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Don Millis: Absentee ballot changes inconsistent with Wisconsin law
I understand why voters who have already cast their ballots for any candidate might want to might want to change their vote. But the costs and risks of such a policy are just too great.

Steven Walters: What explains Evers endorsement of David Crowley for governor?
He had expressly avoided endorsing anyone for governor, including 3 Democrats who worked for him.

Bruce Murphy: Madison police killing will shake up Democratic race for governor
The issue will drive election turnout, help and hurt Hong. How will it impact other candidates?

Shaundra Brown: Madison’s Independent Police Monitor improves policing
In the aftermath of Madison police having killed another Black man, the debate over the Office of the Independent Monitor is even more critical.

Gregory Humphrey: Dangerous sleight of hand behind Wisconsin’s proposed ‘anti‑discrimination’ amendment
Wisconsin voters are being asked this November to consider a constitutional amendment that arrives dressed as a tribute to equality but carries consequences that would undermine it.

Buckley Brinkman: Will AI Become an Airline?
Will AI mature like search or social media, where providers capture most of the value? Or will it play out more like the airline industry, where operators run enormously complex businesses but pass most of the value to their customers?

Marina Dimitrijevic and Russell W. Stamper, II: Why we support a temporary moratorium on new data centers
Milwaukee doesn’t have to choose between innovation and self-determination, but it does have to choose whether residents help write the rules or simply live with them. The people of Milwaukee, not AI, and not the companies selling it, should decide what comes next.

Gregg Hoffmann: GreenLight mine on list for green light
Aspects of the GreenLight mine in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest could get the green light as early as May of next year.

Dan Knodl: Why Wisconsin needs to provide more taxpayer protections
Government should not exist to maximize revenue. The purpose of government is to provide essential services efficiently and effectively while respecting the taxpayers who fund those services. Constitutional protections for taxpayers would help restore that balance.

Tim Storey and Sue Urahn: ‘E pluribus unum’ is not a slogan. It’s a choice.
Whether we choose to engage in political warfare or civil debate is up to each of us.

Bill Kaplan: Crowley, best candidate for governor
Crowley’s impressive election wins, experience and record check all the boxes.

Jessica McBride: David Crowley is becoming the Pinocchio of the Wisconsin governor’s race
Honesty matters in a governor candidate, and I am starting to question whether Crowley has it.

Angela Lang and Nada Elmikashfi: Joel Brennan keeps telling us what he thinks electability looks like
A clear pattern of communication has emerged: Joel Brennan has implied more than once that the color of a candidate’s skin is a detriment to Democratic electoral success.

John Nichols: Tom Tiffany’s no champion of accountability
Since becoming a member of the U.S. House in 2020, he voted twice against a package of proposed federal policing reforms that featured a plan to establish a federal grant program to help state attorneys general develop and expand their authority to conduct independent investigations into police misconduct and wrongdoing.

David Blaska: How a former police officer sees the Corey Ruiz case
An account from former Madison police officer and security expert Adrian Alan.

Brian Reisinger: ‘Perfect Sundays’ an honest look at struggling farm families
Farmers were struggling before Iran war, China trade disputes, and other headlines. Finally, a show that shows rural realities, not caricature.

Jackson Walker: Wisconsin still holds $800 million in people’s unclaimed cash despite a top ranking in returning funds
Wisconsin is tied for first place among states when it comes to reconnecting unclaimed money with its rightful owners, according to a journalist who now focuses on the matter — but that doesn’t mean the state is very good at it, he warns: No state is.

Michelle Bryant: Aisha AI: If they going, we going too!
Developed by Onyx Impact in partnership with Chromatics AI, Aisha was created to ensure that Black history, culture, and lived experiences are reflected in one of the most transformative technologies of our time.

Paul Fanlund: U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen coming to Cap Times Idea Fest
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, long regarded as mainstream, has been generating interest across the ideological spectrum amid rumors of a possible presidential bid. He’s been speaking out against party orthodoxy and impressing those on the far left.

LaKeshia Myers: Didn’t earn it
What Darline Graham’s Senate seat tells us about Equal Pay Day

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.