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Bill Kaplan: Rural health care near breaking point
Rural health care is dangerously near a breaking point.

Curt Kubiak: Employers as catalysts for health care reform
What if the biggest barrier to fixing health care isn’t the system itself but the friction within it?

Jerry Hanson: Immigrants aren’t stealing the American Dream
The American dream is being stolen by those at the top of the economic ladder, not those beneath us.

Angela Bazan: Wisconsin Teaching as a Profession law would boost school outcomes
We are asking to be trusted, respected, and included. We are asking for policies that reflect the reality of our work and the value of our students.

Tom Barrett, Scott Klug, Mike Tate and JB Van Hollen: Wisconsin values independence. Keep Trump out of our elections
Republican or Democrat, it is essential our leaders tell the truth about our elections. Wisconsin voters deserve confidence in the system and Wisconsin deserves the right to run its own elections, as we always have.

Michelle Bryant: The SAVE act isn’t saving anyone
This legislation, driven by the same architects behind Project 2025, represents a dangerous step backward for our society, and it must never be allowed to take root in our legal system.

Richard Moore: Speak now or forever hold your
Resisting Europe’s censorship, plus a sensible approach in Wisconsin

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ consider whether Wisconsin is next target for ICE surge
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at federal immigration enforcement actions in other states and consider whether Wisconsin is next. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Chris Taylor: Choice for Wisconsin Supreme Court is rights vs. rollbacks
More than ever, Wisconsinites need a strong state Supreme Court to protect their fundamental rights and freedoms, to hold the other branches of government accountable when they overreach, and to make sure the rule of law applies to everyone, no matter how powerful or privileged.

Wyatt Eichholz: School levy tax credits reward big spenders at the expense of frugal districts
Complex system insulates districts that agree to raise taxes the fastest

Mark Lisheron: Lawmakers split on how to keep WisEye broadcasting
Senate throws a wrench into Assembly plan for sustaining nonprofit that covers Legislature’s doings

Ruth Conniff: Drama, anguish and incremental progress in the Wisconsin State Capitol
Before Assembly Speaker Robin Vos announced his retirement Thursday, it was obvious something had changed.

Scott Walker: Young Americans deserve real history, not political indoctrination
Defending liberty isn’t easy, but it is worth the risk. Our Founders risked their lives, fortunes and sacred honor for the freedoms we hold dear today.

Meghan Roh: Will Congressional Republicans Derrick Van Orden and Bryan Steil prioritize affordability for Wisconsin families?
Wisconsin families are watching. They’re seeing which side their representatives choose – working families struggling to make ends meet, or wealthy corporations and the ultra-rich.

Kristin Lyerly: Donald Trump and the GOP have declared war on health care
Donald Trump and every single Republican who voted with him chose this. They looked at working families — who are barely making ends meet — and said, “Let’s make it worse.”

Dave Cieslewicz: Dems: Take the money and run
I guess the Democrats just want an issue for the fall. That’s the only way I can explain their opposition to a Republican bill that would keep the Stewardship Fund land acquisition and management program alive for another couple of years.

Xavier A. Yarn: Efforts to stem homelessness hampered by federal uncertainty
Federal funding processes should strengthen communities that are doing the work, not destabilize them. The people living without housing in Madison and across Dane County deserve a system that treats housing as essential and stability as non-negotiable.

Ayanna Smith: Black history includes tobacco industry oppression
Though commercial tobacco has evolved over the years, from regular cigarettes to menthols, flavored cigars to e-cigs and vapes, there is one constant — the deliberate industry targeting of Black communities.

Bruce Murphy: Uihleins shuttled in workers from Mexico
Billionaires supported Trump’s anti-immigration stance while using Mexican workers.

Emily Grandy: Here’s what we stand to lose if Milwaukee sells its vacant lots
Milwaukee’s plan to sell existing — albeit underutilized — green acreage for development seems in direct contradiction to the city’s stated goals.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss candidates running for Wisconsin Supreme Court
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the candidates running in the spring Wisconsin Supreme Court election.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Aug. 22
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss the Evers administration’s efforts to bypass the GOP-controlled administrative rules committee, a Dem bill to revive a back-to-school sales tax holiday, President Trump’s push to end mail-in voting and more.