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Gregory Humphrey: The Tom Tiffany tangle
The geographic gravity may seem to favor Tiffany in the 7th Congressional District, with its sprawling acreage and culturally conservative voting base. But to actually win, he must pull significant numbers from the Milwaukee–Madison corridor. The area that will decide his fate in November.

Dan Shafer: New poll shows top three emerging in Democratic primary for governor in Wisconsin
Plus: In an “informed” vote poll where candidate biographies are shared, Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez leads the field with 33%.

Jessica McBride: Mandela Barnes Doesn’t know what a musky looks like, fishing bobbers, and the rural vote
Advice for Democrats. Stop posting about fish, talking about fish, and holding fish on camera if you don’t really know anything about fish and never fish. Gov. Tony Evers notoriously posed for the cameras once holding a fish so tightly that he looked like he was squishing its middle like a tube of Crest toothpaste.

Brian Fraley: Defending the fiscal bedrock: Why repeal of Act 10 would be disastrous
Dismantling this law would not be a simple policy tweak; it would be an absolute fiscal disaster for property taxpayers, public services, and the long-term stability of our communities.

Tom Still: Wisconsin remains on track to become a fusion energy hub
Wisconsin has a foundation to compete globally.

Mark Lisheron: Food co-op seen as viable, more likely option than government-funded grocery store in Milwaukee
Co-ops take time but are sustainable and avoid government pitfalls.

Daniel Steininger: Milwaukee can honor legacy of its socialist leaders
Ways to carry on Daniel Hoan’s legacy include innovative solutions to deterring crime, bringing taxes down, eliminating the school board and cutting regulatory barriers so developers can produce more housing.

David Blaska: Too much democracy got us into this mess
Populist paranoia has taken over both parties.

Jamie Stiehm: Dems still reeling from Biden debate debacle
America is still paying dearly for the June 27, 2024, debacle. The Trump demolition tour for his 80th birthday and the nation’s 250th is about to choke this city to death. Besides which, our civil society and federal government are on life support.

Pat Kreitlow: What exactly did Trump tell Wisconsin about his farm record?
The president said prices for fuel, fertilizer, and other inputs are “all coming way down,” but it’s not clear there’s a plan to make that happen.

Dave Zweifel: Trump’s great big semiquincentennial flop
Even the National Review, the conservative’s bible, is disturbed that Donald Trump’s administration has dropped the ball on what should have been a stunning celebration of the nation’s independence.

John Nichols: Tom Paine’s fight
The pamphleteer’s insistence that America live up to its revolutionary vows still rings true 250 years later.

Scott Walker: More Minnesota fraud uncovered
Another shoe has dropped in the ongoing fraud scandal in Minnesota

Jodi Habush Sinykin: The story of the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program: Why a bipartisan tradition is ending
While it seems likely that the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program will be dormant from July 1, 2026 until the next budget in 2027, I am confident that we can come together next year and get this done.

Bill Barth: Reform the courts to restore integrity
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is tiptoeing around reform ideas. A suggestion that rules require justices to recuse from cases if big donors are involved is a good one. Also, justices should not be governed only by their own consciences on recusal. A majority of the court should be able to force a justice to step aside.

Dan Knodl: Protecting criminals or protecting communities?
Wisconsin has seen far too many cases where dangerous offenders were released, given low bail, placed on signature bond, or allowed to remain in the community despite serious pending charges or supervision concerns, only for more innocent people to be hurt or killed.

Noria Doyle: Wisconsin cigarette tax revenue collapses under outdated policy as users switch to low-tax vapes
Wisconsin is ensnared in a fiscal trap of its own making, a consequence of relying on the taxation of human frailty to fund the apparatus of state government.

Mark Belling: Today’s Democrats will back anybody that opposes a Republican
Nazis, deadbeats and terrorist sympathizers get party blessing.

Judith Davidoff: Helping journalists find their power
Yes, it can and should include advocating for legislation.

Bruce Murphy: Is Democratic race for governor finally starting?
Recent ads for candidates add life – finally – to a very sleepy campaign.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ examine Wisconsin’s 7th CD GOP primary
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District primary, where big money is backing competing GOP hopefuls. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for May 29
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk and Associated Press Capitol Correspondent Scott Bauer talk about the latest Marquette Law School poll finding widespread public support for the failed surplus deal and how the issue is playing out in the governor’s race, a Dem bill to tax payments from President Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund at 100%, a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s school funding system, and more.