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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.

Bill Kaplan: Vote for Harris, Baldwin and Cooke
Their politics are the promise of a better future for everyone. They love America, including Wisconsin, and are relentlessly optimistic. Vote for Harris, Baldwin and Cooke.

Bruce Thompson: Were we better off four years ago?
It’s a central claim in Trump campaign. But the data tells an interesting story.

Dave Cieslewicz: Why does Trump appeal to men?
If “toxic masculinity” exists then Donald Trump is the first case study, while Kamala Harris is a stand up woman.

Ashley Inda: More must be done to increase access to life-saving screenings for breast cancer
Under current Wisconsin state law, health insurers are required to provide one annual mammogram to women under 50 and two to women aged 45-49 who meet certain criteria, all with no out-of-pocket cost to the patient. However, for women with dense breasts and others who have high risk factors, a mammogram alone just isn’t enough.

Tommy Thompson: Public health or market control?
FDA should allow, improve substitutes to cigarettes.

Angela Rachidi: Wisconsin should listen to its people: Link FoodShare to work
Voters overwhelmingly favor job requirement, but state has waived it for years, swelling benefits rolls by 56,000 adults a month.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ analyze Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, analyze the U.S. Senate race between GOP businessman Eric Hovde and Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin as Election Day draws closer. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Paul Fanlund: Election anxiety is real — what can you do about it?
Backers of Harris fear a would-be dictator. Trump backers fear what? A woman of color they do not like, but who would lead as a traditional, Constitution-abiding sitting president?

Scott Walker: Life was better when Trump was president
Former President Donald Trump’s time serving french fries at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania was about more than a photo-op. He again sent a powerful message to the American people that he’s got them.

Dan Shafer: Reporting results on Election Night in Milwaukee and Wisconsin, with Scott Krug and Paulina Gutierrez
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Gregory Humphrey: New American citizen and voter knows more about civics than those born in nation
Alarmingly, the federal government allocates only $0.05 per student annually to civics education, a stark contrast to the annual $54 investment per student in STEM subjects.

Mike Nichols: The dawn of viable small modular nuclear reactors — and why Wisconsin should care
Evers, please take note of those big Google and Amazon nuclear deals.

Eric Borgerding: Quality hospital care is an economic asset
But middlemen are siphoning hundreds of millions away from patient care.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ share their top political stories of 2023
The WisOpinion insiders, Chvala and Jensen, share the top political stories of 2023. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Dec. 22
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest in Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ efforts to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion in state government, possible GOP legislation to legalize medical marijuana, Gov. Tony Evers’ call for the GOP-controlled Legislature to release funding to address PFAS, President Biden’s visit to Milwaukee and more.