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George Mitchell: The Wisconsin school choice advantage
Underly and other choice opponents are on the wrong side of public opinion.

Bill Barth: Divided governing stymies partisans
Voters would do well to continue divided government to temper the worst impulses of both parties.

Mark Lisheron: Port Washington data center on track to by far be state’s largest electricity user
Five projects in works in Wisconsin, driving demand for power

Kevin Gundlach: GHC attacking workers’ rights in Wisconsin and nationally
The essence of GHC’s attack on its workers is its opposition to letting workers decide for themselves who their union will represent.

David McGrath: Trump is implementing an American apartheid
While judges and the courts can slow the process, it’s up to American voters in the 2026 mid-term election to halt Trump’s war on people of color.

Dave Cieslewicz: Moderates for Mamdani
If I lived in New York City, he’d be my choice for mayor.

Steven Walters: Texas reps fleeing state similar to 2011 Wisconsin Dem exodus
Texas Democratic U.S. representatives trying to block gerrymander vote, Wisconsin state senators tried the same with Act 10.

Kristen Brey: What does it take to go from ‘climate haven’ to ‘climate resilient?’
Allow the myth that we are somehow immune from weather disasters to float away.

Bill Barth: Rude behavior mars culture and politics
Whether it’s Tea Partiers then or Democrats now, yelling is not democracy. It’s crude and rude. Behave yourselves.

Mark Belling: Bill Berrien is a fraud
GOP candidate for governor pretends to be Mr. MAGA. He’s not.

Judith Davidoff: Shrinking newsrooms are not a hallucination
AI is likely just part of the reason a story with incorrect information made it into the State Journal.

Matt Rothschild and Maresa Strano: Give Wisconsin voters more say through ballot initiatives
By giving voters an institutional path to shape policy and challenge entrenched power through the ballot, initiative campaigns can turn legitimate frustrations into constructive civic action.

Jeff Spitzer-Resnick: As a Jew, I can never accept the slaughter of innocents
I strongly condemned Hamas’ horrific Oct. 7 attack on Israel, with the slaughter of innocent civilians and capture of hundreds of hostages. But Israel’s destruction of almost everything in Gaza, along with the expulsion of aid organizations and closure of borders, has led to an amount of death, suffering and starvation that most of us cannot truly conceive.

Dave Zweifel: Under the new anti-vax regime, the viruses are the winners
We’re regressing to a time when ignorance and distrust ruled the world. And lives hang in the balance.

John Nichols: As GOP abandons rural Wisconsin, will Democrats step up?
If more Democrats focus of farm policy and the needs of our small towns, their party could fill the void the GOP has left in rural Wisconsin.

Dan O’Donnell: Gov. Evers’ elusive endorsement
Why Gov. Tony Evers is being evasive about endorsing in the governor’s race.

Christa Westerberg: Ann Walsh Bradley and the cause of openness
This month, for the first time in 30 years, the Wisconsin Supreme Court is without Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. It is also without one of its most consistent advocates for transparency in government.

Jason Tarasek: For a safer Wisconsin, the state should regulate THC
The Wisconsin Legislature would be wise to adopt a version of Minnesota’s hemp-derived THC law.

Michelle Bryant: New school year means shared responsibility
The critical role of a child’s caregiver in their success

Kimo Ah Yun: If the US wants to remain competitive globally, we can’t abandon higher education
If we pull back on higher education while our global competitors invest in theirs, we risk falling behind.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ analyze the race for state schools superintendent
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, analyze the race for state schools superintendent between incumbent Jill Underly, Sauk Prairie Superintendent Jeff Wright and Wauwatosa education consultant Brittany Kinser. The three are to face off in a Feb. 18 primary, with the general election set for April 1. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Jan. 31
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Trump administration’s now-rescinded memo freezing federal grants and loans; Republican legislation regarding the governor’s veto powers, schools and taxes on cash tips; the race to lead the national Dem Party with state Dem Party Chair Ben Wikler among front-runners and more.