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Stacey Orr Smith: Getting your money’s worth
After many conversations, it appears that Milwaukee Public Schools is the last resort for many parents. The overriding sentiment from parents is that they are just stuck.

Jerry Hanson: We need a Wisconsin agenda, not a GOP agenda
We need a new agenda that puts people first and relegates party politics to a back seat in Wisconsin.

Zoe Roberts: Loss will make Democratic Party stronger
Democrats, like myself, need to understand that running campaigns around large existential issues is a losing formula and that it doesn’t take the place of having real-life policy solutions to the problems everyday Americans face. Nor does running a campaign around the theme, “I’m not Donald Trump.”

Dave Cielewicz: The chasm
It’s okay, even necessary, for a political party to do some soul-searching when it loses as badly as my party did last Tuesday. But let’s make a distinction between sober reflection and finger-pointing.

Jim Piwowarczyk & Jessica McBride: The 17 reasons Kamala Harris really lost
Here are 17 actual reasons that Democrats lost, in no particular order.

John Nichols: Democrats ‘Lose when they fail to prioritize a strong, working-class message’
Painters union President Jimmy Williams Jr. says “working people deserve a party that… places their issues front and center.”

Dave Zweifel: We knew he’s a monster, then we elected him anyway
Trump and his legions of yes men will stage an all-out assault on America’s institutions and its most vulnerable people during the next four years.

Dan Shafer: 10 takeaways from the 2024 Election in Wisconsin
Donald Trump prevails in a red-wave election, Tammy Baldwin survives, the WOW shift slows, State Senate Dems shine, Republicans keep the Legislature, and much more.

Michelle Bryant: Tall respect due: “C.F.C.H.” crew making inroads
Harris’s journey in pursuit of the U.S. Presidency has moved American women one step closer to the highest office in the land. Harris’ inclusion in a small and coveted club, that I have dubbed the C.F.C.H. Crew, has built on the legacy of trailblazers Shirley Chisholm, Geraldine Ferraro, and Hillary Clinton. All these women have chipped away at the notion that women are incapable of leading this nation.
Tom Still: Economic outlook post-election: Winners, losers and lots of unknown
Elon Musk is a clear winner. Other big names in Silicon Valley may be losers. Cryptocurrency is a stock market winner so far. Fans of anti-trust legislation are likely losers. TikTok may yet emerge a winner. Pharmaceutical companies may be losers… or winners. The fight to curb inflation … well, economists are split on what happens next, especially if tariffs on foreign goods cause prices to rise sharply.

Gregory Humphrey: We do not deport our friends
It is not uncommon in parts of Europe and the Middle East for scores of other nationals to undertake a wide array of jobs that otherwise would not be completed in the host nation. What makes white rural voters so fearful about the way the rest of the world operates, especially since there are not enough of them for the jobs which are needing to be completed?

Mike Nichols, Mark Lisheron & Wyatt Eichholz: Justice Gorsuch, we have an update for you
Since his book cited Badger Institute research on federal role in bloated bureaucracy, we update the grim figures.

Mandela Barnes: Stop blocking help for rural Wisconsin health care
Evers secured $15 million in crisis-response funds to protect access to health care in western Wisconsin. Regrettably, GOP lawmakers on the budget committee have refused to release the money, holding the distribution hostage to other legislation.

Alondra Clark, Marquel Crawford, T’Angelo Ford and Elizabeth O’Brien: We know what it’s like to be a homeless student in Milwaukee. We can fix it.
Nearly 12,000 youth and young adults face homelessness each year right here in Milwaukee County.

WisOpinion: ‘The insiders’ analyze the ’24 election in Wisconsin
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look back at the 2024 general election and its highs and lows in Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Scott Walker: The Republican red wave finally materializes
President-elect Donald Trump won with the help of nontraditional Republican voters in 2024.

Thomas M. Nelson: The road back for Wisconsin Democrats
Down-ballot candidates did well, and if they can get the state back on the path to a broader and more prosperous labor movement, the returns would be even greater.

Tom Still: Economic outlook post-election
Winners, losers and lots of unknown.

Dan O’Donnell: The politics of unity
Voters of all ages and races from all walks of life and all socioeconomic backgrounds in all areas of the country came together to deliver Trump 312 electoral votes and a resounding win in the national popular vote.

Mark Belling: They tried to bury Trump. Instead, they raised him from the dead
The great irony of the greatest political comeback in American history is that Donald Trump’s resurrection from the political dead would never have happened without the people who tried to destroy him in the first place.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ weigh in on the court battle over Wisconsin’s legislative maps
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, offer their take on where the Supreme Court redistricting process is headed. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Feb. 2
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest in the redistricting case before the state Supreme Court, Minnesota U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips’ lawsuit to be included on the Dem presidential primary ballot in Wisconsin, Gov. Tony Evers signing legislation intended to increase dental care access and more.