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John Torinus: Trump inherits economy with head of steam
President Biden and his lieutenants provided relative stability in our governance for four years, protected our institutions, and dealt professionally with issues affecting jobs, the economy and our international alliances.

Michael Lucas: Evers’ economy is a Soviet dream
Since the beginning of this year, Wisconsin has created only 15,800 jobs, and 7,800 of these were government jobs. This is hardly good news for Wisconsinites.

Richard Moore: Legislature should abolish all civil asset forfeiture
Civil asset forfeiture arrests property, not people, and takes it from people often without due process or, on the federal level and in many states, even a criminal conviction. Wisconsin reformed its laws in 2018, making it a model, but that’s a low bar because many loopholes still exist for the government.

David Blaska: Kick DEI out of our public schools
We have a candidate who is not a wholly owned subsidiary of the teacher union or a wind-up toy for the Democrat(ic) party. Her name is Brittany Kinser out of Wauwatosa.

Michelle Bryant: AI in Radio Broadcasting
The integration of AI into radio broadcasting is not a new phenomenon; however, the pace of its adoption is accelerating. AI chatbots and voice technologies are now capable of hosting talk shows, curating playlists, and even engaging with listeners in real time.

Dave Cieslewicz: Defund NPR
The conservatives are right about this one. NPR does in fact have a raging liberal bias — more so than it ever had — and taxpayers should not be forced to support it.

Dave Zweifel: Tim Cullen’s contributions went far beyond politics
What led me to admire this soft-spoken prince of a man was his under-the-radar determination to give kids, especially those without a leg up, a boost in their young lives. It wasn’t necessarily in his job description, but it was something he decided was the right thing to do.

Bill Barth: Serving the public in faith and honor
Tim Cullen set a strong example others should follow.

Stan Milam: As a state and local leader, and friend to many, Cullen left his mark
To remember Janesville native Tim Cullen is to remember what he did for his beloved Janesville and the state of Wisconsin.

Ron Johnson: Fiscal sanity isn’t too much to hope for this year
Congress should revert to pre-pandemic spending, adjusted for population growth and inflation.

Dave Cieslewicz: What’s in store for 2025?
Another big Wisconsin Supreme Court race, a new police chief for Madison, and city council elections.

Mark Belling: Wisconsin’s 2024 Newsmaker of the Year isn’t from Wisconsin
Nobody had a bigger impact on our state than Donald Trump.

Kristin Brey: Ten predictions for 2025 in Wisconsin that are a bit unhinged but still funny
Regardless of what happens in 2025, it’s Wisconsin, so you know it won’t be boring.

Paul Fanlund: For the new year, parsing different strains of Trump voters
With the new year, shock and indignation that the nation could elect Donald Trump — the cause of the Jan. 6 insurrection — for a second time probably has morphed for many into more nuanced emotions.

Meg Ellefson: 2024 winners of the year in conservative politics
In reflecting upon the past year in Wisconsin conservative politics, I’m so grateful that sound judgment, wisdom and reasoning prevailed in the 2024 elections in Wisconsin, that I’m nominating common sense as one of the winners.

Chris Talgo: 5 moments that mattered most in 2024
For those on the right side of the political aisle, 2024 was a mixed bag.

Jacob VandenPlas: Polarization is the word of the year, but it doesn’t have to ruin our lives
Many Wisconsinites want the same things – quality education for our children, safe neighborhoods, responsible spending of our tax dollars, affordable healthcare and accountability in government.

Bill Barth: Neither state party wants real change
Beware a barrage of constitutional amendments posed by parties.

Dave Zweifel: GOP takes another kick at the University of Wisconsin
It doesn’t appear that our Republican-controlled Legislature is about to stop using the University of Wisconsin as its whipping boy in 2025.

John Nichols: Tim Cullen was the Wisconsin governor who might have been
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WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss factors behind lawmakers’ exodus from the Wisconsin Legislature
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, offer their take on why so many state lawmakers are retiring their positions amid new legislative district maps. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for April 19
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss oral arguments before the Supreme Court in Gov. Tony Evers’ lawsuit over legislative authority, a GOP lawsuit challenging an Evers veto related to funding literacy programs, results of the Marquette University Law School poll and more.