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Judith Davidoff: Local government’s mixed record on meeting notices
The law says agendas must be “reasonably specific.”

Kristin Brey: Trump gives off strongman pageantry with military parade we’re paying for
Trump’s parade Pinterest board seems to be emulating an aesthetic that is part Putin, part Kim Jong Un, with a little young Mussolini mustache twirl.

Scott Walker: California’s failures on homelessness, drugs and crime show it’s time for real change
It is time for California to become more like America again.

Dave Zweifel: Trump’s National Guard move in Los Angeles was all show
When a real insurrection took place at the U.S. Capitol, Trump did nothing, sat in the little dining room off the Oval office and watched television.

Christina Lieffring: A leftist critique of top-heavy public institutions
More investment in the actual laborers will better serve everyone.

Jane Hillstrom: My dad was a beloved bartender and sheriff. He was also an alcoholic.
It took me 35 years to understand Dad and Mom suffered from a disease, not a moral weakness.

Craig Helmsetter: Survey: Nation thinks Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa are all ‘equally good’
My question: “Which state is better? Minnesota, Wisconsin or Iowa?” The result? It turns out that the survey’s respondents out-Midwesterned me.

Jill Underly: Wisconsin public schools deserve more dollars. Lawmakers must fix broken system.
Wisconsin’s public schools need resources that are flexible, spendable, and predictable – ones that allow local districts to address their unique needs.

James N. Fitzhenry & Kristin Brey: Child care costs as much as college. Here is what you need to know about fixes.
Gov. Tony Evers proposed spending $480 million on Child Care Counts.

Dan Shafer: Pass the torch: Tony Evers should not run for a third term as governor
Wisconsin’s governor needs to do what so many other Democrats have failed to do and step aside when the time is right.

David Manney: Cry wolf, kill a calf: How the left’s fantasy became the Midwest’s nightmare
In Wisconsin alone, confirmed wolf depredations have increased steadily, as have livestock, hunting dogs, and even pets. Farmers in Ashland, Iron, or Douglas Counties aren’t fighting myths; they’re dealing with shredded flesh and silence from the state.

John Markson & Richard Niess: Wisconsin State Bar leadership betrays the rule of law
State Bar leaders deliberately violated their own vision statement by refusing in any way to push back against President Donald Trump’s blatantly illegal executive orders attacking lawyers, without whom the rule of law cannot exist “within a fair and accessible justice system.”

Elizabeth McGuigan: Tax hikes on Wisconsin foundations rob charity to fund big government spending
Congress’ long-awaited reconciliation bill includes a tax hike on private charitable foundations to foot the government’s spending bill.

Charlotte Rasmussen: Congress, relieve Wisconsin taxpayers by closing the double duty drawback loophole
This loophole is the result of a minor policy change Congress enacted more than 20 years ago that has allowed foreign cigarette manufacturers to claim refunds on taxes they haven’t actually paid.

Bruce Murphy: How state has slashed Milwaukee County’s funding
County would have gotten $1 billion more since 2003 if funding kept up with inflation.

Steven Walters: New legislators sponsor ‘wish list’ bills
You’d be surprised by the range of ideas and proposals by Capitol newcomers.

Mark Belling: A 9-0 smackdown
Leftists join conservatives in striking down Wisconsin’s nutty Supreme Court.

Demond Means, Matthew Joynt and Cathy Olig: Lawmakers should listen to their own commission and fully fund special education
Instead of investing in our students on the front end, your state government is deliberately passing the buck, transforming a state responsibility into a localized property tax hike.

Jim Goodman: Enbridge Line 5: A clear and present danger
Line 5 is a privately owned property, existing only to generate profits for Enbridge.

A. Kristen Foster: Not flying pride flag an act of acquiescence by Wisconsin Historical Society
The erasure of history has been used to do harm, maintain power, and silence painful reckoning.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ analyze the race for an open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the upcoming spring 2025 Supreme Court election, now an open seat that will determine ideological control of the court with liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley’s plan to retire. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for April 26
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to Wisconsin, the state party chairs’ outlook for 2024, renewed calls to close Green Bay Correctional Institution, Joint Finance Committee Republicans blocking an Evers administration plan to use opioid settlement funds and more.