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Mike Konecny: Gov. Evers’ irresponsible budget
Proposed spending would bring General Fund balance to dangerously low level.

Scott Walker: California’s high-speed rail boondoggle
High-speed rail, with rare exceptions, is a boondoggle. The massive cost overruns, project delays and incompetence with the proposed line in California further prove that my logic was correct.

Dave Zweifel: Want to cut fraud and waste? Look to Medicare Advantage
If co-presidents Donald Trump and Elon Musk really want to find some savings in the administration of Medicare they’d do away with the wasteful program we know as Medicare Advantage.

Scott Gordon: Wisconsin’s leaders need to stop being doormats
Lawsuits and stern statements won’t cut it—and nothing short of escalated resistance will.

Ruth Conniff: Martin O’Malley comes to Wisconsin to sound the alarm about Social Security
‘Donald Trump and Elon Musk are trying to break Social Security so they can rob it,’ says the former agency head.

Gregory Humphrey: Pope Francis’ morality vs. Donald Trump’s nihilism
This week, much of the world can witness the differences between a man known to be honorable and caring and one known to be a blowhard and the epitome of malodorous.

Bruce Murphy: Wisconsin Battles Over ICE
Gov. Evers, county officials call for due process and are condemned for this.

Stephen Gutschick: Wisconsin has a moral duty to protect wolves
Wolves deserve to live where they once thrived, and we have a moral obligation to right a past wrong.

Tom Still: Higher ed in all forms plays big role in western Wisconsin economy
Meeting in Chippewa Valley Tech’s Energy Education Center, chancellors or presidents from UW-Eau Claire, UW-River Falls, UW-Stout, Northwood Technical College and CVTC talked about how they cooperate among themselves to produce students who contribute to western Wisconsin’s economy – often working with business and industry along the way.

Dave Cieslewicz: NFL should’ve paid for its own party
The NFL is a billion dollar industry. So, why is the state kicking in $2 million in taxpayer money to help pay for their party?

Bill Berry: COVID gave us the chance to prepare; we blew it
March has come and gone, as has the hope that our national leaders would actually reflect on COVID, including what we did right and wrong. And America, once considered an international leader on public health, has slipped down a few more notches.

Michael H. Bloom: We’re being lied to
The SCOTUS order in Noem v. Abrego Garcia

Michael Rosen: My aunts survived the Holocaust. Now, we must do more than say ‘never again.’
I was taught to never be silent in the face of injustice. That remains the lesson of the Holocaust.

Cory Brewer and Dan Lennington: Underly risking hundreds of millions for Wisconsin schools
Underly’s game of chicken with President Trump may earn applause from progressive activists, but it’s reckless.

Phoebe Petrovic: Wisconsin’s name-change law raises safety risks for transgender people
A 167-year-old statute requires trans people to publish their old and new names in a newspaper, worrying families and advocates as President Donald Trump attacks transgender rights.

Sara Rodriguez: On Earth Day, let’s focus on the work we have to do
Earth Day offers us a chance to celebrate the planet we call home and recommit to leaving a better world for generations to come.

Craig Dickman: From NFL draft to TitletownTech, Green Bay turns big dreams into amazing realities
With the NFL draft coming to Green Bay for the first time, we have an opportunity to share everything we have to offer.

Ryan Pattee and Shar Borg: Milwaukee needs commitment to workforce housing
City needs policies to address shortage of ‘middle housing’ for working people.

Arthur Cyr: Tariff policies follow protectionist trend in U.S.
Protectionism has been growing since the last phase of the Obama administration.

Mark Belling: With enemies like this, Trump doesn’t need friends
Left makes alleged MS-13 gangster Abrego Garcia their Joan of Arc.

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 Dec. 6
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss a Dane County judge overturning parts of 2011’s Act 10 law related to collective bargaining for public workers, the death of former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser, Gov. Tony Evers’ upcoming budget address, reaction to President Joe Biden pardoning his son and more.