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Patrick McIlheran: Working folks get short shrift while city funds vanity streetcar
Money wasted on Hop while bus access for people who really need it is at risk.

David Blaska: America can’t afford Newsom or Pritzker
Can’t have affordability without abundance unless you’re a socialist and repeal the law of supply and demand.

Jamie Stiehm: It takes a woman to stand up to Trump
Leading the list is the House speaker emerita, who crossed swords with Trump and bloodied him every time.

Ali Khaleel: TikTok trends show we still don’t know what we want from men
The most meaningful thing we can tell young men today isn’t what they shouldn’t be.

Will Flanders: The case for community solar in Wisconsin
Community solar isn’t a silver bullet — but it is a smart, free-market complement to an “all-of-the-above” energy strategy. It won’t solve all our problems, but what it will do is empower consumers, strengthen our electric grid, respect property rights and invite competition into a space long dominated by monopolies.

Bruce Murphy: Justice Ziegler misquotes US Supreme Court decision
Conservative falsely claims state courts can’t review congressional maps.

Mark Joseph Stern: Conservative justice uses fake quote to justify Wisconsin Republican gerrymander
Mistakes happen. But when they do, judges are supposed to fix them, not recast them into a doctrine that doesn’t exist.

Jerry Hanson: Wall Street should be used to build wealth for the rest of America
Only the establishment of a national wealth financial fund, independent of our government, that allows the rest of America to participate on Wall Street will offer a means to make gains for those of us being left behind.

Judy Karofsky: The assisted living industry is not ready for the tsunami
Baby boomers, once the caregivers, are seeking assistance and support.

Rolf Lindgren: A brief history of health insurance: regulation = death
In the U.S. Constitution ratified in 1788, there is no federal power to regulate insurance. The states regulated insurance.

Gregory Humphrey: World AIDS Day lacking U.S. resolve under Trump, George and Laura Bush showed moral leadership
World AIDS Day is about awareness, solidarity, and recommitment. It keeps the epidemic in public consciousness, mobilizes funding, and fights stigma. Silence from the highest office in our nation undermines all of that.

Silas Redmond: Sen. Johnson says debt near $30T puts America on borrowed time
Johnson has framed the nearly $30 trillion federal debt as a ticking clock, arguing that the United States is approaching a point where its obligations will overwhelm its capacity to respond to crises or invest in growth.

Jeffrey Leverich: Unstable Trump plunging nation into chaos
Economic justice is the key issue confronting our nation, along with support for the vital programs that invest to uphold our common good. That one man’s corruption and broken psyche has destabilized our nation to such an extent is a searing indictment of the American political system.

Courtney Graves: Non-profits collect millions from the state of Wisconsin to run state programs
Welfare-to-Work programs receive millions of dollars in funding every year, but offer little public data to track impact. The Wisconsin State Legislature is taking aim to curb this.

John Torinus: Schoemann confusing on UW commissions
For a leader who came up short on keeping a University of Wisconsin presence in Washington County, despite the use of two task forces, Republican governor candidate Josh Schoemann has some big ideas about reforms for the Universities of Wisconsin, also involving similar commissions.

Dave Cieslewicz: Barnes’ heavy baggage
His greatest weakness is not likely to be anything he says between now and next August when the primary will take place. Rather his problem is everything he’s ever said in the past as a state legislator and a lieutenant governor.

Bruce Murphy: Wisconsin Eye could go out of business
Does it matter? Only if you care about government transparency.

Dave Zweifel: Robin Vos says low-income mothers don’t deserve health care
Vos pulled a procedural fast one to make sure Wisconsin wouldn’t extend Medicaid coverage to women for a year after giving birth.

Gregory Humphrey: Pete Hegseth must be fired as defense secretary
If the secretary of defense himself disregards international law, how can the United States credibly demand accountability from adversaries who commit atrocities?

Mike McCabe: Looking the wrong way
Brits paint it right on the crosswalks, which way to look. When it comes to politics these days, maybe us Yanks could use crosswalks like that. Can’t seem to tell which way is which.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss the latest Marquette Law School poll
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss takeaways from the latest Marquette University Law School poll. 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.