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Mike Gallagher: Trump’s big opportunity in Japan
A stronger alliance on trade and technology would benefit the U.S. while deterring China.

Kent Miller: Good Wisconsin union jobs are at risk if energy credits are stripped from budget bill
The truth is that this bill is just plain bad news for workers as currently written.

Gregory Humphrey: Congress must not be impotent as Trump bombs Iran
What is missing in our governmental process is Congress’s constitutional role in checking executive power, ensuring that policy decisions reflect broader national deliberations rather than abrupt, uneducated and ultimately dangerous unilateral presidential authority.

Gregg Hoffmann: The heat is on
Earth has undergone its hottest decade on record. The years from 2015 to 2024 recorded the warmest temps in 200 years of record-keeping.

Paul Fanlund: Recalling Gaylord Nelson and why he is so missed today
Nelson, former Wisconsin governor, U.S. senator and founder of Earth Day, was one of the two most important progressive leaders in the state’s history. The other was Robert M. “Fighting Bob” La Follette.

David Blaska: Healthy soil, healthy folks?
Few personalities have been more consequential and just damned interesting than Jonathan Barry.

Bill Kaplan: Fully fund UW System, it serves Wisconsin
Dismantling the UW System is akin to shooting oneself in the foot. Let’s use part of the $4 billion state surplus to fully fund the UW System, which serves the entire state.

Anthony LoCoco: My commitment is to the Constitution and our freedoms
After years of fighting for my kids and yours in front of the bench, I’m ready to help reform our judiciary from behind the bench.

Brian Reisinger: Farmers forgotten as debate over ICE raids, Dodgers and No Kings protests rage
It’s time to fix our immigration mess by making it easier for farms to survive, and for Washington to act

David Blaska: Donald Trump met the moment
President Trump promised to stop never-ending wars. He just put up the Stop Sign for one that has lasted 46 years.

John Nichols: Pocan, Moore, Baldwin reject Trump’s war talk
As Wisconsinites have long recognized, Congress should never give presidents a blank check for endless war.

Glenn Hoffarth: Why has Israel’s aggression become a taboo subject?
Being opposed to the Israel genocide of the Palestinian people is not the same as being opposed to Jewish people or their faith.

Jeffrey Leverich: Trump education cuts deepen the descent into national chaos
The level of national chaos that we have generated for years affects national mores, economics, education and our overall health.

Gregory Humphrey: Local trans woman essential in medical emergency
I think the fact that the one person who walked out the doors and engaged with me at the emergency entrance was a trans woman underscores that trans people are very much a part of our rich and diverse society.

Dave Cieslewicz: Madison has a fear of heights
Residents understand the value of urban density, but like it better in the abstract.

Eddee Daniel: Milwaukee County Parks should not be used for housing developments. Period.
The public, including seniors, deserves housing-free parks.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ consider potential ’26 GOP candidates for Wisconsin governor
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at potential GOP gubernatorial candidates to run in 2026 as Gov. Tony Evers considers whether to seek a third term. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Dan Knodl: Badger blues: UW cries poverty with an $8 billion operating budget
I want the UW System to thrive, but that won’t happen by enabling waste and unchecked expansion. Taxpayers deserve universities that educate — not embolden, not enrich, and certainly not excuse administrative excess. It’s time UW earned back our trust.

Richard Moore: Stewardship reform must protect private property rights
You can always tell when the state Legislature is about to attempt something nefarious or otherwise injurious to the state’s residents by the pace of their activity.

Bryan Rogers: 5 (bad) things every We Energies customer should know about natural gas plants
The Public Service Commission’s approval of two new We Energies natural gas plants wasn’t just a policy decision. It was a moral failure of leadership, imagination and public duty.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ take up Johnson’s reconciliation fight
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take up U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s demand for deeper cuts in the House version of the federal reconciliation bill. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for June 6
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss budget talks between the governor and GOP leaders breaking down, the Trump administration’s threat to withhold federal election funding from Wisconsin, and the state suspending funding for Milwaukee Public Schools after the district misses another reporting deadline.