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Hadley Ott: Evers’ health care plan: More Medicaid, higher costs
Governor Evers wants to increase the hospital assessment fee in order to increase aid to hospitals by billions of dollars, a classic bait-and-switch. But the health care system in Wisconsin is already dealing with many issues, including added financial stress made worse by state policy makers.

Dave Cieslewicz: Dems mess up again
Speaker Robin Vos is a master at getting the Democrats to take bad votes. He did it again this week — twice in the same day.

Benjamin Franklin: Replacing Green Bay prison only going to get more costly. Don’t delay inevitable.
Currently, more than 1,000 inmates reside in the facility, despite a capacity of less than 750. It is estimated there is currently $200 million in repairs and deferred maintenance costs.

Patrick McIlheran: Teacher morale comparatively low in Wisconsin
They want more colleagues and strict rules on cell phones.

James E. Causey: Milwaukee students consistently ask for mental health help. We’re not listening.
Most young people under the age of 18 will experience two traumatic events in their lives. Therefore, providing them with the tools to cope and handle conflict resolution is the key.

Chris Talgo: US schools must boost science, math to compete with China
The good news is that we have time to right the ship. By aggressively promoting a STEM-based education, we can ensure that the next generation of American students is primed for success.

Bruce Murphy: Why Musk wants to control Wisconsin Supreme Court
Beyond Tesla dealerships is something more far-reaching for Musk and Trump.

Jerry Hanson: I’m afraid my America is gone
The “RULE OF LAW” is the basis of America’s Constitution. When we no longer have respect and adherence to our laws, we no longer have a democracy. The people’s government is being shoved aside for a government “of the president, by the president, for the president.”

Dave Zweifel: Time to put the new robber barons in their place
The billionaires have been put in charge of the United States and they are just getting started remaking it to serve themselves. It’s up to us to decide who shall rule before it’s too late.

Christina Lieffring: Excavating creativity and joy out of Joann’s remains
The importance of arts, crafts, and imagination as the world collapses.

Tom Still: Research funding has produced real human benefits, with the promise of more
Political trends come and go, and there’s always room for disagreement on what’s effective and what is not. However, the long-term record of federal support for research has paid off in dollars and cents as well as human health. It deserves to continue.

Jim Piwowarczyk: A right to first refusal law would violate conservative values, stifle free market competition
I want Wisconsin-based companies to win the bids and build these projects. However, to protect Wisconsin ratepayers, I want to ensure the projects are built at the lowest cost possible.

LaKeshia Myers: Assembly Bill 78: A crucial step forward in curbing Milwaukee’s reckless driving crisis
The legislation strengthens our ability to combat this growing crisis by allowing law enforcement to immediately tow vehicles operated by unlicensed drivers or those charged with reckless driving.

William Osmulski: Act 10 savings top $35 billion in 2025
No one could have predicted the immense impact that Act 10 would eventually have on the State of Wisconsin’s financial destiny when the MacIver Institute first proposed the policy back in November 2010.

Dan Shafer: It’s up to us, Wisconsin
While the fight might not be coming from national Democrats, Wisconsin voters have a unique opportunity at this moment to send a message to the Trump-Musk administration.

John Nichols: Susan Crawford trounced ‘Elon Schimel’ in the court debate
Crawford proved to be a skilled debater who, at more than one point in the face-off, overwhelmed her rival, former Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel.

Jeffrey Leverich: Underly will defend public schools
State Superintendent Jill Underly believes in Wisconsin’s tradition of strong public schools and will continue to support public education and improved funding for small towns and cities everywhere.

Reggie Jackson: The anti-DEI bullies will not make my deeply personal work illegal or erase the truth
No one will silence my voice, or outlaw the things in my head that I have learned by studying American history. To outlaw this teaching is an inhumane act in my opinion. I will not be bullied. Bullies are by their very nature, insecure, scared, and weak people.

Madeline Topf: Save the grad students, save science
Without researchers, there is no research, and researchers, you now know, are graduate students. To save science, we must save the grad students.

William Holahan: What is a Ponzi scheme? Here’s why DOGE is coming for popular federal program.
By contrast to Ponzi schemes, Social Security relies on a real asset: the taxing authority of the US government.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ break down Wisconsin’s primary & the likely Trump-Biden rematch
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the upcoming Wisconsin primary and the likely rematch of former President Donald Trump with President Joe Biden. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership….

Rewind: Your Week in Review for March 8
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss a settlement in the GOP false electors scheme, Gov. Tony Evers signing bills to boost child care tax credits and approve Universities of Wisconsin building projects, Biden campaign visits to Wisconsin, a judge dismissing a suit to keep former President Donald Trump off the primary ballot, the upcoming state Senate session and more.