In the 2026 race for Wisconsin Supreme Court, Chris Taylor was always seen as the clear favorite to win, but even the most optimistic prognostication from liberal supporters didn’t quite see this — a 20-point landslide blowout victory.

On paper, Lazar was a good enough candidate to win. Lazar lost because she was wildly outspent.

Chris Taylor’s election would have been bad enough for one day, but then yesterday evening the UW Board of Regents went ahead and fired System President Jay Rothman. They did it in closed session and provided no explanation.

The firing squad met and executed their plan with cold precision. They refused to hear a single word from the condemned. They did not even bother to read his charges to the public before striking the blow that ended his tenure. This was a bureaucratic ambush, pure and simple.

Evers’ vetoes are an indication of where Wisconsin Democrats now are: to the left of even Gavin Newsom of California.

When the state dictates what a therapist can say, counseling becomes compliance. When it strips the legislature of oversight, it does the same to democracy itself.

Artificial intelligence is coming fast, and with it comes both promise and controversy.

Trump’s backlash against diversity hurting Wisconsin companies.

This war is being fought without a clear or credible justification, and messaging from the Trump administration has offered continually revised and contradictory goals and timelines.

Here in Madison this tax season, some members of Madison for a World BEYOND War are practicing war tax resistance.

Statistics continue to show that immigrants are, in actuality, two to four times more law-abiding as a group than native-born U.S. citizens.

The four astronauts aboard Orion are giving us a profound sense of our own smallness, a reminder that we are a mere speck in the universe. They are showing us what’s possible when people work as one.

Polls show big splits between Wisconsin Democrats, Republicans and independents.

The so called SAVE America Act is nothing short of Jim Crow 2026.

The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. Trump and his Republicans in Congress want the Save Act to allow them to limit who is allowed to vote in

Campaigning forces judges into a political role that is fundamentally at odds with judicial neutrality.

Nineteenth-century textile workers longed to stay human in a machine age. So do we.

Nearly 60% of the guns stolen in Milwaukee are taken from vehicles. These guns pose a serious threat to public safety, and in Milwaukee, they are likely to contribute to the rise in shootings.

Wisconsinites watch as energy prices soar and clean energy is choked off the grid.

One year later Musk’s involvement in Wisconsin elections still demands accountability.