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Bill Barth: Spend the money to protect children
At the local level, at least three actions stand out. One, harden targets where children congregate to make it tougher to get access. Two, hire armed guards. Three, make better access to mental healthcare a priority in an effort to flag potential threats.

Gregory Humphrey: Office of Madison’s Independent Police Monitor must be defunded
It’s time for city leaders to take notice that the office of the Independent Police Monitor is simply serving itself at the taxpayers’ expense.

Richard Moore: Come one, come all! The climate kiddie carnival calls!
Over the past decade or so, radical environmentalists have employed a rather far-fetched and some would say infantile legal strategy to short-circuit the democratic process and impose by judicial fiat its extreme carbon-free agenda: climate lawsuits ostensibly led by children.

Spencer Black: Trump wages war on clean energy
Trump is doing virtually everything imaginable to accelerate global warming.

Brian Fraley: In a noisy era, choose fewer words and more humanity
Communication that matters is not about winning the hour. It is about showing our humanity and building trust that lasts. Say the hard thing when you need to. Then say the human thing because you should.

Priscilla Prado: History in the making: Hispanic heritage arrives at the Capitol
Since before its official statehood, Hispanic Americans have lived and worked in Wisconsin, enriching the economic, social, and cultural climates of our great state.

Dave Zweifel: Smithsonian another victim of Trump’s warped beliefs
In the first six months since he’s returned to office Donald Trump has made it his mission to destroy time-honored American institutions, and the Smithsonian has become the latest target.

James Wigderson: Waukesha should make switch to appointing city attorney
Expanded candidate pool, increased accountability would benefit city.

Stephanie Bloomingdale: A prominent Republican once said nation must preserve the rights of its workers
Despite public support for labor unions currently reaching levels not seen in decades, particularly among younger workers, efforts to undermine unions and union organizing continue.

Bill Kaplan: Labor Day, three Wisconsin heroes
Time to celebrate three Wisconsin heroes who have made extraordinary contributions to standing up for working people and against plutocracy: Bob Amsden, Rebecca Cooke and Tom Nelson.

John Sholund: Give Wisconsin workers a stake in companies they help build
As we celebrate Labor Day, it’s the perfect time to go beyond giving workers a symbolic pat on the back with a long weekend. Instead, let’s give more workers a real stake in the companies they help build. A new campaign, Expanding ESOPs, is working to do just that, and I hope sharing my story helps move their effort forward.

Sachin Shivaram: My workers voted for Trump. Now they’re absorbing the impact.
Business was growing for our aluminum foundry. Then came the tariffs.

John Nichols: Workers need a $20 fair wage
When it comes to fair wages, Wisconsin should not be playing catch up. Wisconsin should lead.

David Blaska: Is Justice Bradley the canary in the coal mine?
Conservative jurist Rebecca Bradley will not seek another term — a gut punch to Republicans.

David McGrath: What I learned on my first day of school
When I’m asked for advice, three things I share. First, over prepare for every class. Have a detailed lesson plan, but also a Plan B. Second, be yourself, not some stultified version of what you think a teacher should be. Third, always do what you think is right for your students, not what you’re told by a colleague, the author of the textbook or an administrator long gone from the classroom.

Patrick McIlheran: Building costs heading upward in first impact of bureaucrats being unleashed
Supreme Court’s ‘constitutional revolution’ unleashes wave of new regulations, new costs

John Gross: Why Judge Dugan should not be facing charges for conduct inside and outside courtroom
If you disagree with something a judge does when they are exercising their judicial authority, you can file an appeal, but you can’t have them arrested.

Mike McCabe: Exactly who we are
America is armed to the teeth and wishes to remain so, regardless of the risk, regardless of the human cost.

Eileen Harrington: Are Madison and Dane County ready to fight for democracy?
President Trump has signed an executive order directing a military ‘response’ to ‘civil unrest’ in U.S. cities

Kelly Tourdot: Merit creates workforce opportunity in Wisconsin
ABC’s apprentices can graduate, be promoted, and rise to the ranks of management, or even ownership, all while keeping the benefits and resources they’ve earned during their years of work. T

‘The Insiders’ review partisan reshuffling in the Wisconsin Legislature
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, review partisan reshuffling in the Wisconsin Legislature following the November general election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Oct. 11
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss this week’s Supreme Court oral arguments on Gov. Tony Evers’ 400-year veto, the latest in the U.S. Senate race and President Joe Biden’s stop in Milwaukee.