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LaKeshia Myers: Dear Governor Evers, its time to use your veto pen—the First Amendment depends on it
In a move that should alarm every Wisconsin resident who values free speech, academic freedom, and equal protection under the law, the Wisconsin legislature recently passed a bill that would enshrine the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism into law.

Bill Kaplan: Iran War, guns vs. butter
Trump and congressional Republicans said there was no money for the expired Affordable Care Act tax credits. But the money spent and requested for the costly and senseless Iran War would do so, guns vs. butter.

Richard Moore: Government lobbies itself… for more government
County supervisors are clueless that they are being used as patsies in a coordinated scheme by a taxpayer-funded lobbying machine, one that exists not to represent the public, but to represent government itself.

Dave Zweifel: Big banks are raking in dough at your expense
As soon as the Trump entourage took over, the first target was the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency created by the Dodd-Frank legislation to protect consumers from usurious interest rates, unconscionable checking account and overdraft fees, and give the government the ability to investigate corporate wrongdoing.

Anna Massoglia: People are requesting more government records than ever. Why are they getting less?
As the volume of records requests has swelled, so has the portion of those requests that are rejected or otherwise incomplete.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ review how Wisconsin governor candidates fared in the Marquette Law School poll
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at support for candidates in recent polls during these early stages of the race for Wisconsin governor. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Ron Johnson: Move to end the filibuster now—before Democrats do
I’ll admit that the 60-vote cloture threshold has prevented many bad bills from becoming law, and that without it bad bills would become law more easily. But it also prevents good bills from getting passed.

Brittany Kinser: Why Wisconsin’s spring school board elections deserve your attention
The largest group of elected officials in the United States is not in Congress or the state capitol. They are school board members. They make decisions that shape the future of millions of children.

Ruth Conniff: Shining a light on the inner workings of government is more important than ever
Here at the Examiner we are proud to stand with other Wisconsin journalists and nonprofits fighting for open records and public access to government.

Rob Hutton, Julian Bradley, Dave Maxey and Chuck Wichgers: Address health care costs, don’t pass the buck
Raising taxes just passes the buck to cash-strapped families who can’t afford it; real reform starts with curbing costs, and transparency is a necessary first step.

Scott Walker: Work over welfare: Wisconsin model outperforms Minnesota’s failure
Minnesota and Wisconsin may be neighbors, but they are miles apart on welfare abuse and reform.

Jerry Hanson: Billionaires and corporations fail to pay what they owe
Our present tax policies written by Congress benefit wealthy elites and powerful corporations instead of the people who actually do the work to make our nation great.

Tom Still: How a Dane County tech firm helps to support the Wisconsin economy
Exact Sciences was a failing public company when Kevin Conroy and Maneesh Arora moved it from Massachusetts to Madison. The payoff has not only been huge for Dane County, but for the rest of Wisconsin, as well.

Matthew Petering: Evers’ proposal to ban gerrymandering won’t achieve fairness
The time has come to embrace a new kind of redistricting made possible by recent advances in computer technology. In 2026, Wisconsin can become the first state to do redistricting right.

Bruce Thompson: Is non-citizen voting a real threat to elections in Wisconsin?
Out of 68 cases of election fraud in Wisconsin listed in the Heritage database, only one involved an immigrant, for a rate of 1.5%.

Jodi Emerson: Trump and Van Orden raising energy costs, killing jobs
Van Orden turned his back on Wisconsinites by voting for the Big Beautiful Bill.

Derrick Van Orden: In Wisconsin, every week is Agriculture Week
For generations, Wisconsin farmers have built more than businesses — they’ve built legacies.

Gregory Humphrey: Wisconsin-born legendary ‘Voice of Agriculture,’ Orion Samuelson, dies At 91
For many, his voice is woven into memories of early mornings in the barn, long drives down county roads, and kitchen radios humming beside a pot of coffee. He represented a kind of broadcasting that felt personal, because it was. It was rooted in place, in people, and in purpose.

Patrick McIlheran: How to keep good teachers in the classroom
Teachers who have fled a school or the profession altogether — and there are many of them in Wisconsin nowadays — often do so reluctantly and only after tremendous sacrifice and reflection.

Courtney Graves: Recent survey finds deep ideological imbalance among UW-Madison faculty
A study done by the Tommy G. Thompson Center for Public Leadership affirms that the University of Wisconsin-Madison has a significant ideological diversity problem among its faculty.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss the federal ban on hemp-derived THC products
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take up the federal ban on hemp products containing THC and its effect on a multi-million dollar industry in Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Oct. 17
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk and Associated Press Capitol Correspondent Scott Bauer discuss the 7th CD race, the governor’s race, the latest action in the state Senate and Assembly, and more.