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Ismaeel Chartier: Why the MariBell transmission project matters
When people first hear about a transmission project, the natural questions are: Why do we need it? And is it safe? We can answer both.

Dave Zweifel: Trump is Joe McCarthy 2.0
Did Donald Trump learn his chaotic methods from Wisconsin’s own infamous Joe McCarthy?

James Causey: Noem spent an Oscar movie budget on an ad campaign
At the White House, Trump told reporters that the amount of fraudulent spending the task force could recover could help address a trillion-dollar national deficit and significantly reduce taxes.

Mike McCabe: Caught in a lie
America’s big failing right now is entrusting our country’s future to people who never were taught the folly of compounding errors, who’ve never had to grow the hell up.

John Torinus: Oppose war in Iran? Then protest Saturday
Nationwide protest against Trump’s march toward authoritarianism Saturday could be the largest of its kind in the history of this country.

Gregg Hoffmann: Knowles-Nelson still not done
The program could be endangered although some legislators and Gov. Evers still think action can be done. Some legislators believe a compromise can be reached and voted on when they return to session in April.

Dave Cieslewicz: Four problems with the environmental movement
Wisconsin environmentalists wouldn’t compromise, so the state’s premiere conservation program, the Stewardship Fund, will die this summer. It’s an old, sad story and it’s one reason that green policies, once widely popular and bipartisan, are now on the ropes.

Neil Kline: A child care champion just vetoed a child care bill
Building a comprehensive solution to child care requires incremental progress forward, and this veto slowed it.

Heidi Olson: Governor must sign bill to restrict kids from porn sites
Gov. Tony Evers has an opportunity to take a meaningful step toward protecting children across your state. AB 105 will reduce exposure, interrupt harmful patterns and support efforts to keep children safe.

Dylan Wilder: DSA’s socialist wave hits Wisconsin
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are expanding their footprint, both here in Wisconsin and across the nation. What started as a small, quiet fringe movement has ballooned into a powerful force within the Democratic Party.

Aziz Abdullah: Milwaukee’s youths are speaking. Will we ever listen?
Over the weekend, seven young people in Milwaukee were connected to firearms incidents. That number is not just a statistic, it’s a warning.

John Nichols: No kings! No wars of kingly conceit!
The abuses of Donald Trump’s second term inspired the rise of the No Kings movement, which this Saturday will fill the streets of Madison, Milwaukee, Medford, Monroe, Manitowoc, Marinette, Marshfield, Minocqua and as many as 3,000 other communities around Wisconsin and across the nation.

Arthur Cyr: Both here and abroad, women are making inroads to power
The proliferation of women in business, government and other sectors of society has been a driver of as well as reflection of extraordinary human advancement

Gregory Humphrey: It’s absurd that we even ‘need’ a court ruling on birthright citizenship
This is not a legally meritorious challenge. Birthright citizenship has been constitutionally grounded for more than 150 years. It is not a serious policy debate. Rather, it is a symptom of how far the country has drifted from basic principles of equality and belonging.

Jackson Walker: UW System opens door to 3-year degrees, but many students already are on pace for one
Over 40% of first-year students already start as sophomores at UW-Madison.

Harry Reis: Wisconsin shouldn’t adopt IHRA’s working definition of antisemitism
This law will not affect whether more or fewer Wisconsinites espouse antisemitic views or boldly oppose this prejudice.

LaKeshia Myers: Dear Governor Evers, its time to use your veto pen—the First Amendment depends on it
In a move that should alarm every Wisconsin resident who values free speech, academic freedom, and equal protection under the law, the Wisconsin legislature recently passed a bill that would enshrine the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism into law.

Bill Kaplan: Iran War, guns vs. butter
Trump and congressional Republicans said there was no money for the expired Affordable Care Act tax credits. But the money spent and requested for the costly and senseless Iran War would do so, guns vs. butter.

Richard Moore: Government lobbies itself… for more government
County supervisors are clueless that they are being used as patsies in a coordinated scheme by a taxpayer-funded lobbying machine, one that exists not to represent the public, but to represent government itself.

Dave Zweifel: Big banks are raking in dough at your expense
As soon as the Trump entourage took over, the first target was the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency created by the Dodd-Frank legislation to protect consumers from usurious interest rates, unconscionable checking account and overdraft fees, and give the government the ability to investigate corporate wrongdoing.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss how election-year politics may shape plans for Wisconsin’s $2.5B surplus
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss how the 2026 legislative elections will shape plans to spend Wisconsin’s $2.5 billion budget surplus. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your week in review for Feb. 20
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ State of the State address, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ retirement announcement, the close of the Assembly’s legislative session and more.