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Karen Hurd: Governor Evers’ Christmas surprise
In addition to the winter weather, December also marks the arrival of property tax bills across Wisconsin.

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.

Pat Kreitlow: Here’s the real reason your property tax bill is likely much higher — and it’s not ‘the 400-year veto’
For 16 years, state aid hasn’t kept up with inflation.

Jonathan Burkham: Think we don’t need immigrants? Wisconsin’s workforce is shrinking.
Without immigrants, Wisconsin’s labor force will contract, schools will close, and budgets will dry up. Demographic winter is setting in.

LaKeshia Myers: In 2026, an investment in yourself is an investment in Wisconsin’s future
Too many of us remain unaware of one of the most powerful educational tools available right here in Wisconsin—dual enrollment programs that allow high school students to earn college credits and professional certifications while still walking the halls of their neighborhood schools.

Kristin Brey: A Wisconsin-inspired take on the ‘Night Before Christmas’ poem
The kringle was nestled in Tupperware tight, with stollen beside it, dusted snowy and bright.

Amy Hemmer: Affordability or Biden inflation?
The Democrats have shown over and over that they care more about power than they do about doing what is right for the country. So now “affordability” is their new term to “get Trump.” Where, oh where was their concern about “affordability” during the Biden term?

Spencer Black: Democracy is on the ballot in 2026
Our American democracy will be on the ballot next year. Let’s hope that the New Year will be a happy one for democracy.

John Nichols: Scrooge lives on in Trump and Mike Johnson
There is something rather too Dickensian about the determination with which President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson endeavored during 2025 to redistribute wealth upward.

Gregory Humphrey: Character matters in the Oval Office
There is a glaring crisis of character from Trump, which is demonstrated in countless ways each day.

Steven Walters: Planes, highways, outer space kept Sean Duffy busy
The transportation secretary serves under President Donald Trump. Duffy also serves as the acting administrator of NASA.

Ruth Conniff: Making sense of the trial and felony conviction of a Milwaukee judge who stood up to ICE
The real questions raised by Dugan’s case are whether we believe the “safety” of the agents making those dubious arrests matters more than the safety of our communities, and whether we want the courts to be able to regulate the conduct in their own courthouses as a check on the government’s exercise of raw power.

Michael Pointer Mace: Fair minded people pray Dugan’s conviction will be reversed
Milwaukee immigrants need safe access to our schools, churches and courtrooms. It’s in all of our interest.

Andrew C. McCarthy: The lesson of Judge Dugan’s obstruction case
The immunity that public officials need to do their jobs is not a get-out-of-jail-free card for their nonofficial acts.

Donald F. Kettl: I know what we need to do to fix Wisconsin’s government
It’s a sign of the lost opportunity that so many of the issues that the commission identified twenty-five years ago still resonate in Wisconsin.

Alex Dallman: 2025 Year in Review
I am proud of what we have accomplished this year and look forward to 2026.

Mark Lisheron: U.S. House defangs federal protection of gray wolves in Wisconsin
Tiffany-authored bill could move management to state with over 100 wolf attacks in recent year.

Bill Kaplan: Better times coming in 2026
2025 has already shown that voters have had enough of the cruelty, chaos and incompetence.

Tom Still: National AI policy can prevent state-by-state fragmentation
To compete, a fair and comprehensive federal approach is necessary. A patchwork quilt of state laws will put America behind in the AI race.

Bruce Thompson: The red-state coverage boom that Congress may end
From Florida to Texas, ACA marketplace enrollment has soared with enhanced tax credits, but failure to extend them could leave millions uninsured starting in 2026.

‘The Insiders’ review recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at several recent opinions issued by the Wisconsin Supreme Court as its 2024-25 session ends. 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.