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Ryan Martin, Heather Allen, Robin Lisowski & Chelsea Chandler: What is happening in the Southeast is not isolated
Climate disasters will impact us all, including here in Wisconsin. Here is what you can do.

John Gaier, Danny Pyeatt and Chad Trowbridge: Wisconsin can finally get school funding right. Inequities still harm students.
The time is now for political leaders to fairly and equitably support the education of all children in our state.

Julie Underwood: Wisconsin schools are forced to rely on referendums to keep running
Madison is just one of 122 districts with measures on the Nov. 5 ballot.

Steven Salmon: Don’t cut support for people with disabilities
Social Security and other programs allow people like me to live independently.

Tammy Baldwin: This is why I want Wisconsin’s vote for Senate
I’m fighting for the people of Wisconsin.

Steven Walters: Wisconsin voters could do something they haven’t done in 29 years
Rejecting proposed voting definition constitutional amendment would be third defeated amendment in 2024.

Jim Steineke: You might have seen an ad recently … it was a lie.
I saw ads from an organization inappropriately named “Follow The Law” recently calling on clerks to “only certify an accurate election” and “NO RUBBER STAMPS!” … In Wisconsin, certification of the election is a statutory requirement, meaning that it is not something a county clerk can choose not to do.

Tom Still: Layers of security, tech behind Wisconsin elections is reassuring
Going behind the curtain to explain how elections are administered in Wisconsin, from registration to casting, counting and certifying votes, was the topic of a Wisconsin Technology Council luncheon Oct. 22 in Madison.

John Torinus: Thank citizen poll workers for their service
My thought as a contentious presidential election comes to a close is the thousands of poll workers across the country deserve the same level of respect: “Thank you for your service, poll workers.”

John Nichols: Newspapers that refuse to make endorsements have no soul
When newspapers like The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times refuse to make endorsements in contests for the presidency — and when other newspapers drop the practice of making endorsements altogether — they reject the basic premise of freedom of the press in the United States.

Gregory Humphrey: Trumps America
Pray in pew Sunday morning, laugh at lewd racist jokes at his rally in evening.

Dave Cieslewicz: Did Trump just hand the election to Harris?
I suppose I get why Donald Trump had a big rally at Madison Square Garden the other night and why his campaign filled the Garden with crude, hate-filled speakers. His closing strategy is to turn out disaffected young men who otherwise wouldn’t vote. But did it cost him more than he’ll get?

Mark Ruffalo: If you care about fighting toxic pollution like PFAS, vote for Kamala Harris
When Trump had the chance, he failed to protect us from PFAS, which has so far been detected in the drinking water of more than 7,000 communities.

Brian Reisinger: The spark of entrepreneurs isn’t limited to cities. More come from the country.
Despite lots of lip-service about helping small business headed into the 2024 election, our political leaders are leaving “the little guy” behind.

Kelda Roys: Madison school referendums a smart investment
Public education is expensive, but it is the smartest investment we can make for a strong economy and democracy.

Kris Kodrich: Election time in the swing state of Wisconsin
Sometimes it’s smart to avoid politics with family

Dave Zweifel: Voting guide falls victim to petty GOP politics
I don’t know who is the master coordinator of this narrow-minded stunt, but you may have noticed in last week’s League of Women Voters’ “Candidates’ Answers” insert in the paper, all but two Republicans — including U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde — refused to take part.

Dan Shafer: Milwaukee’s late night ballot dump, explained
Breaking down how and why the city of Milwaukee reports election results from absentee ballots all at once on election night, and how bipartisan efforts to reform the process stalled.

Matthew Tragesser: Are you a ‘hostile’?
Indivisible, a leftist voter turnout organization, labels all Trump and conservative supporters as “hostile.”

LaKeshia Myers: This is what democracy looks like
With early in person voting underway in Wisconsin and across the country, my heart has been filled with pride as I see lines of people waiting, (patiently and undeterred) to cast their votes.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ consider political winners and losers of 2023
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the political winners and losers of 2023.Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Year in Review for 2023
On the year-end episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon review the top stories of 2023 in state politics.