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Bill Barth: Centralized control is not the US way
U.S. Postal Service is proposing a rule that essentially pledges not to deliver mail-in election ballots unless states knuckle under and hand over personal voter data to the federal government. What could go wrong?

Steven Walters: The elevator speech for Democratic guv candidates
Boiling down their pitch to voters, why do they deserve your vote?

John Nichols: Cooke’s smart choice to skip the Democratic Convention
While hanging out in hospitality suites at a party convention is fun for political junkies and consequential for statewide candidates who need to connect with activists from Wisconsin’s 72 counties, traveling to a convention takes time away from the campaign trail.

David Blaska: Democrats sort through their seven dwarfs
Political junkies are trying to extract meaning from the results of the WisPolitics straw poll taken this past weekend.

Anthony Pahnke: Mark June Dairy Month with industry-wide reform
To mark June Dairy month, our lawmakers should listen to farmers, level the playing field, and include elements from the MFDA into the Farm Bill.

Sarah Keyeski: How I’m working for Wisconsin’s farmers and dairy industry
Since June is National Dairy Month, I want to highlight just three bills I authored or supported in an effort to provide some help for our dairy farmers, processors, and retailers this past session – and the status of the bills.

Austin Vandertie: I farm. I vote. Here’s why you should, too.
Your vote helps shape the future for your family, your community and our state and nation. No matter how hectic life gets, we cannot afford to let others make our choices for us at the ballot box.

LaKeshia Myers: My dream for us: to live life more abundantly
When I speak of living abundantly, I do not speak solely of material wealth or personal comfort. I speak of equity. I speak of justice. I speak of a world where every child, regardless of the color of their skin, can exhale freely without first calculating the cost of their own existence.

Sue Opper: Justice delayed is justice denied — but technology is changing that
Advancements in investigative and analytical technology are transforming how quickly law enforcement and prosecutors can build strong, evidence-based cases.

Richard Moore: A lump of coal for Christmas? If we’re lucky
Trump’s coal power investments, including modernization of Wisconsin’s Columbia Energy Center, deliver reliable, affordable baseload electricity, thousands of jobs, and grid stability against unreliable renewables.

James Wigderson: The price of Trump’s peace
Ignore the spin by Trump’s MAGA supporters. This war with Iran is a failure.

Bill Kaplan: For governor, forward not backward
Wisconsin has a far better option than Tiffany: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Sara Rodriguez.

Dave Cieslewicz: Dems’ straw poll gives us some signs
The bottom line as of post-convention time: Rodriguez may have reestablished herself as the frontrunner, but don’t count out Hong. And in November do not count out Tiffany.

John Nichols: Fox frets about Hong’s popular ideas
The problem for Fox and Republicans like Steil is that many of these policies are quite popular in Wisconsin.

John Torinus: Guv wannabees: ‘It’s health care costs, stupid!’
In the face of consolidations in the pursuit of market power and higher prices, leading to decades of unrelenting price hyper-inflation, our political leaders have to step back and entertain a fundamental structural upheaval. What would Teddy Roosevelt, the legendary trust-buster, do?

Jessica McBride: The wildly blue Wisconsin county and it’s not Milwaukee or Dane
Menominee County’s unusual Democrat tilt

James E. Causey: Black Americans mark Juneteenth amid rollback of freedoms
This Juneteenth, celebrate. But also remember those who made the sacrifices that made the celebration possible. Remember that the struggle for freedom did not end in 1865; it continues in 2026.

Rebecca Draeger: Milwaukee Public Schools’ budget problem is far from over
If MPS is serious about getting its finances under control, it will have to do much more than ask for more money.

Arthur I. Cyr: Xi Jinping trying to balance relations with the two Koreas
While patterns are complex, China’s investment in South Korea grows, while North Korea remains a costly dependent of Beijing.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ preview the 2026 WisDems state convention
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, preview the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s state convention two months before the primary election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership. Follow WisPolitics-State Affairs coverage of

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss lawsuits challenging Wisconsin’s congressional lines
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at efforts to appeal lawsuits challenging Wisconsin’s congressional lines after three-judge panels dismissed them. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for June 5
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss the nomination paper filings in the race for governor, the push for another vote on the failed surplus deal, President Donald Trump’s visit to Wisconsin and more.