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Steven Goodman: Wisconsin is sitting at the center of the next infrastructure boom. Are we ready?
The AI revolution runs on data centers. The Midwest — and Milwaukee — has a real opportunity to be part of that story. But opportunity doesn’t wait.

John Imes: Build it here. Power it here. Prosper here
Why Wisconsin’s clean energy future is about affordability, jobs, and independence

Bill Kaplan: Rip-offs galore
While Trump is ripping off taxpayers enriching himself, his family and cronies, he is ripping apart healthcare affordability and coverage for millions.

Satya Rhodes-Conway: As we celebrate 250 years as a nation, work every day to keep our republic
I hope you will join me in pledging to work every day to keep our Republic, and to achieve the as yet unrealized dream of one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Rolf Lindgren: Profound quotes by James Madison in context
If more Americans knew these quotes and government followed Madison’s advice, we would have a lot more prosperity and a lot less government.

Michelle Bryant: Clarence Thomas: Black robe, white justice
With opinions that are routinely packaged as principled constitutional jurisprudence, Thomas’ selective legal philosophy of a “colorblind Constitution” is only used when it advances a particular political agenda.

Jill Underly: Remember that education made our democracy possible
Nearly 250 years later, this promise of public education continues.

Scott Walker: America at 250 should heed Reagan’s Independence Day lesson
On July 4, 1986, President Ronald Reagan gave one of the most powerful addresses of his career.

Jessica McBride: Wisconsin Democrats celebrate the Fourth of July and 250th… haphazardly
Nothing screams the Fourth of July like signs ranting about ICE, cruelty, and taxing the “rich.” At least that’s the case in The World According to Chris Larson. … Other Wisconsin Democrats tried harder than Larson to camouflage, for a day at least, the fact that their party often paints a very grim and pessimistic picture of a dystopian America.

Ruth Conniff: Marking the 4th of July in the midst of a federal crackdown
What does it mean to celebrate freedom from tyranny and the birth of a government founded on equal rights and the consent of the governed amid the current ICE surge?

Dave Zweifel: America’s sad celebration
The Americans who signed that Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, were taking the first step to rid their fledgling country of authoritarian rule. Now, 250 years later, we have to wonder how to get rid of another authoritarian regime.

Arthur Cyr: Semiquincentennial is a departure from the Bicentennial
Trump takes different approach than Ford.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ analyze top Wisconsin primaries
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the chances for candidates vying to win top Wisconsin primary elections in August. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

James Wigderson: Victory breakfast at Tiffany’s
For all the buzz her campaign has attracted, Hong looks like a candidate determined to be a loser.

John Nichols: Can a democratic socialist win Wisconsin? Fran Hong says ‘yes!’
Amid all the talk of “electability,” a Midwestern state’s radical history points to what’s possible.

Bruce Thompson: Will Wisconsin’s gerrymandered congressional map be overturned?
Wisconsin Supreme Court moving slowly toward a decision.

Glenn Grothman: Trump, GOP tax cut helping Wisconsin families, manufacturers
Wisconsin families go to work every day and ask for one thing from their government: Don’t make it harder. The Working Families Tax Cut is delivering, and for Wisconsin’s workers, manufacturers and seniors, this is just the beginning.

J. Michael Collins and Tyler Q. Welch: Storm clouds over Social Security solvency hovering closer
Solvency can be achieved through a balanced combination of revenue increases and structural adjustments, such as delays in eligibility to older ages and lower rates of annual cost of living increases.

Alex Saloutos: Anyone can lay down the law on open records
When a government tells you a record is being withheld, that is not the last word. It is one person’s reading, and sometimes it is wrong. You can read the statute yourself, point to the language, and ask someone with authority to take another look. Often, that is enough.

James Santelle and Nick Matuszewski: Life, liberty and freedom from gun violence
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness cannot exist when people face gun violence in their homes, schools, workplaces and neighborhoods.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ debate who will pay the political price for rising energy costs
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss which party has a better message on energy costs facing voters in the 2026 midterm election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for July 31
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss Mandela Barnes dropping out of the Dem primary for governor, how candidates performed during Tuesday’s debate, an appeal court upholding Act 10 and more.