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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.

Mike McCabe: After the morning after
The Democratic Party faces a reckoning whether it likes it or not. The party knows what it is against but either doesn’t know or won’t say what it’s for. It either lacks the imagination needed to conjure a vision of where America should head and what our country has the potential to become, or lacks the courage to proclaim it.

Terrance Wall: Dane County puts Trump over the top in Wisconsin
Trump was able to declare victory at 12:48 am CT, because Wisconsin, yes, our humble, unassuming state, put him over the top of the 270 electoral votes he needed to win. And he won Wisconsin, in part, because Republicans got him over the 23% threshold here in Dane County.

John Nichols: Is there any chance that Congress can be a check on Trump?
Republicans grabbed the Senate, but Democrats could still take the House—and no matter what happens, they have a duty to fight Trump with everything they have.

Christina Lieffring: Who was this for?
Voters shouldn’t have to endure a barrage of useless, misfired election ads.

Rob Stafsholt: DNR: One year of bureaucrats at the helm
It has been a frustrating and chaotic year with the absence of leadership at the DNR and it is very evident that there are bureaucrats at the helm.

Alan Borsuk: What can we learn from the history of the 13 MPS schools on the potential closure list?
There are lessons to be learned from the 13 schools that Milwaukee Public Schools consultants are listing for possible closing in the next several years. The lessons go beyond the numbers involved with the schools.

John Torinus: UW-Madison spin-off only half-baked
With Gov. Evers, UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and UW President Jay Rothman not convinced, it’s unlikely that a low-level recommendation to spin out UW-Madison from the 13-university system will go anywhere.

Dave Zweifel: Sun Prairie’s Loftus sheds light on life as ambassador
If all the folks in Wisconsin who are of Norwegian heritage go out and buy Tom Loftus’ new book documenting his four years as U.S. ambassador to Norway, it will hit the New York Times best seller list. And, frankly, they should get a copy of Loftus’ “Mission to Oslo” to learn in a fun read what makes their ancestral home so special.

Robert Magnus: Importance of local collaboration and compromise
Recently, the Legislature enacted increases in shared revenue, which the governor signed into law, leading many to believe the issue was resolved. However, this additional funding falls short of meeting the rising operational costs required to provide essential services to our communities.

Ruth Conniff: Trump won. Now what, Wisconsin?
here are a few bright spots in Wisconsin among Tuesday’s results.

Paul Fanlund: Face it, Donald Trump’s ‘cult’ is now an American majority
So many of us are in head-shaking disbelief about how this could happen in the America we knew as children and young adults — an America in which pride and patriotism trumped political divides.

James E. Causey: Some happy, others sad over Trump win. Regardless, Milwaukee must keep working.
Harris advocated for building a robust middle class and protecting women’s rights and tackling inflation. However, she wasn’t clear on how she planned to do these things.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss efforts to keep Trump off state ballots
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss efforts to keep former President Trump off state primary election ballots, including a lawsuit in Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Jan. 26
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Assembly Republicans passing a bill that would put a 14-week abortion ban before voters, GOP passage of a revised redistricting map, Gov. Tony Evers’ State of the State address, Republicans’ $2.1 billion tax package and this week’s visits from President Biden and Vice President Harris.