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Colleston Morgan: When will our kids become a true priority for Milwaukee?
We need a clear vision and a real plan for addressing the worst-in-the-nation performance of our city’s schools. The time is now for bold leadership, uncompromising vision and collective will to make difficult but necessary changes. Nothing less than Milwaukee’s very future is at stake.

Bill Kaplan: Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court, not Musk
Schimel must tell Musk to stay out of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Wisconsin’s future depends on it.

Gregg Hoffmann: PFAS: The forever debate
Failure to pass many of the proposals in the Evers budget, or at least reach effective compromises, will only perpetuate the “forever debate” in Wisconsin over the harmful “forever chemicals.”

Joel Kleefisch: Aldo Leopold’s lessons hold true decades later
ate last year a movement started to pass a resolution in the U.S. Senate to recognize this milestone and honor Aldo Leopold’s enduring contributions to conservation. Unfortunately, time ran out before it could pass. But as we enter this new year, I am hopeful that Congress will revisit this resolution and seize the opportunity to officially celebrate Leopold’s life and work.

Michelle Bryant: Woulda, coulda, shoulda
Those who chose not to vote or cast protest ballots, like “Uncommitted,” may have thought they were sending a message. In reality, they inadvertently enabled policies that harm many of their own constituency base.

John Nichols: Pocan seeks to hold Musk to account
Pocan introduced a proposal to maintain transparency and honesty in government spending, which he dubbed the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy (ELON MUSK) Act.

Dave Zweifel: Richard Goodwin helped open doors that Trump just closed
Doris Kearns Goodwin’s inspiring book “An Unfinished Love Story” contains dozens of revealing anecdotes about her late husband Richard Goodwin’s years with both John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.

Andy Moore: Bill Dixon, the political analyst
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WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss Wisconsinites joining the Trump administration
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, review the Badgers going to Washington to join the Trump administration. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Jacarrie Carr and Josh Loeffelholz: Search for common ground in Wisconsin revealed new meaning of American Dream
As two participants who agreed to take part in an IRG forum, we knew what we were getting into, we just didn’t know how it would all play out over the four hours we spent together

Mike Nichols & Patrick McIlheran: Why the Badger Institute supports AB1 and reversing the DPI testing charade
We submitted testimony in favor of the Assembly’s Number One piece of business this week because, no matter how lousy our kids’ and schools’ test scores are, it’s both counterproductive and plain wrong to pretend otherwise.

Paul Fanlund: Democrats should elevate working-class issues they can support
Democrats should continue to champion the rights of marginalized groups without letting that focus define their entire brand.

Anthony Cruz: At MATC, we’re building a stronger culture centered on equity and excellence
Our caring culture must be grounded in valuing and respecting every person. This means that racism and discrimination have no place at the college.

Bruce Murphy: Wisconsin Congress members condemn Musk takeover
Baldwin, Moore, Pocan outraged. Republican Glenn Grothman not sure.

Richard Moore: Audit the Fed
U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie has reintroduced a bill to audit the Federal Reserve, a move he argues will increase transparency and accountability of the institution. In 2024, he introduced an even better bill—to abolish this pillar of the deep state altogether.

Dave Zweifel: At 88, Bert Grover is still raising hell
The former legislator and longtime superintendent of public instruction, whose real name is Herbert, regularly drops a hand-written note keeping me up to date on how he views the world and, especially, Wisconsin politics. Suffice it to say, he hasn’t changed much over the years.

Terry McGowan and Kent Miller: Legal schemes holding up crucial pipeline relocation
Opponents of the project continue to use legal maneuvers to further stall this important project from moving forward that will allow Line 5 to continue to supply Wisconsinites with the energy we need to drive our vehicles and heat our homes.

Gregg Hoffmann: The gray of green
Going green is not always as black and white as it might seem. Often there is gray among the green.

Bruce Moore: Low hanging fruit
While the institutions are working on alternative energy sources and energy conservation, there’s also a serious need for the typical householder to implement a variety of measures.

Dan O’Donnell: Wisconsin’s own USAID scandal
While the world watches DOGE destroy wasteful spending at USAID, a rogue agency in Milwaukee might actually be worse.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss Wisconsin’s top election issues
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the top political issues at play this election cycle. In Wisconsin, it’s the economy. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Sept. 13
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss results from the latest Marquette University Law School poll, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s lawsuit to be removed from Wisconsin’s ballot, state Supreme Court hearings in two voting-related lawsuits and more.