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James E. Causey: Squirreling away surplus money while people suffer is wrong
Could you use an extra $300 or $600 right now? A proposed Wisconsin bill aimed at helping taxpayers and schools is now dead after lawmakers rejected the deal.

Reese Wood: Libertarian Party of Wisconsin condemns Wisconsin petition circulator ban
Measures like this do not strengthen democracy, they weaken voter choice and make it harder for grassroots candidates, independent candidates, and third parties to compete in Wisconsin elections.

Dan Knodl: Wisconsin’s energy future: reliability, affordability and reality
The conversation about our energy future should not be driven by ideology. It should be driven by reliability, affordability, environmental stewardship, and honesty with the people paying the bills.

Tom Still: This ‘pajama party’ is one way how AI enhances rural healthcare
Artificial intelligence is dramatically shortening “pajama time” in health systems and clinics where certified note-taking technology is adopted.

George Mitchell: Influential Harvard journal recognizes Wisconsin’s Kim Feller
Far too few know the incredible story of Wisconsin’s Feller School and the promise it holds to address the literacy crisis that affects schools across the state and country.

Natalie Eilbert: The Wisconsin school board hell-bent on erasing history
The Watertown School Board set a dangerous precedent last week when all but one member voted to ban the Watertown Wind Symphony’s performance of “A Mother of a Revolution!” by Omar Thomas.

John Nichols: Henry David Thoreau and Wisconsin’s wild apples
Thoreau’s reflection on wild apples drew on many sources of inspiration — including, knowing chroniclers now suggest, Wisconsin.

John Nichols: Hong, Roys declare their independence
Most Democratic gubernatorial candidates — along with presumptive Republican nominee Tom Tiffany — questioned the wisdom of the governor’s approach to the surplus specing deal.

Kaleem Caire: Death of surplus deal leaves window open for kids
We are not satisfied with what failed. We are not satisfied with what was on the table before it failed. We can and must do better for our children.

Daniel Buck and Cory Brewer: While other states boost schools, Wisconsin rejects reforms
Evers’ partisanship leaving Wisconsin behind on education.

David Blaska: Tom Tiffany says ‘You betcha’ that WI doesn’t want to become Minnesota!
If there was a convention rallying cry, it was Don’t Let Wisconsin Become Minnesota.

Jessica McBride: 3rd CD: A Navy SEAL and that ‘political operative’ in a broken down car
Van Orden and his team have spent the entire campaign season trying to remind voters who Cooke really is.

Daniel Steininger: I’m grandson of a ‘sewer socialist.’ Today’s crop miss mark.
Fiscal frugality offers the starkest contrast between “self-proclaimed sewer socialists” versus real ones

Ellen Nowak: Data centers will pay their own way in Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s approach is deliberate. Regulators, utilities, and consumer groups spent months getting this right because the public trust demands it. The data centers coming to Wisconsin will create jobs and expand the tax base. They should be welcome—and customers who were here long before them can be confident that they will not be stuck with an unwelcome bill.

Bill Berry: College basketball player outearns UW president by millions
A sign of our crazy times: It wasn’t even noteworthy when we learned during the bruhaha over the firing of Jay Rothman, the president of the Universities of Wisconsin, that the position’s market value is millions of dollars below that of a good college basketball player.

Brad Cole: Bigger, heavier trucks would be a danger to Wisconsin’s highways
As a sheriff, my oath is to protect life and preserve public safety on our roads. Increasing truck size and weight not only threatens motorists, it imperils every deputy, EMS technician, and firefighter who responds to traffic accidents every day and night.

Robert VerBruggen: Big federal bucks so far produce a paltry 21 EV charging stations in Wisconsin
Brief pause didn’t help, nor does weak market for electric cars; private sector efforts outstrip government

Michelle Bryant: Trump sues IRS: Make it make sense
The President of the United States is suing the IRS for billions of dollars, while simultaneously controlling the executive branch agencies responsible for defending and prosecuting the case.

Bill Kaplan: Support U.S. troops, stand up to Putin
No Wisconsin GOP member of Congress has protested Russian military aid to Iran, which is killing and wounding U.S. troops.

Richard Moore: Why Trump (rightly) fired the National Science Foundation Board
President Trump’s recent firing of all 22 members of the National Science Foundation board ignited the sort of institutional panic one normally associates with medieval villagers spotting a comet.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ consider whether Wisconsin is next target for ICE surge
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at federal immigration enforcement actions in other states and consider whether Wisconsin is next. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your week in review for Feb. 27
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Plover, AG Josh Kaul’s testimony before an oversight committee, a lawsuit filed over school funding, the latest Marquette University Law School polling results and more.