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Dan Shafer: Could Brittany Kinser win the race for State Superintendent?
This could be the most competitive race for the Superintendent of Public Instruction in decades.

Julien Grayer, Michael Friedson and Tabitha Whitehead: Whitewater an example of how immigrants don’t increase crime
To address Whitewater’s actual challenges in a practical and proactive fashion, scarce public resources should not be wasted on imagined problems.

Marian Krumberger: The IRS’s overreach: A call to action for American businesses
Americans deserve better than an IRS that’s weaponized against them.

Dave Cieslewicz: 21 heroes
Through all of the madness, stupidity, corruption and meanness of the convicted felon Donald Trump’s first month back in office, there have been some bright spots, some examples of courage and decency.

Daniel Degner: Commonsense bill gives parents tools to protect children online
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Bill Berry: As local news dwindles, communities suffer
Communities across the U.S. would be a lot stronger and less divided if they had a common source of information vetted by journalists who focus on truth and accuracy.

Chris Ford: Medicare coverage for anti-obesity drugs would save billions
CMS rule modernizing Medicare Part D to recognize obesity as a chronic disease represents a critical step.

Mike Browne: Evers’ budget puts Wisconsin kids and families first
The governor’s budget is more than a long list of numbers and calculations, it’s a statement of our Wisconsin values and a bold investment in our future.

Mark Belling: A governor in name only
Budget embarrassment proves Evers is a befuddled figurehead.

Dan Knodl and Barb Dittrich: After 12 years of wrong, WIAA gets it right
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association has made the right decision by aligning with President Trump’s executive order and banning transgender athletes assigned male at birth from competing in girls sports.

LaKeshia Myers: USDA cuts deal another blow to Historically Black Colleges
We cannot allow budget cuts to erase over a century of progress in creating educational opportunities for Black students in the agricultural sciences.

Dave Zweifel: Attacks on DEI are an effort to turn back civil rights
DEI has become a pejorative, the latest catch-all phrase to replace decades of grievances against affirmative action, wokeness and critical race theory, all seen by many on the right as attempts to unfairly advantage women and minorities.

Gregory Humphrey: Black History Month: Willis Ward benched in college game, Gerald Ford fights for affirmative action
Ward Wallis and Gerald Ford, two college buddies and teammates would use a headline making football controversy as a lesson to a nation that needed to come to grips with deeply instilled racism.

Mike McCabe: Bracing for the news
What makes the current moment so perilous for our society is not just that brutes are breaking so many things—norms, laws, social contracts, standards of human decency. The greater danger is that brutishness is being normalized and ritualized, pulling nobler souls down into the gutter.

Jerry Hanson: The soul of America is dying
The America I grew up in is unrecognizable.

Michael Horne: Is Evers too old to run again?
History says otherwise. So does the age of other current governors.

Michael Jahr: Years in the making, free-market dental solution has Wisconsin grinning
Sen. Felzkowski and Badger Institute made the case for dental therapists

Bruce Murphy: Musk wants to buy Wisconsin justice?
His massive campaign donation to Brad Schimel raises big questions.

Susan Crawford: Honoring Black History Month
This month, I am reminded of the strength and resilience of our Black communities, whose unwavering fight for justice has driven our state’s progress. Their efforts have made Wisconsin a hub of political movements and social progress, pushing our state forward.

Andrew Hysell: Right to vote chipped away, one piece at a time
If we keep letting the Legislature chip away at our rights, one day we’ll wake up and they’ll all be gone.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ weigh in on Wisconsin congressional, legislative races ahead of Tuesday’s vote
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at Wisconsin’s congressional races and consider the impact of new district boundaries on Wisconsin’s legislative races. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Oct. 18
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and guest host Jessie Opoien of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel discuss the presidential race, fundraising numbers in the U.S. Senate race and key House races, tonight’s U.S. Senate debate and more.