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Ben Eisen: Transportation policy for the way Wisconsinites actually want to travel
Transportation policy should begin with the people who use the system: where they want to go, how they want to get there and how those choices may change as new technologies become available.

Brian Reisinger: Urban food deserts and rural farm closures share unseen links
Event will explore connections between food deserts and Wisconsin’s disappearing farms

George Mitchell: People have never cared more nor known less how their food is produced
As an ill-informed city slicker when it comes to agriculture, I had an eye-opening opportunity to tour of the Seneca Foods processing plant in Janesville.

Liam Julian: Peer pressure prevents students from speaking up on politics
In a survey, among students who self-censor, 91 percent cited classmates as a concern. Forty-one percent cited the teacher.

John Gurda: Socialists ended corruption in Milwaukee politics
Where do Milwaukee’s socialists land on the broad and bewildering spectrum of leftist political movements? A short history of local socialism might shed some useful light on today’s national ferment.

Bill Kaplan: Trump and GOP face rout on November 3
Congressional Republicans are reading the polls and tea leaves. Many are avoiding Trump, one ran a TV ad critical of Trump, and some are voting no on GOP policies. But not Wisconsin Republicans.

Bill Christofferson: No need to pretend; Trump is on the ballot
If Wisconsin voters realize Trump really is on the ballot, that could be fatal for his alter ego, Tom Tiffany.

Bruce Thompson: How successful has the Trump economy been in creating jobs?
Graphs of jobs, labor force and manufacturing tell a different story than the campaign speeches do.

Jeffrey Leverich: What will Dems do if GOP negates election?
Preparing for this year’s November election, Democratic attorneys general are coordinating to sue the administration to block its voter-suppression efforts and its attempt to overturn states’ right to control their own elections, as stipulated by the Constitution.

Dave Zweifel: McConnell returns for end of his miserable Senate career
McConnell is stepping down after his term ends at the end of the year, but his lengthy unexplained absence became an issue in the race to succeed him between Republican Rep. Andy Barr and former Democratic Rep. Charles Booker.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ examine the battle for control of the Wisconsin Legislature
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, review the upcoming races to control the Wisconsin Legislature and the issues that favor each party. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Ruth Conniff: The real cost of Tom Tiffany’s debate dodge
U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, the Republican candidate for governor of Wisconsin, is skipping multiple debates with his Democratic rival, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley.

Renee Wachter: A new academic year, a new opportunity for Wisconsin
As we welcome students from all walks of life, I am reminded that they are not just preparing for Wisconsin’s future. They will help create it. And that gives me great optimism about what lies ahead.

Goldy Brown III: Having two parents matters; so does data
Research keeps on reinforcing the importance of family structure, so why aren’t we using the metric?

Dave Zweifel: Nelson’ book captures Packers’ deep connection with community
Tom Nelson, whose real job is county executive of Outagamie County, has put together what he calls the “people’s history” of the Packers from the heyday of Curly Lambeau to today’s new leadership and all the ups and downs in the many years in between.

Scott Walker: Capitalism beats socialism every time
Giving government more power will worsen young people’s woes.

Jamie Stiehm: Trump’s D.C. crime scenes under the summer sun
Trump’s fingerprints are all over this city like it’s a crime scene. He never gave up a golf game to attend an orchestra, opera, theater or ballet performance at the Kennedy Center honoring the slain president. Not once.

Dennis Yen-Feng Lei: Forty years of Wisconsin-Taiwan sister ties—why they matter more than ever
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the sister-state relationship between Wisconsin and Taiwan. Since that partnership was established in 1986, the relationship has grown steadily through trade, agriculture, technology, education, investment, and people-to-people exchanges. Four decades later, those ties matter more than ever.

Jake Curtis: We must restore accountability to public records process
Any requester forced to wait on a public records response is waiting for something the law already says is theirs.

Mark Belling: That plane crash told us a lot about Tom Tiffany
I’ve heard for years from Republicans that Tiffany is a good guy. But now I know it for sure.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ analyze the blue wave that flipped Wisconsin’s Legislature
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the political blue wave that swept Wisconsin Democrats into control of the state Legislature. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Nov. 6
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss the factors behind the blue wave in Wisconsin as Democrats win a trifecta and flip the 1st and 3rd CDs, the priorities of Gov.-elect David Crowley and the incoming Dem legislative majority, the wrangling for legislative leadership posts and more.