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Adam Procell: Transition from prison is difficult. Wisconsin is pioneering a new approach.
Legislation creates community reentry centers to provide prisoners with flexible services designed to lessen recidivism.

Dave Cieslewicz: Sheriffs behaving badly
Elected on a partisan ticket, expect a partisan bias.

Robert Miranda: FLAC message to President Biden during his Milwaukee visit
Remove the lead pipes in 10 years. Nothing less can be accepted.

Eric Hovde: Affordable Care Act made health care worse. We need to move beyond it.
Affordable Care Act had one worthy provision, which ensures individuals with pre-existing conditions are able to access healthcare, but everything else has made care more expensive and worse.

Tammy Baldwin: We beat Big Pharma, but I’m not done fighting for your health care
Affordable health care can only go so far if it’s not accessible or convenient for our families.

Ruth Conniff: Forget the lies and slander. Wisconsin dairy farmers know they need immigrant workers
Workers from Mexico and other Latin American countries make up an estimated 70% of the labor force on Wisconsin dairy farms.

Mike McCabe: Ballot boobytrap
The next voter suppression frontier is proof of citizenship. Mark my words, if a majority of Wisconsin voters approve the November 5 referendum, legislation will be written soon thereafter requiring citizens to have a valid passport or an original birth certificate before being allowed to register to vote or cast a ballot.

Christina Lieffring: Has Wisconsin learned from the almost-stolen 2020 election?
Activists and voting officials reflect on their tactics, amid a fresh wave of disinformation and tampering.

Paul Fanlund: My last attempt at framing the presidential election
In the end, this election has nothing to do with Democratic or Republican ideology. The question is whether the nation wants a future that is normal and safe. It’s as simple – and unsettling – as that.

John Nichols: Harris has a lot in common with Lincoln Republicans
Though she may not be so left-wing as the Ripon Republicans of 1854, Harris has views that are reasonably in sync with the first candidate they elected to the presidency.

Gregory Humphrey: This is what Donald Trump has done to our nation
During one of the most trying times for any governor in North Carolina, this weekend Roy Cooper had to take time away from the work he needed to do for storm victims and talk to the press about the lies and “false information” linked to several articles that quoted Trump’s statements about recovery efforts.

Jerry Hanson: This is who Trump is and what he does
Trump may be rich with money but he lacks wealth in things that matter more. His false claims and dark words do not light the path to more goodness, peace and justice in America.

Terrance Wall: Taxation without representation
Property owners in the city of Madison who reside in other cities are not allowed to vote on the referendums. That’s taxation without representation.

Bruce Murphy: Why does Summerfest run a private company?
Its managers Ron San Felippo and Mike White can’t explain it. And Summerfest won’t say.

Bill Barth: Sound of progress echoes loud, clear
Nothing breeds success like success. Investment tends to attract investment. Optimism is justified as 2024 enters the fourth quarter and a new year beckons.

Lee Rasch, Rusty Cunningham, and Joe Heim: Your vote in Wisconsin is protected. Nonpartisan election clerks promote integrity.
Our state has a long-standing history of offering fair and safe elections, and has long been seen as a leader in civic processes. We fully expect a fair and safe presidential election in 2024.

Kristin Brey: Wisconsin will vote on a referendum question Nov. 5. Like others, it’s confusing.
The question is about preventing any future attempt at allowing noncitizens to vote in Wisconsin despite the fact that, today, noncitizens are not allowed to vote in any election in Wisconsin. Nor is there any legislation proposed that would allow them to do so.

Dan Shafer: Marquette Poll breakdown
Democrats lead as the race hits the home stretch in critical Wisconsin.

John Torinus: At Ripon, Cheney leads GOP wave for Harris
Was the campaign appearance by Liz Cheney in support of Kamala Harris a singular striking moment in U.S. history, or was she the cusp of a wave of conservative Republicans jumping ship from Donald Trump?

Dave Zweifel: Media finally awakening to the fact that Trump’s losing it
People are beginning to notice that Trump doesn’t seem to be all there, and for a change some news outlets are quoting him verbatim lately instead of cleaning up his speeches so they make at least a modicum of sense.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss Republicans’ push to remove Wisconsin’s top elections official
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the fate of Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe as GOP lawmakers seek her ouster. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for October 20
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the lawsuit seeking to block Republicans from ousting Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, Assembly passage of the Brewers stadium funding deal, GOP lawmakers withholding pay raises for Universities of Wisconsin employees and more.