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Spencer Black: GOP Stewardship Fund bill is a sham
The phony Republican stewardship bill will not only drastically cut funding for stewardship but essentially prohibit those funds from being used for purchasing or protecting vital conservation lands, the very core purpose of the Stewardship Fund.

Shannon Ross: Do we want safety and wellness or simply the appearance of it
Adam Procell was forced to step down because of an outdated, fear-based law.

Michael Lucas: Yes, Congress can regulate immigration, president must enforce
Many Americans have recently asserted that the U.S. has no authority to regulate immigration. Their opponents say the opposite, but then cite constitutional clauses that do not actually enumerate the power. So where is it?

Dave Cieslewicz: Senate Dems Know how to de-ICE
After a couple of false starts, Senate Democrats seem to have figured out how to work a potential government shutdown. House Dems should go along.

Jessica McBride: Melania movie review: The snarky elite critics are wrong, again
Melania is nothing like the media have portrayed, so it’s not surprising that her movie is nothing like the critics say.

Dave Zweifel: For Trump, cashing in is part of the job
A couple of Sundays ago, the New York Times’ editorial board reported that a Times analysis shows that Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1.4 billion.

Michael White: Putting patients over paperwork: Why Wisconsin needs Senate Bill 434
When prior authorizations are transparent and medically grounded, everyone benefits. Patients receive treatment without harmful delays, health plans maintain oversight, and physicians can focus on what we were trained to do: care for people.

Steven Walters: Madison election suit could affect 1,900 election clerks
Are absentee ballots a right? Can voters sue for monetary damages if there’s a mistake?

Jessica McBride & Jim Piwowarczyk: 17 reasons why Tom Tiffany can win the Wisconsin governor’s race
Republicans now have a certain nominee without the headache of a bloody primary: U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, a congressman, former campground manager, and once-legislator from northwestern Wisconsin. Meanwhile, the Democrats are fighting inside their crowded clown car.

Jim Crist: How affordability relates to income inequality and money in politics
A formula for saving America

Elisabeth Lambert: A FOIA fight over immigration records
The Department of Homeland Security has changed how it responds to federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests from immigrants facing deportation in a way that deprives many immigrants of their only tool for obtaining information they need to prove they deserve to remain in the country.

Dave Cieslewicz: Retention bonus did not retain Jennifer Mnookin
Last June UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin received a retention bonus of $150,000. She would have gotten $250,000 had she stayed into June of this year, but instead she’s leaving for Columbia University.

Courtney Graves: A free-market oasis in a heavily regulated health care system
How physician-owned hospitals and cash-only providers offer a path to lower health care costs.

Gregg Hoffmann: What do declining acres say about organic status?
Organic farmland is declining. That should be of some concern whether your diet is organic or not.

Mansi Peters: Tech giants must protect vulnerable youth from predators
Tech giants must be pressured to implement a series of protections against fraudulent user accounts and address young people’s vulnerability to sextortionists and predators at large.

Gregory Humphrey: Children pay no fee to enter classroom, why pay a fee for lunch?
Some argue that universal school meals are too expensive. But the truth is, we’re already paying for the consequences of not feeding kids properly.

Christine Schindler: We are experts on children. ICE is failing them.
Our national response to immigrant children reveals a society in moral decay.

O. Ricardo Pimentel: As the ICE crackdown continues, empathy lives and hope stays alive
While Minnesota is where much of the resistance has been happening, my gratitude spills beyond its borders because the resistance has been virtually everywhere ICE brutality occurs.

Michelle Bryant: Don’t take the job if you don’t want to do the job!
Congress has the power and responsibility to ensure that no president, regardless of party, becomes an unconstrained authority. However, as we examine the first year of this current administration, it’s fair to say that Trump has been allowed to run amok.

Scott Niederjohn: Federal credit card price cap plan threatens credit access
Lenders don’t respond to capped interest rates by continuing to provide them with loans out of civic duty. They respond by lending less.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ consider the developing field in Wisconsin’s race for governor
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the candidates vying for Wisconsin’s open governorship in 2026. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for July 11
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturning the Legislature’s power to suspend administrative rules, the Wisconsin Elections Commission report on the former Madison clerk’s actions after discovering uncounted absentee ballots, a new lawsuit challenging the state’s congressional lines, the state budget and more.