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Gregory Humphrey: Government must fulfill promise for F-35 noise abatement near Truax Field
It is not hard to empathize with the ‘where do I go now’ feeling residents near to Truax Field are experiencing with the bureaucratic hurdles when trying to find funding for noise abatement due to F-35 jets.

Tommy G. Thompson: Campaigns have always been rough. I’m sick of politics of personal destruction.
I join the many voters today who are sick of the politics of personal destruction that tear down an opponent rather than uplift us with ideas and positive visions for the future.

Steven Walters: Wisconsin Republicans will regroup at state convention
Questions will include why the party’s candidate for state Supreme Court lost by 10 points.

Judith Davidoff: Can we get some answers here?
Keeping people informed in an increasingly difficult task as government officials impose new restrictions on media access.

John Nichols: Team Trump’s bullying isn’t going to intimidate Tony Evers
Trump’s bully-boy tactics are making him politically toxic on the international stage. And they are doing the same thing at home.

Michele Bryant: Barkley needs to buy a clue
Football isn’t just a game, Trump isn’t just the president.

Bill Berry: Help farmers left holding the bag by Trump
Buying local is patriotic, and good for you and the local farmers who are your neighbors.

Jay Heck: Will $100M Supreme Court elections be the new normal in Wisconsin?
It shouldn’t and doesn’t have to be that way.

Bill Kaplan: Wisconsin bishops and doctors oppose cutting Medicaid
It’s long past time to stop the warp speed race to cruelty and misery. Stand up for rural Wisconsin or the sick will suffer and others will die needlessly.

John Quackenbush: Wisconsin should pass laws to help build the electric grid
ROFR laws in Wisconsin are sensible for customers because the electric grid of the future will be built quicker and more affordably.

Dave Zweifel: Constituents fume as Van Orden plays hide-and-seek
The congressman has been a no-show at town hall meetings, unwilling to face constituents demanding answers to their sudden misfortune.

Vignesh Ramachandran and Dahlia Saba: UW-Madison tramples protesters’ First Amendment rights
Rather than opposing the overwhelmingly popular demands of their students at every turn, only releasing weakly worded statements when they feel the government has gone too far, we call on universities to be accountable to their students and actively fight against state repression.

LaKeshia Myers: The Shedeur Sanders controversy: Exposing the NFL’s plantation mindset
As we watch Shedeur Sanders navigate this system, we must recognize that the criticisms of his demeanor aren’t about football – they’re about power. They’re about maintaining a structure where Black excellence must be packaged in a way that doesn’t threaten white comfort.

David Blaska: Fantasizing Gov. Tony Evers’ arrest is a sign our democracy is ailing
MAGA minions are ululating over the prospect of the Democrat(ic) governor doing the perp walk. If they can’t defeat ‘em at the ballot box, put ‘em in handcuffs! Easier than winning minds and hearts.

Lucy Ripp: 100 days in, here’s how Trump has harmed state communities — and what we can do about it
We must continue making our voices heard through forums like public hearings, town halls, protests, and letters to the editor, and holding our Wisconsin elected officials accountable, demanding they put Wisconsinites first.

Brian Reisinger: Trump must negotiate trade deals that will put America’s family farms first
The only way forward is targeted trade deals that put family farms — and our domestic food supply — first.

Richard Moore: The mantra of due process
While progressives run around yelling for due process for criminal immigrants and cartoonish judges, there are less glamorous though far more serious issues of due process being contested every day in the United States.

John Nichols: Trump’s assault on PBS and NPR chooses oligarchy over press freedom and democracy
As the supporters of speaking truth to power celebrate World Press Freedom Day, Trump seeks to defund public media in the United States.

Dave Cieslewicz: Local public media will pay the price for the sins of NPR
What I’d like to see preserved is the public money that goes to the local stations. They provide valuable local news coverage and local cultural programming. Yes, they’ve followed NPR and PBS in going left, but it’s not nearly as extreme.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss issues found in audit of Universities of Wisconsin DEI programs
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take up a recent audit of Universities of Wisconsin diversity, equity and inclusion programs that found a failure to track spending on the initiatives, among other problems. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss whether Evers should get the credit for Wisconsin’s economic growth
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss whether Gov. Tony Evers deserves the credit for recently announced major economic development projects. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for June 21
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon and guest host Jack Kelly, statehouse reporter for Wisconsin Watch, discuss former President Trump’s rally in Racine, the Republican National Convention security perimeter, the latest on fiscal mismanagement at Milwaukee Public Schools, the effort to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and more.