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Gregory Humphrey: Merit selection serves justice better than judicial elections
Campaigning forces judges into a political role that is fundamentally at odds with judicial neutrality.

John Nichols: As AI breathes down our necks, it’s time for a Luddite renaissance
Nineteenth-century textile workers longed to stay human in a machine age. So do we.

James Causey: How many guns must be stolen from cars before we get a plan?
Nearly 60% of the guns stolen in Milwaukee are taken from vehicles. These guns pose a serious threat to public safety, and in Milwaukee, they are likely to contribute to the rise in shootings.

Jacob Ahrens-Balwit: Think energy prices are high now? Just wait.
Wisconsinites watch as energy prices soar and clean energy is choked off the grid.

John W. Vaudreuil: Elon Musk bribed voters. He must be held accountable.
One year later Musk’s involvement in Wisconsin elections still demands accountability.

Bill Kaplan: Van Orden and Trump threaten U.S. security
Van Orden and Trump oppose helping Ukraine and have surrendered to Putin.

Arthur I. Cyr: Trump’s go-it-alone approach to war is an aberration
The current conflict is sometimes referred to as the Third Gulf War, but is distinctive from the earlier two wars in important respects, including the fact that it relies on executive authority alone. Additionally, we have no allies in the fight beyond Israel.

Anne Marsh: Government is choosing which children deserve care
Efforts to restrict gender-affirming care for minors are not grounded in how pediatric medicine works, nor in what children need to thrive.

Joel Brennan: Wisconsin must renew its commitment to public education
We need to modernize the school funding formula to reflect today’s realities and support students fairly across the state. We need to invest in teachers and strengthen the pipeline of educators entering the profession. And we must focus relentlessly on improving student outcomes — especially in reading and math — so every child has a real chance to succeed.

William Andrekopoulos: MPS is now a ‘hostile partner’ to successful public schools
MPS has forced high-performing public schools to seek other authorizers. Recently, there were 12,255 public school students enrolled in schools authorized by the City of Milwaukee or UW-Milwaukee.

David J. Decker: 5 ways Milwaukee can address grocery store closing crisis
Some things to consider: A grocer cannot survive if theft becomes routine ‘cost of doing business.’ And Incentivize smaller-format, lower-overhead grocery models.

Bruce Murphy: The amazingly high cost of housing
Why the American Dream is becoming impossible in Wisconsin.

Mark Lisheron: Forty-year-old vehicle emissions program under new scrutiny
Tiffany says he will seek waiver to end program in seven Wisconsin counties.

Dave Cieslewicz: Conversion therapy ruling more evidence for appointed courts
Chris Taylor will be the next Wisconsin Supreme Court justice. The political stars just align that way. But she won’t do it with my vote. Nor will I vote for the conservative on offer, Maria Lazar.

Alan Borsuk: Progress at MPS under Cassellius in first year
Brenda Cassellius has completed her first year as superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools, tackling numerous inherited issues.

David Blaska: We’re no Peggy Noonan but …
Why did the president’s address to the nation last night leave us colder than yesterday’s oatmeal?

Mike Nichols: In memory of Tom Howatt, embodiment of American Dream
Tom Howatt, who rose up as the son of a Scottish immigrant to become President and CEO of Wausau Paper, a preeminent leader of Wisconsin’s business community and an exceedingly generous philanthropist, has died at the age of 76 after a two-year battle with ALS.

William Holahan: Electricity pricing in the age of data centers
Wisconsin households have been feeling the sting of rising electricity bills, driven by colder winters and higher natural gas prices and the explosive growth of cloud computing and artificial intelligence threatens to drive prices higher.

Joe Zepecki: AI reaches terminal velocity without laws to regulate it
A moratorium on the firing of humans because of artificial intelligence would create valuable space and time for lawmakers confronted with the reality of what’s known as the Collingridge dilemma.

Brian Fraley: DOJ prod gets DPI to release $8M Forward Exam workplan & waterpark workshop details
It took fourteen months, a mountain of ignored requests, the retention of a respected public policy legal powerhouse and a formal intervention by the Wisconsin Attorney General to finally see more of the picture. But now that the Department of Public Instruction has been forced to open its books, the picture emerging is one of calculated stonewalling and staggering taxpayer expense.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ crown their political winners and losers of 2025
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take a look back on the political winners and losers in Wisconsin in 2025. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Oct. 24
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss a hearing on grooming and sexual misconduct in Wisconsin schools, Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Jill Karofsky’s push for more security funding amid a rise in threats, a bill that would define antisemitism in state law and more.