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Mark Lisheron: At center of America’s essential debate, Johnson says resist spending frenzy
Johnson laments Medicaid’s ‘legalized fraud’ and says childless adults should work.

Michelle Bryant: Threats to Medicaid coverage endanger us all
Many of the proposed cuts in the Trump administration’s budget, don’t just harm specific groups—they have a ripple effect on families and communities.

Paul Fanlund: Enough with the obsessing about what Democrats got wrong
While the Biden saga dominated recently, the Democratic bickering and blame-placing is getting old now six months into the second Trump presidency. Everyone has a prescription for Democrats, many directly conflicting with others.

John Nichols: Pride flag opposition puts GOP on the wrong side of history
Those efforts do not merely seek to erase the heritage of Wisconsin’s LGBTQ+ community. They also dismiss the rich legacy of enlightened Republicans, like former Gov. Dreyfus, who stood on the right side of history.

Edward J. Huck: America must support more critical thinking skills
Teaching people to be skeptical of a source is not an indoctrination tactic, it is an essence of democracy.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ take up Johnson’s reconciliation fight
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take up U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s demand for deeper cuts in the House version of the federal reconciliation bill. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

John Torinus: Out of Big Ten for taxes
4th highest to 28th … The game has changed in terms of competition with other states. We are now in the middle of the pack on taxes. That means that citizens and their politicians can consider other dimensions of life in Wisconsin.

Dan O’Donnell: The gerrymandering farce
It didn’t take long after radical liberal judge Susan Crawford won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a hard-left law firm to challenge the state’s congressional maps, something Crawford was rather obviously installed on the Court to do, but will the Court actually do it?

Barb Dittrich: Support postpartum coverage of new mothers
Wisconsin Republicans need to send the message that we truly are pro-life at every age, stage, and ability, and that we value the well-being of mothers and their newborn babies. Let’s ensure that every new Wisconsin mother has the support for their families to thrive.

Brooke Legler: We are choosing a bleak future for Wisconsin children
We spend about four times as much to keep someone in prison as we spend on education — it’s inhumane, and it impoverishes our state and condemns children to unnecessary suffering and a bleak future.

Bruce Murphy: Guns now kill more than auto crashes
Super majority in state wants some gun restrictions. Will Republicans agree?

Kathleen Gallagher: UWM’s making a big mistake to cut engineering program at critical time
Amid a domestic manufacturing renaissance, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee leadership is pushing to eliminate its materials science department.

Dave Cieslewicz: Sanctuary communities?
Last week the Trump administration identified four places in Wisconsin that they define as “sanctuary” communities: Milwaukee, Madison, Dane County and, who would have thunk it, Shawano County.

Bill Barth: Support varies for deportation
It’s one thing to round up and kick out gang members, killers, drug dealers and rapists. It’s another to sweep out people who are none of those things, who have become productive members of their communities. And parents of American citizens.

Emily Mills: How AI is harming Wisconsin’s path to renewable energy
Despite public opposition, Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission approved We Energies’ proposal to build two new fossil fuel-burning power plants, in part to meet demand from data centers and AI.

David Blaska: None dare call RoJo a RINO
Like Elon Musk, Wisconsin’s most influential Republican has broken with Donald Trump on that budget bill.

Dave Zweifel: This is what Robin Hood in reverse looks like
U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, along with the five other Wisconsin GOP representatives, has looked the other way while Trump issues unconstitutional orders one after the other.

James E. Causey: Americans need transformative talks on race. Juneteenth is the space for that.
While Milwaukee has the longest Juneteenth celebration in the nation, some cities that have previously celebrated Juneteenth have announced plans to either scale back or cancel their celebrations.

Kristin Brey: Ernst said we’re all going to die. Can we get decent health care in the meantime?
Losing your health coverage should not trigger the equivalent of a shrug emoji from someone elected to serve the public good.

Bill Berry: What the ^&*% is with all the swearing?
Trump has gotten cruder along the way, if that’s possible, but he’s hardly alone.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ break down the race for Wisconsin’s 1st CD
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the race for Wisconsin’s First Congressional District, where former Revenue Secretary Peter Barca, a Democrat who served in Congress from 1993-1995 along with two stints in the state Assembly, is running against Republican incumbent Bryan Steil.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for April 12
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Justice Ann Walsh Bradley’s decision not to seek reelection, the Wisconsin Elections Commission rejecting the initial recall attempt against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, who’s in and who’s out in legislative races, Gov. Tony Evers’ recent actions on a series of bills and President Joe Biden’s visit to Madison.