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Cate Zeuske: Decoupling a common sense solution to Wisconsin school funding conundrum
At the heart of this issue is what I believe to be a false notion that school choice ‘siphons’ money away from public schools.

Nancy Gertner and Michael Luttig: Prosecution of Judge Hannah Dugan undermines centuries of legal precedent
Her arrest and prosecution are nothing but the next attempt by the current administration to threaten and intimidate the judiciary because the courts are ruling against the president and his administration daily.

Dan O’Donnell: Now the whole country knows how bad the Wisconsin Supreme Court is
Writing for all eight of her fellow justices, Sotomayor wrote that the Wisconsin Supreme Court grossly violated Catholic Charities’ First Amendment rights when it denied them a religious exemption to the state’s unemployment tax and, in so doing, treated the organization differently than other religious groups.

Bill Kaplan: Trump and GOP – more dead, sick and hungry
Trump and the GOP-led Congress want to pay for tax cuts skewed to the rich with draconian cuts in health care coverage and aid to feed the hungry.

Ruth Conniff: Wisconsin members of Congress stand up to rogue feds
U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan and Gwen Moore toured Wisconsin’s only the ICE detention facility and demanded answers about the people being targeted for deportation in the state.

Mark Lisheron: At center of America’s essential debate, Johnson says resist spending frenzy
Johnson laments Medicaid’s ‘legalized fraud’ and says childless adults should work.

Michelle Bryant: Threats to Medicaid coverage endanger us all
Many of the proposed cuts in the Trump administration’s budget, don’t just harm specific groups—they have a ripple effect on families and communities.

Paul Fanlund: Enough with the obsessing about what Democrats got wrong
While the Biden saga dominated recently, the Democratic bickering and blame-placing is getting old now six months into the second Trump presidency. Everyone has a prescription for Democrats, many directly conflicting with others.

John Nichols: Pride flag opposition puts GOP on the wrong side of history
Those efforts do not merely seek to erase the heritage of Wisconsin’s LGBTQ+ community. They also dismiss the rich legacy of enlightened Republicans, like former Gov. Dreyfus, who stood on the right side of history.

Edward J. Huck: America must support more critical thinking skills
Teaching people to be skeptical of a source is not an indoctrination tactic, it is an essence of democracy.

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.

John Torinus: Out of Big Ten for taxes
4th highest to 28th … The game has changed in terms of competition with other states. We are now in the middle of the pack on taxes. That means that citizens and their politicians can consider other dimensions of life in Wisconsin.

Dan O’Donnell: The gerrymandering farce
It didn’t take long after radical liberal judge Susan Crawford won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a hard-left law firm to challenge the state’s congressional maps, something Crawford was rather obviously installed on the Court to do, but will the Court actually do it?

Barb Dittrich: Support postpartum coverage of new mothers
Wisconsin Republicans need to send the message that we truly are pro-life at every age, stage, and ability, and that we value the well-being of mothers and their newborn babies. Let’s ensure that every new Wisconsin mother has the support for their families to thrive.

Brooke Legler: We are choosing a bleak future for Wisconsin children
We spend about four times as much to keep someone in prison as we spend on education — it’s inhumane, and it impoverishes our state and condemns children to unnecessary suffering and a bleak future.

Bruce Murphy: Guns now kill more than auto crashes
Super majority in state wants some gun restrictions. Will Republicans agree?

Kathleen Gallagher: UWM’s making a big mistake to cut engineering program at critical time
Amid a domestic manufacturing renaissance, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee leadership is pushing to eliminate its materials science department.

Dave Cieslewicz: Sanctuary communities?
Last week the Trump administration identified four places in Wisconsin that they define as “sanctuary” communities: Milwaukee, Madison, Dane County and, who would have thunk it, Shawano County.

Bill Barth: Support varies for deportation
It’s one thing to round up and kick out gang members, killers, drug dealers and rapists. It’s another to sweep out people who are none of those things, who have become productive members of their communities. And parents of American citizens.

Emily Mills: How AI is harming Wisconsin’s path to renewable energy
Despite public opposition, Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission approved We Energies’ proposal to build two new fossil fuel-burning power plants, in part to meet demand from data centers and AI.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ review the Trump-Harris debate
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, review the debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Aug. 30
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss presidential campaign visits, November ballot access, absentee ballot drop boxes, a planned legislative audit of the Department of Public Instruction’s monitoring of school district finances, Children and Families Secretary Emilie Amundson announcing plans to leave the Evers administration and more.