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David Blaska: Quit with the same old same old
Wisconsin and most of the nation voted for change last year. Jill Underly is more of the same failure. Brittany Kinser IS change. And hope for the most disadvantaged kids.
LaKeshia Myers: Why Wisconsin voters should reject the unnecessary voter ID amendment
The upcoming ballot measure on voter identification is not just unnecessary—it’s a calculated attempt to further marginalize vulnerable populations and create additional barriers to voting.
Dave Zweifel: Send Trump and Musk a message on Tuesday
Wisconsin has a chance to send a message to those causing all the angst and pain that is visiting the American people.
Richard Moore: Sock it to Sackett—the real defiance of the courts
Is it just me, or do Democrats seemingly scream “constitutional crisis” whenever a Republican is president?
Gregory Humphrey: Trump’s federal election control runs counter to Founding Fathers’ concern for nefarious politicians
One of the creative and intelligent designs (among others) that the Founding Fathers placed into the Constitution was local control over elections. It was almost as if they had a portal to look into the future and see how election interference by a nefarious politician could undermine our nation.
Brian Reisinger: America’s farmland feminism was lost to history. Reviving it would heal country.
For generations, the women of rural America did the work of men and drove social progress. Losing that worsens divisions and endangers food.
WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ weigh in on the race for state schools superintendent
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take up the race to lead the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction between incumbent Jill Underly and education consultant Brittany Kinser. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Scott Walker: Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race is pivotal to upholding common-sense governing
Judges are trying to block the will of the majority of us who voted for President Donald Trump.
Ruth Conniff: Money floods Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race as voters weigh in on the destruction of everything
We are well on our way to becoming a nation of feudal serfs to Elon Musk.
David Voelker: Elon Musk petition in Wisconsin Supreme Court races makes mockery of free speech
What does it say about Elon Musk’s attitude toward our democracy that he is trying to buy off voters?
Patrick McIlheran: Kinser DPI victory would alter decades-long trend
Union-backed candidates have won state superintendent job over and over.
Steven Walters: Why you’re voting on a photo ID constitutional change
In order to cast a ballot in Wisconsin you must show a photo ID. That’s due to a law, not a constitutional mandate.
Bruce Murphy: How federal education cuts will hurt Wisconsin
Big cuts for public schools, poor and disabled students, school lunches and more.
John Nichols: Robert McChesney, the great champion of journalism and democracy, has died
The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media reform movement that lives on.
Benjamin Dierker: A right of first refusal is not a bar to competition
Wisconsin’s opportunity to connect power faster
Jake Curtis: Future of voter ID at stake in April 1 election
Voter ID remains a top issue of concern for many Wisconsinites. In 2014 the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld voter ID in two separate cases, Milwaukee Branch of the NAACP v. Walker and League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Education Network, Inc. v. Walker. If another voter ID case is brought, the current majority could reverse these precedents just like it did Priorities USA and Clark.
Annette Olson: On the ballot: Voter ID amendment
A YES vote will ensure that a valid photo ID must be used when voting in all future elections.
Billy Corriher: The Wisconsin Supreme Court finally works for workers
Billionaires want to change that.
Rachel Ida Buff, Liat Mayer and Jodi Melamed: We are members of the Jewish community. Protesting Israel is not antisemitic.
The charges that pro-Palestine activism like Mahmoud Khalil’s have anything to do with antisemitism are incorrect, particularly in comparison to the white nationalism emanating from White House.
Tom Saler: Economic, political and cultural parallels to the 1920s are striking
If you missed it the first time around — and unless you’re among the roughly 90,000 American over 100, that would be you — it’s worth noting that the economic, political and cultural landscape of the 2020s recalls a remarkably similar period precisely one century earlier.
WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ reflect on the legacy of former Sens. Cullen, Petak
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, offer their memories of recently passed former Sens. Tim Cullen, D-Janesville, and George Petak, R-Racine. Sponsored by the Wisconsin counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Rewind: Your Week in Review for Jan. 10
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Republicans’ push to get a voter ID amendment on the spring ballot, Gov. Tony Evers’ binding ballot initiative proposal, Inauguration Day at the state Capitol, the state Supreme Court race and more.