in a state of suspended animation. Few are satisfied with where we are at right now, making many long for yesterday. But yesterday’s gone. Tomorrow, it’ll soon be here. Might as well get to imagining how it could be better than before.

John Nichols: Pope Leo XIV embraces social justice
The theologian and veteran Vatican watcher Rich Raho, who has met the new pope, announced, “In Pope Leo we can expect a social justice warrior.”

Dan Knodl: Governor Evers and Supreme Court play as legislators
A healthy democracy relies on process, balance, and respect for the distinct roles each branch of government plays. When one branch chooses to override the others, the result isn’t policy progress. It’s a warning sign.

Melissa Ratcliff: This Mother’s Day, let’s give moms the care they deserve: Expand postpartum Medicaid
Extending Medicaid coverage to 12 months postpartum is a commonsense, life-saving step that would benefit families across our rural, suburban and urban communities.

Bill Kaplan: Representative Van Orden’s Medicaid theatrics
Van Orden is more interested in theatrics to obscure his votes than protecting the Medicaid coverage of 152,900 in the 3rd CD.

Kirt Johnson: Turning Point vs. Wisconsin GOP: Time for a reality check
Turning Point’s assertions that they would do so much better running RPW are totally unfounded, disingenuous, and self-serving.

Dave Zeug: ‘The walleye wars’
Recent reports about harassment of tribal spear fishermen exerting their treaty rights brought memories of the spring of 1988.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ analyze Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the latest in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race between Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for March 7
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss reaction to Trump’s tariffs, results of the Marquette University Law School Poll, the latest action on a major transmission line bill and more.