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Bruce Murphy: Guns now kill more than auto crashes
Super majority in state wants some gun restrictions. Will Republicans agree?
Kathleen Gallagher: UWM’s making a big mistake to cut engineering program at critical time
Amid a domestic manufacturing renaissance, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee leadership is pushing to eliminate its materials science department.
Dave Cieslewicz: Sanctuary communities?
Last week the Trump administration identified four places in Wisconsin that they define as “sanctuary” communities: Milwaukee, Madison, Dane County and, who would have thunk it, Shawano County.
Bill Barth: Support varies for deportation
It’s one thing to round up and kick out gang members, killers, drug dealers and rapists. It’s another to sweep out people who are none of those things, who have become productive members of their communities. And parents of American citizens.
Emily Mills: How AI is harming Wisconsin’s path to renewable energy
Despite public opposition, Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission approved We Energies’ proposal to build two new fossil fuel-burning power plants, in part to meet demand from data centers and AI.
David Blaska: None dare call RoJo a RINO
Like Elon Musk, Wisconsin’s most influential Republican has broken with Donald Trump on that budget bill.
Dave Zweifel: This is what Robin Hood in reverse looks like
U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, along with the five other Wisconsin GOP representatives, has looked the other way while Trump issues unconstitutional orders one after the other.
James E. Causey: Americans need transformative talks on race. Juneteenth is the space for that.
While Milwaukee has the longest Juneteenth celebration in the nation, some cities that have previously celebrated Juneteenth have announced plans to either scale back or cancel their celebrations.
Kristin Brey: Ernst said we’re all going to die. Can we get decent health care in the meantime?
Losing your health coverage should not trigger the equivalent of a shrug emoji from someone elected to serve the public good.
Bill Berry: What the ^&*% is with all the swearing?
Trump has gotten cruder along the way, if that’s possible, but he’s hardly alone.
Mitchell A. Sobieski: From Mao to MAGA: How Trump’s decade of political chaos echoes China’s Cultural Revolution
Both Mao and Trump achieved something few modern leaders have, a personality cult so complete it displaced ideology itself.
Jacob Major: Milwaukee said yes to housing. Why are politicians saying no to lower rents?
If Milwaukeeans want to avoid displacement and skyrocketing rents, they must demand their council members support the mayoral mandate they voted for.
Steven Walters: Wisconsin has record number of female legislators
44 of 132 legislators are now women.
Andrew Weiss: Wisconsin’s energy future hangs in the balance
If the One Big Beautiful Bill Act reaches President Trump’s desk, Congress must reject anything short of a complete elimination of Inflation Reduction Act green energy subsidies.
Bryan Rogers: Profit or people? The PSC’s choice will shape Wisconsin’s future
Right now, they face legacy-defining decisions—chief among them, whether to approve two new methane gas plants proposed by We Energies in Oak Creek and Paris.
Tom Still: Even without AI, energy use will rise … so how do we get there?
Energy use is growing and a blend of generation strategies will likely be needed to meet demand, with or without a fleet of data centers.
Tom Kamenick: Court ruling improves closed session process for public
Court of Appeals rules that public bodies must explain why they are going into closed session.
LaKeshia Myers: A betrayal of trust
Maryland Governor Moore’s reparations veto shows politics over progress.
William Holahan: Are you better off than you were four months ago?
Trump’s economic policy is driving costs and unemployment up.
Jasmyne Jade Hill: The bot that cried MAGA
How AI’s ability to lie at scale mirrors the idiocy of a movement that broke politics.
WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss Wisconsinites joining the Trump administration
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, review the Badgers going to Washington to join the Trump administration. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Rewind: Your Week in Review for March 7
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss reaction to Trump’s tariffs, results of the Marquette University Law School Poll, the latest action on a major transmission line bill and more.