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Jim Wood: How Wisconsin combats a high demand for energy
While the current increase in demand may be unprecedented, Wisconsin’s utilities and the various regulatory bodies with whom they work anticipated it.

Nancy Stencil and Juliana Reimann: Wisconsin mining can’t come at the cost of nature, history
GLW claims to have found significant amounts of gold and copper, as well as tellurium in their sampling. But do we truly want to place northern Wisconsin’s farmland, lakes and streams at risk?

Mark Belling: Madison, we have a problem
Dem voters may nominate an unelectable radical as their candidate for governor.

Gregory Humphrey: May 1st is a teaching moment outside of Madison’s school classrooms
Closing schools on May 1 can be a powerful and principled choice because it acknowledges that students are not just learners in a classroom but members of a nation still wrestling with deep inequities, especially those affecting immigrants and people of color. Madison schools made the call last week to shut their doors on May 1st.

David Blaska: May 1, a day without responsibility
When we heard that Madison teachers had decided to take the day off so they could take to the streets Friday to demonstrate for socialism, open borders, the repeal of Act 10, and opposition to Donald Trump — what was our reaction? It was: Forget it, Jake, it’s Madison. We’re running low on outrage.

Bill Barth: Again, taxpayers stuck with the bill
Two things are immediately obvious. First, it will be American taxpayers who must foot the bill to provide tariff refunds to the U.S. businesses that paid for the tariffs. Second, no one is talking about refunds for American consumers who paid higher prices that were passed along by importers.

MD Kittle: Senator: Biden agency used ‘Benghazi’ to hide emails on Planned Parenthood loans
What on earth does Benghazi have to do with abortion factory Planned Parenthood? It appears to be the codename for cover-up involving some $90 million in taxpayer-funded Covid-era forgivable loans to a nonprofit organization ineligible to receive the government handout.

Dave Zweifel: The spread of misinformation is ruining democracy
Former Democratic state Rep. Jason Fields, now chief strategy officer for the Center for Black Excellence, and longtime Republican activist Tim Higgins of Appleton teamed up to urge Wisconsin citizens to stop swallowing the disinformation being spread about the accuracy of Wisconsin’s elections.

Spencer Black: Trump has turned Earth Day into a sad affair
It’s time to renew the spirit of the first Earth Day and call on politicians to protect our air, our water, our land and our very future.

Cale Battles, Lynne Davis & Devin Martin: Finding a middle ground – legislative compromise can be a hard sell
One thing that nearly all legislative work has in common is compromise. Without compromise, the work of legislating would almost always grind to a halt from the friction of opposing viewpoints. But compromise can be difficult to achieve.

Rebecca Draeger: Why does Josh Kaul keep suing Trump?
Since the beginning of Trump’s second term, Wisconsin’s AG has signed-on to more than 40 lawsuits. Why? And what does it cost the state?

Angela Lang: Running on values: What candidates for governor can learn from Chris Taylor
Taylor’s landslide victory came in running a different kind of campaign, one unabashedly running on her values. Candidates running for governor should take note.

John Nichols: Wisconsin needs public banking
Over the years, the Bank of North Dakota has proved to be more resilient than private banks during depressions, recessions and economic upheavals, such as those associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Natalie Eilbert: A loss of multiculturalism is a loss for our humanity
We must find and support organizations that respond to this moment and listen to the lived expertise of people often pushed to the margins. Our humanity depends on it.

Dave Cieslewicz: Let MTI protest on its own time
Hardly a week goes by when the Madison school district doesn’t demonstrate its contempt for its own taxpayers.

Matt Erickson: Health aid cuts will weaken US diplomatic, economic efforts
The legacy of the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) was nothing short of a miracle, saving over 26 million lives for less than 0.1% of the U.S. budget.

Kate Schanhofer: Van Orden promised to protect Medicaid, then voted for cuts
Van Orden needs to remember the real people, his constituents, behind Medicaid.

Scott Walker: Watch out for communism’s creeping tyranny
Reagan-era letter reminds Americans freedom requires vigilance and sacrifice

Bill Kaplan: Electability and who you fight for
Electability and who you fight for are the critical questions for November.

Jodi Emerson and Kristen Dall-Winther: Wisconsin families deserve the freedom to build a family
During National Infertility Awareness Week, we urge lawmakers from both parties to stand with Wisconsin families and support protections for fertility treatment now.

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.