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Brian Fraley: Wisconsin doesn’t need new transparency laws. It needs to codify enforcement of the ones it has.
The statutory framework is already there; we just need to make it work again.

Michael Lucas: What AI race? Someone better tell China
Not only is China light years behind on investment and physical infrastructure, they don’t appear to be interested in competing against the U.S. But maybe that’s because China is running a different race.

Bill Berry: Pick your poison? The feds do that for you
It’s not funny how this federal administration and its enablers are treating human health and the environment. But it is almost laughable when you consider the legions of seemingly health-conscious people who were so thoroughly duped and are now surprised by what was obviously going to happen.

James E. Causey: What Milwaukee’s lower crime stats don’t tell you
Too often we stay silent when it’s a son, a cousin, an uncle or a friend. Then we act surprised when another family is grieving or another neighborhood is traumatized.

Mark Belling: Hannah Dugan’s lenient sentence was the right decision
Federal Judge Lynn Adelman handled the hot-button case perfectly.

James Wigderson: The dog ate Rodriguez’s homework
Lt. Governor Sara Rodriguez, who was emerging as a possible compromise Democratic candidate for governor, just fired her campaign manager and is suddenly short of cash.

Steven Walters: How Evers ‘fixed the damn roads’
He got help from Republican legislators and federal pandemic funding.

John Torinus: Tiffany, Sinykin cross paths as Knowles-Nelson expires
With at least three-quarters of Wisconsinites heavily in favor of conservation, GOP candidates oppose “green” legislation at their own risk.

Jerry Hanson: Why does the DNR allow CAFOs to expand?
How can spreading the daily waste from nearly 14,000 dairy cows over the acreage available benefit those living in and visiting the marvelous natural resource that Door County presents?

Maria Fernanda Chavez: Planning protects against unchecked data center growth
Legislators must pass a long-term energy planning requirement and clean energy portfolio standard to prevent utilities from continuing to exploit regulatory processes.

Corrine Hendrickson: Sen. Marklein closed my business; I want to replace him
Marklein had the power to invest in childcare, in our schools, in this district. He chose not to.

Richard Moore: Wisconsin’s very dangerous derangement syndrome
Wisconsin was once a national leader in open government, but both political parties have spent decades weakening and evading transparency laws.

Natalie Eilbert: Donald Trump’s war on the war-torn
Ever since President Donald Trump shut down nearly all refugee resettlement activity, Mack, Open Door’s executive director, and his team of volunteers have had to pivot to other services that can help those refugees who are already here.

Michelle Bryant: Throwing a full-court press at the wrong end of the floor
Our government keeps driving the lane toward symbolic controversies while passing up wide-open layups on systemic injustice.

David Crowley: Why I am proud to endorse Sara Rodriguez for governor
The values we fought for—affordability, opportunity, dignity for working families, and a government that delivers results—do not leave this race simply because I did. The best way to carry those ideas forward is to unite behind Sara Rodriguez and elect her as Wisconsin’s next governor.

Jessica McBride: Poor Joel ‘Pick Me’ Brennan can’t get any love, even though he’s the Democrats’ best candidate
He’s like the responsible, overlooked sibling who gets a 4.0 and goes to college but sits woefully ignored while the parents gush over the flashier sibling who dashed in late, lives in the basement, smokes too much weed, and ran over grandma in the parking lot.

John Nichols: Wisconsin Muslim voters snubbed by gubernatorial candidates
A pair of Democratic contenders pulled out of last week’s forum after learning they would be asked about Israel’s assault on Gaza and other controversial topics.

Dale Kooyenga: A rule meant to protect you may discourage Wisconsin data centers, jobs
What should be a straightforward safeguard risks becoming a barrier that discourages qualified companies from choosing Wisconsin, risking future jobs, tax base growth and economic opportunity.

Angela Rachidi: How to strengthen the climb from the safety net
Streamlining programs and teaching success can return Wisconsin to path of progress against poverty.

Paul Fanlund: Latest Dane County Jail snafu suggests a broader problem
It appears that being a uniformed law enforcement leader in Madison and Dane County has become more difficult, not only because of what might be happening in the streets, but also because of what is happening in meeting rooms of local government.

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.