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WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ analyze Taylor’s 20-point win over Lazar in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the large margin of victory for liberal Judge Chris Taylor over conservative Judge Maria Lazar in Tuesday’s Supreme Court election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center for Public Leadership.

Scott Walker: Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election results: A midterms lesson for Republicans
Winning in Wisconsin requires a strong message, manpower and money. Right or wrong, if you don’t have enough money, then the message and manpower don’t matter.

Tom Still: More defense research in Wisconsin can apply to civilian issues, too
It’s important to know much national defense research has little to do with building better missiles or bombs. It’s often about prevention, detection, reaction and recovery in times of emergency at home. That affects civilians as well as military personnel.

Dave Zweifel: With straight faces, GOP accuses regents of playing politics
Got a charge out of state Sen. Patrick Testin’s “outrage” over the Board of Regents’ firing of UW President Jay Rothman this week.

Patrick McIlheran: Wisconsin’s southern border shows what freedom brings
Want to see what good decisions look like? You can watch the results filling in the industrial parks of southern Kenosha County.

Rebecca Draeger: The truth about Evers’ school tax credit veto
Evers vetoed Assembly Bill 602 that would have required the state to opt into a federal program to promote donations to Wisconsin Scholarship Granting Organizations in exchange for a federal tax credit.

Tarun Thomas and Priyanka Kulkarni: Health care equality for Black people starts with building trust
Medical mistrust plays a significant role in fueling health care disparities experienced by Black people in Milwaukee, across Wisconsin, and nationally, particularly in high rates of infant mortality.

Jamie Stiehm: America at its best and its worst — all in a day
While the nation waited with bated breath to see if Donald Trump would keep his threat to destroy the ancient Iranian “civilization” by 8 p.m. ET, we also glimpsed the dark side of the moon for the first time in human history.

Shannon Ross: Why must someone’s worst decision be the headline of their identity?
April is officially Second Chance Month, a nationwide effort to raise awareness about stigmas surrounding people with criminal records and the barriers they face after incarceration.

Bruce Murphy: Republicans hit bottom in Supreme Court race
Quiet campaign didn’t work. Party is in deep trouble.

Ruth Conniff: What Chris Taylor’s big Supreme Court win means for Wisconsin
Taylor’s lopsided victory does not mean that Wisconsin has turned, overnight, from a 50-50 purple state that narrowly elected both Presidents Joe Biden and Donald Trump into a liberal stronghold where Democrats can expect to run the table in November.

Dan Shafer: Alicia Halvensleben wins stunning victory in race for mayor in Waukesha
What makes this result especially interesting is that Halvensleben is a Democrat.

Dave Maxey: Wisconsin’s election problems just keep getting worse
We need election officials who actually care about getting this right, and we need candidates who understand and respect the law enough to follow it.

Scott Manley: Property taxes are high, but how are school districts actually spending your money?
Taxpayers are right to be angry that our property taxes are so high, and they should be especially angry about the misallocation of their school tax dollars. High property taxes and low return-on-investment are a choice, and school districts have chosen poorly.

James Finkelstein and Judith Wilde: UW president’s exit was a governance failure from start
The immediate controversy over UW president’s firing centers on secrecy. However, the more significant governance issue started long before. It began with a presidential employment agreement.

Kenneth Zagacki and Richard Cherwitz: When it comes to wartime rhetoric, Trump is no Churchill
Whatever the case and for whatever reasons, Churchill’s sense of moral and strategic clarity is harder to find today in our leaders’ wartime rhetoric. Instead there is fragmented and often contradictory messaging.

Dan Shafer: In Chris Taylor’s resounding landslide victory, Wisconsin voters again choose a judicial check on Trump
In the 2026 race for Wisconsin Supreme Court, Chris Taylor was always seen as the clear favorite to win, but even the most optimistic prognostication from liberal supporters didn’t quite see this — a 20-point landslide blowout victory.

Jessica McBride: Why Maria Lazar lost
On paper, Lazar was a good enough candidate to win. Lazar lost because she was wildly outspent.

Dave Cieslewicz: A bad day for good government
Chris Taylor’s election would have been bad enough for one day, but then yesterday evening the UW Board of Regents went ahead and fired System President Jay Rothman. They did it in closed session and provided no explanation.

Brian Fraley: The firing squad: Why the UW Board of Regents ousted Jay Rothman
The firing squad met and executed their plan with cold precision. They refused to hear a single word from the condemned. They did not even bother to read his charges to the public before striking the blow that ended his tenure. This was a bureaucratic ambush, pure and simple.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ review how Wisconsin governor candidates fared in the Marquette Law School poll
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at support for candidates in recent polls during these early stages of the race for Wisconsin governor. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your week in review for March 27
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel State Politics Reporter Jessie Opoien discuss the state Supreme Court race, the latest Marquette University Law School poll, bills awaiting action by Gov. Tony Evers and more.