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Steven Walters: Supreme Court race repeats party labels, cash
The April 1 election will again decide whether liberals or conservatives have a majority on the high court.

Gregory Humphrey: Merit selection for state Supreme Court, now more than ever
It is embarrassing that a court candidate needs to conduct themself like a typical politician before having a chance to sit as a prestigious member of the bench where they will grapple with finely tuned case law while marshalling their intellect to write decisions that will last till the end of time. Before acting like a professional jurist, they must get down and dirty.

Michelle Bryant: Supreme Court candidate can kiss my grits
Brad Schimel, in his backhanded, testosterone-filled remarks, reminded us that the fight for equity and respect is far from over.

Paul Fanlund: UW-Madison voices seem muted in the Trump era
Subtly and incrementally, a keep-our-heads-down attitude seems to be permeating campus.

David Blaska: Audit all of the University of Wisconsin
Elon Musk is taking a chain saw to government waste, fraud, and corruption. Madison WI, being a government and university town, bleeds sawdust.

Mike Nichols: Wisconsin should prohibit purchase of candy and soft drinks with FoodShare
State Sen. Chris Kapenga and Rep. Clint Moses are seeking support for legislation that would prohibit Wisconsin’s 700,000 FoodShare recipients from buying Snickers bars and Mountain Dew — an excellent idea that has long been opposed by big spenders and junk food lovers throwing their weight around.

Bill Kaplan: Federal shutdown began January 20
Trump-Musk’s chaos, cruelty and gross incompetence has resulted in a dismantling of the federal government and a concurrent collapse in the stock market.

Ruth Conniff: Big worries, small protest as Trump and Musk threaten livelihoods and health in Wisconsin
It was a blustery, grey Saturday afternoon on March 15 as about 40 people wearing togas, carrying signs and waving upside-down American flags gathered on the steps of the Capitol in Madison to protest Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the current administration’s assault on democracy.

John Torinus: Musk’s slashing far from ‘efficiency’
For anyone who has had the tough assignment of downsizing a business or an organization, DOGE is a joke.

Dave Zweifel: We should heed JB Pritzker’s warning
He issued a warning for what he fears will be the end result of Trump’s return to office.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ consider the impact of Trump’s policies on Wisconsin’s economy
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the impact of President Donald Trump’s policies on the Wisconsin economy. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Patrick McIlheran: Federal government inaction leaves uranium alongside Lake Michigan
There are free-market solutions to storing or using spent nuclear fuel.

Dave Cieslewicz: What you missed at the Supreme Court debate
It was a fight between two attack dogs and I thought Crawford came out a little bit on top. The only question is if either candidate provided a sound bite for an attack ad.

Scott Walker: Look to Wisconsin to see the left’s weaponization of the courts
Judge Susan ‘Catch-and-Release Crawford’s agenda is bad for America.

Jay Heck: Elon Musk invades Wisconsin
Fresh from spending nearly $300 million to influence the 2024 elections, the richest person in the world has set his sights squarely on Wisconsin.

Richard Moore: The State Bar of Wisconsin
An octopus’s garden of left-wing ideology: Ending mandatory Bar associations and defenestrating the national ABA is one more necessary step to restoring truly free speech in our state and society as a whole.

Amy Hemmer: ‘Family’ matters
Governor Tony Evers recent verbiage controversy has been ridiculed and joked about by many. However, there is a nefarious aspect to Evers “creative” wordsmithing in the recent budget bill before the state legislature.

Bruce Thompson: Why is Trump targeting veterans?
Trump/Musk cuts hurt a popular government program and many workers who back MAGA.

Gregory Humphrey: Standing with Mahmoud Khalil
This vulgar display of authoritarian over-reach by the Trump Administration is not more than we predicted in general terms last fall, but still is most galling and preposterous to see in operation.

Dave Zweifel: New U.S. policy: Our land mines are your problem
Not only have the geniuses paused most foreign aid, cuttig off food and medical help for starving kids in poverty-stricken areas around the world, they’ve also stopped U.S. help to clear land mines that continue to kill and maim innocent people in former war zones.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss Hovde’s U.S. Senate bid
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the candidacy rollout for Eric Hovde, a Republican seeking to unseat Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for March 1
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Joint Finance Committee releasing nearly $32 million to the Universities of Wisconsin for workforce development, the status of legislation to address PFAS contamination, pending legislation as the Legislature prepares to wrap up the session, the U.S. Senate race and more.