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Dave Zweifel: Decades of progress have gone up in smoke
Somehow, as we head into 2026, we keep stumbling along that road that’s supposed to make America great again.

Ray Mendez: In Madison, if you point out a problem, you’re the problem
This is not about becoming punitive, xenophobic or paranoid. It is about acting like adults. If we want to oppose authoritarianism, we have to stop behaving like a monoculture that mistakes loyalty for virtue and criticism for betrayal.

John Torinus: Despite national chaos, local positives are many
In contrast to the chaos coming out of the White House week after week, good news keeps popping up in the West Bend community.

Steven Walters: Evers’ last appeal to the GOP Legislature
Will governor’s last State of the State speech call out Robin Vos?

Michael Lucas: ROFR Loses, Wisconsin Wins
MISO has just announced the winners of two regional transmission projects being built in Wisconsin. In a turn of events that will surprise few, Wisconsin’s transmission company, ATC, was not selected for either project.

Gregg Hoffmann: Agrivoltaics in Wisconsin
In Wisconsin, agrivoltaics is gaining traction as a solution to balance energy needs with agricultural productivity.

Patrick McLaughlin, Kyle Koenen: Wisconsin regulations drive up prices on housing, energy, food
Wisconsin cannot afford a regulatory system that operates on autopilot without meaningful oversight. We must reinforce a system of checks and balances.

Ruth Conniff: ‘This is way too big’: Wisconsinites respond to the ICE shooting in Minnesota
This touches all of us. And it won’t go away unless we get to the root of the problem — the unAmerican national security directives, the insane ICE budget, the lack of accountability — what Vice President JD Vance, astoundingly, asserted was “total immunity” for the rogue, masked agents targeting people in a political crackdown that has nothing to do with keeping us safe.

John Nichols: The movement to impeach Kristi Noem has begun
U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, an Illinois Democrat, announced she would file articles of impeachment against the Homeland Security secretary.

Christina Lieffring: What’s ahead in Wisconsin politics in 2026?
Madison politics reporters discuss their perspectives on WORT-FM’s “A Public Affair.”

Charlie Dee, Michael Rosen and Frank Shansky: Tax cuts for rich, Act 10 to blame for high property taxes
Wisconsin Republicans want you to believe their policies are the key to solving the very problems those Republican policies created.

Bill Kaplan: Venezuela, Trump’s hubris
Trump’s military actions against Venezuela violated the War Powers Resolution requiring consultation with Congress.

Mike DuPre’: All those warnings about dictatorship? Yeah, we’re there
The current president’s regime is so full of lies, violence, corruption, cruelty and incompetence that a spreadsheet is needed to catalog the damage done to the United States and the world.

Dave Cieslewicz: Don’t trust the FBI
I’m one of about three Americans who hasn’t rushed to judgement on the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis. What I have are a lot of questions and zero faith that this Justice Department and this FBI will provide impartial answers.

Richard Moore: The federal government finally says no
The federal government has formally declared that medically transitioning minors does not meet professionally recognized standards of care for children.

Mark Lisheron: Lead paint: The 50-year saga continues
MPS finally steps up remediation

Paul Soglin: In today’s Madison, voices of reason are not tolerated
Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and her allies on the City Council are running the city off a fiscal cliff while shouting down voices of reason.

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.

Katie Nekola: Nuclear power isn’t an option for Wisconsin data centers
Subsidization of nuclear energy in Wisconsin is about government favoring one industry over another.

Thomas Nelson and Jerald Podair: 50 years after the Edmund Fitzgerald, it’s time to fix American shipbuilding
More U.S.-built cargo ships would help revitalize the country’s industrial landscape.

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. 22 – Dec. 5
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss the latest in the SNAP benefits debate, a redistricting panel being appointed, the Supreme Court accepting a case from an immigrants rights group challenging ICE detainers in five Wisconsin counties, and more.