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Dave Zweifel: Lawmakers should be subject to their own transparency laws
Maybe it’s got something to do with the air in the state Capitol. But once otherwise ordinary men and women are elected to serve, they develop a belief that they’re above the law.

Bill Barth: Your right to information is under attack
Journalists make mistakes. Plenty of them. Criticism is often deserved. The only time I saw journalism under this kind of relentless attack, though, was at the height of the Watergate crisis. Let’s look at some issues facing journalism today.

James E. Causey: Instead of attacking student protesters, we ought to listen
No matter what one’s political views are, especially when it comes to adults and children, the grown-up bears responsibility for exercising restraint.

John Markson: The real story of the prosecution of Hannah Dugan
Federal agents derailed a state proceeding, undermining the integrity of our court system.

David Blaska: Redefining failure & waste
Wisconsin employers can’t find literate workers

Mike Nichols: Time for UW-Madison to do away with ethnic studies requirement
Time can be better spent on other things like AI

Tom Still: Despite caution signs, state investors aim to follow balanced road
While some regions may be more dependent on a single tech sector, it’s reassuring to know Wisconsin is spreading its investment bets. It just needs bigger bets.

Katie Kitzerow: Not ‘just an accident’; an elderly driver killed my child
We require testing and recertification for many professions where public safety is at stake, yet we place virtually no specialized requirements on elderly drivers.

Scott Walker: Happy birthday, Ronald Reagan
This week, we celebrate President Reagan’s birthday. Though his last public statements were decades ago, so many of his words still ring true today.

H. Carl Mueller: Bader legacy creates example for other families to follow
The memories of one generation of Baders is kept alive by current family members to share with others. In Milwaukee, the foundation has a special focus on community and neighborhood development.

Ryan Clancy: How do we stay safe from ICE?
Legislation alone won’t keep us safe from ICE. Because the harm that ICE does is inherent to it, it cannot be reformed or trained to be a positive institution.

Jamie Stiehm: Closing Kennedy Center stabs at the heart of D.C. life
This could well be a death blow for Washington residents to mix and match beyond politics. The closure will hurt the local economy, with African American seniors a large part of its workforce.

Mark Belling: For once, the Wisconsin GOP is united
The falling of two dominoes has left Republicans in Wisconsin, for the first time since the Scott Walker era, with a chance to unite for a year behind a candidate for governor and avoid the intraparty bloodbaths that have been suicidal.

Gregg Hoffmann: Some progress on PFAS
Gov. Tony Evers, the DNR and GOP lawmakers recently signaled a deal may be within reach to release around $132 million set aside to address PFAS contamination.

Tom Stolp: ‘Zombie’ Knowles-Nelson legislation isn’t worth celebrating … yet
A bipartisan path forward is achievable and straightforward.

Michelle Orge: Fear of immigration enforcement is deepening food insecurity in our community
Every human being deserves to eat. That shouldn’t be a controversial statement, and it certainly isn’t a political one.

Gregory Humphrey: Baldwin correct: ICE should not operate from behind masks
A free society cannot accept a system where government agents can exercise immense authority while shielded from public recognition.

David Blaska: No president should run elections
They already have too much power.

Ruth Conniff: What Trump’s threat to nationalize elections means for Wisconsin
Trump’s threats of a federal takeover would be both legally and practically hard to pull off in Wisconsin.

Kenneth Zagacki and Richard Cherwitz: Economic talk distracts from policies that would help people
This moment invites two broader questions: To what extent do economic issues dominate American political discourse? And how easily does that dominance distract from other pressing national problems?

‘The Insiders’ review recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at several recent opinions issued by the Wisconsin Supreme Court as its 2024-25 session ends. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for June 20
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” Wisconsin Public Radio’s Anya van Wagtendonk and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Jessie Opoien discuss state budget negotiations breaking down, the Minnesota lawmaker shootings, the state Supreme Court ruling on legislative oversight of Department of Justice settlements and more.