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Gregory Humphrey: Elections are not a pause button for UW Regents
The Regents’ authority does not expire because campaign signs are appearing in yards from Superior to Janesville. The Regents should not be asked to function only when everyone can perfectly predict who will hold office six months from now.

Lana Shklyar Nenide: The harms of social media reach babies before they ever log on
Babies don’t use Instagram. They do live inside relationships with adults who use it, and technology now sits right in the middle of those relationships. Parent well-being and infant well-being are tied together.

Melissa Agard: Dane County is growing. Our vision for the future must grow with it
As county executive, I want to build on that success and make sure our growing population translates into greater opportunity and a strong quality of life for everyone.

Bruce Murphy: Republicans getting desperate against David Crowley?
A mailer from Oklahoma and a Lakeland Times story peddle specious claims.

Mark Belling: Vote like your state depends on it
We are either going to be the shining light of the Rust Belt by finally lowering our oppressive tax burden, cracking down on crime, encouraging economic development and rewarding innovative private schools. Or, we will become Illinois and California with massive debt, ever-increasing taxation, out-ofcontrol crime and a dramatic exodus of capital and population.

James Wigderson: The election will continue until morale improves
A note on polling and forecasts

Deborah Prinze: Crowley’s taxpayer-funded addiction scam: Free drug supplies, but no road to recovery
Milwaukee County delivers syringes, cookers and condoms to people’s doorsteps but can’t show how many recipients ever get into treatment.

Drake Bentley: Racial inequalities persist. A constitutional amendment denying it won’t help
To be clear, this question is a clear attack on diversity, equity and inclusion — or DEI — policies and how the state government views racial realities in America.

Rory Riley Topping: Wisconsin’s representation problem is about more than just redistricting
Instead of accepting that every new census must produce winners and losers in a fixed contest for 435 seats, Congress could restore a principle that served the country for much of its existence; when the nation grows, representation should grow too.

Sam Krebs and Jerry Ponio: Criticism of WILL/AFP energy report short-circuits
The next few years are a great opportunity for Wisconsin to fix a broken monopoly system that isn’t serving ratepayers well. We dispute that our reforms, many of which have nothing to do with renewables, are more political than practical.

Bill Barth: Spreitzer earned Senate reelection
Spreitzer is a strong incumbent and likely winner who has earned another term, particularly if Democrats become the Senate majority.

James Causey: I delivered on promise thanks to the gifts my mentor shared
Milwaukee Journal editorial writer and columnist Greg Stanford had given me something far more valuable than a job. He believed in me before I fully believed in myself.

Patrick McIlheran: Parents increasingly want kids in independent charter and parental choice schools — but face obstacles
Reforms would ensure all parents have options they clearly favor.

Lindsay Blumer: Wisconsin’s Technical Colleges are an investment in every community’s future
With continued support and investment, Wisconsin’s technical colleges will remain a place where talent is developed, futures are transformed and employers find the workforce they need to succeed.

Dave Cieslewicz: A sad day in Madison
Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway cited harassment and death threats in her decision not to run for reelection.

Natalie Eilbert: 3 months after Corey Ruiz’s death, Glass takes the fall
In terminating interim Independent Monitor Aeiramique Glass, City Council members have made a disturbing choice that may come back to haunt them.

Steven Walters: How the tax break for data centers was passed
$1.9 billion annual handout to massive tech companies quietly put into 2023-25 budget.

James N. Fitzhenry: Wisconsin is patient zero for polarization. Our kids live it.
Documentary on the impact of political polarization on Gen Z in Wisconsin is partnership between Journal Sentinel and La Follette School of Public Affairs at UW-Madison.

Deborah Prinze: The thrill is gone: Harris comes to Milwaukee, but where was the excitement?
A short, low-energy Pfister event raises the question of whether Democrats’ star power can carry Crowley’s campaign.

Drake Bentley: David Crowley for governor means Black Milwaukee is in charge
David Crowley has not forgotten where he’s come from, and that’s what you hope for in a governor.

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.