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Brian Fraley: Juneteenth and Wisconsin
Wisconsin has a rich history of celebrating Juneteenth with various events, parades, community gatherings, and educational programs.

Nathan Vinehout Kane: My mom was a state senator. Minnesota shooting shows dangers politicians face.
Women in positions of power, like Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman, are especially affected. They are more likely to receive threats than men.

Ruth Conniff: Van Orden’s assassination mockery is a danger sign
U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden seized on the double murder of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were shot dead in their home, and the near-fatal shootings of state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette, to mock Democrats and try to score political points.

Scott Walker: Liberal protests against Trump alienate the mainstream
The more mobs scream, the more Americans tune them out.

Arthur I. Cyr: We must be wary of politicization of the military
Democrats, partisan media and other critics of Trump are raising the spectre of diversion of our military from their proper constitutional roles, and even possible military dictatorship. That is an exaggeration, at least for the moment.

Patrick McIlheran: Much to like in Republicans’ tax plan
But part should be jettisoned, and we need to keep working toward flat tax.

Tom Still: Smaller communities aim to find ways to remain relevant, competitive
At a time of missile launches in the Middle East, grinding war in Ukraine, political assassination in Minnesota and a potentially crushing national debt hanging over the economy, it’s a relief to visit a place where people gather for lunch, sing a patriotic song and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. All at the world’s biggest Culver’s restaurant, no less.

Michelle Murphy: Nearly quarter of WI college students are single moms. They need child care help.
Everyone benefits when someone succeeds. Student parents are taking steps into success by earning degrees. Do we want these parents and their children to succeed long-term? It just requires some additional support right now.

Michelle Bryant: Honoring legacy: The imperative of succession in Black business
Jerrel Jones, the visionary founder of Courier Communications, whose groundbreaking work in Black media has left an indelible mark in Milwaukee and beyond.

Richard Moore: Marco Rubio emerges as a free speech fighter, leader
Yeah, you read the headline right. Little Marco Rubio, otherwise known as the former U.S. senator and now secretary of state, has become a titan inside the Trump administration, and nowhere is his power and importance more noteworthy than in the arena of free speech.

Gregory Humphrey: Governor Tony Evers should seek third term
At a time when our politics is so loud, brittle, and chaos-driven, Tony Evers comes across as a reminder of how our elected leaders once conducted themselves as individuals and worked in the office they were elected to hold.

John Nichols: The US Should not support Israel’s war on Iran, say Democrats and Republicans
Bernie Sanders has sponsored an anti-war resolution in the Senate, while conservative Thomas Massie is doing the same in the House.

Michael Schuler: Limiting consumerism might save our souls, if not the world
Consumption (conspicuous or otherwise) is, I would submit, the quintessential American idol. No god and no religion that I know of has a fraction of its power over people’s lives.

Bruce Murphy: Can Democrats win more rural voters?
Ben Wikler was probably the smartest Wisconsin Democratic Party chair in the last 40 years or so. The Democrats had many victories under him. And he was a zealot about campaigning in rural areas.

Bill Barth: Partisan paralysis remains the norm
Evers and the Republican legislative majority failed to find common ground on a budget.

DJ Nichols: When the state won’t pay its bills, cities pay the price
The Republican majority on the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee voted last week against fully funding the state’s payments for municipal services, which are designed to reimburse cities for the costs of providing police, fire and other essential services to tax-exempt state properties.

Jodi Habush Sinykin: Child care — connecting the dots
Let me be clear, without continued state support, Wisconsin families, employers, and businesses will be left in the same sinking boat — without access to quality, reliable, affordable child care.

Mark Belling: Conservative state Supreme Court losing begets more losing
Rebecca Bradley probably won’t run for re-election because things seem hopeless.

Bruce Murphy: Trump’s flip-flop on immigrants impacts Wisconsin
His stop and start on ICE raids affects restaurants, dairy industry, hotels and more.

William Osmulski: The left’s latest scare campaign over Medicaid
Republicans might require able-bodied, childless adults to get a part-time job to qualify for Medicaid. They might also end a four-year-old Obamacare subsidy program. Not if Democrats have anything to say about it!

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss budget negotiations between Evers, GOP leaders
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the recent meetings between Gov. Tony Evers and GOP legislators as lawmakers craft Wisconsin’s biennial budget amid looming federal cuts. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for May 30
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Joint Finance Committee’s first votes on the state budget, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s push to reduce federal spending, the Department of Public Instruction’s new effort to revamp school report cards and more.