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David Blaska: Who will milk our cows?
We do not think Republicans can ignore the full-page advertisement in today’s Wall Street Journal addressed to the president from the Dairy Farmers of America. The farmer-owned cooperative asserts that dairy farms need immigrants to stay in business.

Mark Huth: Group Health encourages unionization vote
We proposed three separate sets of dates in May and June to host an NLRB-supervised election. The union declined to schedule a vote.

Bill Berry: Hmong diaspora led to thriving communities in Wisconsin
Amid all the rancor about immigration and just who is an American these days, Wisconsin is commemorating the anniversary of when thousands of Hmong refugees came to the state.

Richard Moore: Nonprofits: The scam of the NGO is bigger than you think
The NGO network is the beating and fraudulently bleeding heart of a massive movement to seize all power for the progressive left.

Michelle Bryant: Sex, scandal, and the politics of obsession
The case of Epstein, Trump, and American double standards

Paul Fanlund: Why Madison’s former top cop is carrying a cross in protest
David Couper, Madison’s former longtime police chief turned Episcopal priest, has organized a vigil in downtown Madison on Aug. 2 to protest Donald Trump’s cruelty.

John Nichols: Evers injected a dose of decency into Wisconsin politics
Evers, a mild-mannered former science teacher and school administrator, was the antithesis to the arrogant, constantly calculating Walker. And to the self-aggrandizing politics of the Trump era.

Mark Lisheron: How the pandemic is now used to make politicians look wonderful
Much-lauded Wisconsin tourism gains helped greatly by drawn-out recovery funding.

LaKeshia Myers: Elections really do have consequences … and the state budget proves it
For too long, the state Legislature has played political games with our children’s education while spouting hollow rhetoric about being “pro-family” and “pro-education.” The truth is laid bare in the numbers: we are failing our students, our teachers, and our communities through willful neglect and misplaced priorities.

Bill Kaplan: Trump and GOP’s betrayal of rural Wisconsin
Trump and Wisconsin congressional Republicans have betrayed rural Wisconsin and its farmers.

Christine Schindler: Wisconsin legislators can make it safer summer for kids dying from gun violence
Lawmakers have the opportunity to pass the “Safe Summer” legislative package, a commonsense, evidence-based set of reforms designed to save lives.

Liya Palagashvili: Independent workers deserve access to benefits
Across America, workers deal with laws built for a long-gone economy. A new “portable benefits” proposal could offer some of Wisconsin’s 400,000 independent workers a chance to close the gap.

Dave Zweifel: Fred Risser’s life is the story of Wisconsin politics
Risser’s new book, “Forward for the People,” makes that clear as he recounts seven decades of legislative battles ranging from making contraceptives legal for unmarried adults to leading the Democrat revolt against GOP Gov. Scott Walker’s attack on union workers with his Act 10.

Annette Olson: Voter ID laws for thee, but not for me
Condemning the hypocrisy of
Democrats supporting Haiti voter id funding while opposing U.S. voter ID laws.

David Blaska: Arrogant college prof gets schooled
UW-Eau Claire suspended a professor for flipping over a lit table the College Republicans set up on election day in April. Must sit out a whole year, without pay. Won’t be promoted to full professor.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ offer suggestions to end political violence
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at recent political violence and suggest some ways to end it. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Dan Shafer: Tony Evers is again doing the right thing for Wisconsin
Evers’ decision not to seek a third term can serve as an example to Democrats across the country that now is the time to embrace change.

Mike Nichols: Tony Evers and why voters are going to be skeptical of what comes next
Tony Evers has had enough and that’s not a good thing for Democrats.

Don Leake: I challenge you!
Construct a Wisconsin congressional map that bests Merkalto’s Take 18.

Scott Walker: Too much processed food, too little exercise ruin our children’s health
We are failing our children when it comes to health care.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss Milwaukee Public Schools’ financial woes
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss recent financial problems at Milwaukee Public schools, their history and the need to fix them. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for July 3
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss President Biden’s planned visit to Madison, Rep Dora Drake’s 4th SD special election win, the state Supreme Court accepting two abortion cases, an $81 million reduction in state aid for Milwaukee Public Schools, $49 million in federal funding for the Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub and more.