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Bill Barth: Try regular order, not amendments
Legislating through amending Wisconsin’s supreme law should raise skepticism. It means politicians are unwilling to use regular order and seek compromise by working together to find broad solutions. Remember that when you vote.

John Imes: Wisconsin doesn’t have to accept new gas plants as inevitable
Other states, including Minnesota and North Carolina, have already shown that regulators can challenge utility assumptions and require closer examination of alternatives rather than treating new gas plants as the default response to projected load growth.

Alan Karr: Violent crime down across US. FBI pivots to emerging threats
These promising trends continue into 2026. From January to June of this year, preliminary estimates continue to show a decrease across the four key categories of crime

William Holahan: How immigration benefits Wisconsin’s economy
As immigrants—work-authorized or unauthorized— participate in the economy both as workers and consumers, they tend to increase demand for labor and expand the overall size of the American economy.

Steven Walters: What role will Fox Valley voters play in the Wisconsin governor race?
They have hurt Democrats in the polls in recent years.

John Nichols: Trump hurts Tiffany, Obama helps Crowley
When it comes to their high-profile national supporters, David Crowley and Tom Tiffany are a study in stark contrasts.

Bill Berry: The 7th District congressional race shouldn’t be this close
By most rational accounts, the congressional race in Wisconsin’s sprawling 7th District in northern Wisconsin should be no contest.

Jim Piwowarczyk: Vote YES on all three Wisconsin constitutional amendments on Nov. 3
When you fill out your ballot this fall, don’t stop after the governor’s race. Three proposed amendments to the Wisconsin Constitution are on the Nov. 3 ballot, and each one puts a firm limit on government power.

Angela Lang: Don’t fall for the sneaky language: Why you should vote NO on Question 3
This constitutional amendment question will be on every ballot across the state, and its intentionally confusing language makes it seem like it’s anti-discrimination, but the devil is in the details.

Patrick McIlheran: The only remedy for government discrimination is to make it stop discriminating
Wisconsin amendment would bar unjust preferences, defeating agencies’ so-sue-me attitude

Chuck Melvin: Check economic stats under Republicans. Then cast your vote.
Find economic statistics that matter to you and see how they’re doing under the Republicans and Trump. Then please cast your vote.

Natalie Eilbert: Livestreaming a firing squad execution will taint us forever
I fear what will happen to our humanity after this. An irreversible wickedness, to borrow Dickens’ verbiage, will live inside us, waiting for the next opportunity to gawk at state-sanctioned death.

Scott Walker: Never forget Oct. 7 or its perpetrators
Terrorism is no abstract threat.

Bruce Murphy: Top Republican has turned on Donald Trump
R.J. Johnson, longtime Republican consultant, condemns raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home.

R.J. Johnson: The raid on Ilhan Omar’s home. I’ve been there.
My 16-year-old son was home alone when armed agents came through our door.

Mike McCabe: Do-it-yourself lobotomy
Evidence mounts that ongoing AI use makes our brains lazy and over time will likely make us stupider.

Michael Pointer Mace: Put aside baseless election denials and cast your ballot
Make your vote an extension of your love for our city and a confirmation of your faith in our neighbors who volunteer to work the polls.

Dan Knodl: Starting from zero: A better way to build Wisconsin’s budget
We have a responsibility to fund the core functions of state government and provide the services Wisconsinites depend on. We also have a responsibility to make sure taxpayers receive value for every dollar we spend. Sometimes the best way to determine where we should go next is to start from zero.

Rob Marchant: An explainer on the sales and use tax exemption for data centers
A promise not to tax is not a “subsidy” at all when the $35B+ in investment in the state would have likely never happened in the first place, but for the existence of the exemption.

Matthew Joynt: Here’s how to solve school funding, property tax dilemma
Rather than letting another election season divide us over who is responsible, Wisconsin can work toward a durable solution: give schools predictable, inflation-responsive revenue authority; fund that commitment with state resources; reduce pressure on local property taxpayers; and lessen communities’ dependence on recurring operating referenda.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ analyze the race for Wisconsin governor
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the 2026 Wisconsin race for governor with Nov. 3 Election Day less than four weeks away. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Oct. 9
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Gray Media Wisconsin State Capitol Bureau Chief Vanessa Kjeldsen discuss Republican Tom Tiffany’s continued financial advantage in the governor’s race, President Donald Trump’s announcement of federal disaster aid for Wisconsin, the state court system’s budget request and more.