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Laura Dresser: A year of deep disruption
2025’s economic policy undermines the opportunities and security of Wisconsin’s workers.

John Nichols: Walz speaks for 75 million voters who rejected Trump
Eight months into the Trump-Vance interregnum, Americans are becoming more and more aware of the fact that the Republicans were serious about the crazy concepts they spouted with regard to the economy, and about implementing their authoritarian fever dreams.

Frank Zufall: With each mass shooting, more of us have a stake in sensible gun legislation
The question in my mind is not if the legislation will happen, but how many people will have to die before enough of us, regardless of political affiliation, demand sensible gun legislation.

Richard Moore: DNR audit confirms what we already knew: The DNR diverts, disguises, deceives
The state’s Legislative Audit Bureau released last week its long-awaited audit of the state Department of Natural Resources’s Fish & Wildlife account, and, for those who bothered to read it, it was nothing short of eye-popping.

Mark Lisheron: The hills are alive with the, well, approval of leftist politicians
Republicans insist lakes are not human: ‘We need to be protecting the rights of people, not things’

Michelle Bryant: Florida surgeon general needs a history lesson
From smallpox to polio to COVID-19, vaccination campaigns have averted millions of deaths and spared generations from suffering.

Bruce Thompson: How to radically reduce poverty
New proposal shows how targeted policies could slash poverty in Milwaukee and U.S.

James E. Causey: Three men remain missing after Milwaukee floods. The city’s response is shameful
Milwaukee may never fully understand the extent of the floods’ devastation, but we do know that at least three men are unaccounted for. We need to find them.

Bill Kaplan: Representative Van Orden lets veterans down
Van Orden is not doing his job. Veterans deserve much better.

Dave Zweifel: The Trump toadies we send to Washington
When Trump tells congressional Republicans to jump, they all ask how high, no matter the issue.

John Torinus: Trump pulls GOP guv candidates by nose ring
Schoemann and Berrien are following a president as he takes wrong turns on the major issues facing the country.

Gregory Humphrey: Guns are the issue Trump needs to address in Chicago
The refusal of the Trump Administration to address the overwhelming number of guns on the streets of Chicago is proof that what is about to happen is a racially divisive, partisan scheme, and has nothing to do with stopping crimes.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ consider the developing field in Wisconsin’s race for governor
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the candidates vying for Wisconsin’s open governorship in 2026. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Tyler August: Wisconsin families have more education options, thanks to GOP
Almost 60,000 students take part in Wisconsin’s private school choice program that was pioneered in 1990 by the state of Wisconsin.

Ruth Conniff: A perilous back to school season in Wisconsin
About 70% of school districts across the state are starting the year with less money in the budget than they got in the last, austerity-level biennial budget deal.

Mark Lisheron: A new concern in Wisconsin: young slouches
Data and anecdotal evidence show a growing problem with work ethic.

Christina Lieffring: A secluded summer
Climate change is directly making our quality of life worse.

Matt Ganhs: Van Orden chose GOP party bosses over workers on Big Beautiful Bill Act
GOP leaders told Van Orden to kill the clean energy tax credits to pay for tax breaks for billionaires. And like always, he did exactly what they said.

Scott Walker: Western civilization faces London’s free speech disaster
Speaking your mind could get you arrested in Britain

Jamie Stiehm: Whitewashing museum won’t change history
As we approach America’s 250th birthday next July, Trump scolds the nation’s memory-keepers for dwelling on “how bad slavery was.”

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss the next steps in Wisconsin’s budget process
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the budget-making process in Wisconsin as legislators remake Gov. Tony Evers’ budget proposal. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for June 20
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” Wisconsin Public Radio’s Anya van Wagtendonk and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Jessie Opoien discuss state budget negotiations breaking down, the Minnesota lawmaker shootings, the state Supreme Court ruling on legislative oversight of Department of Justice settlements and more.