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Dave Cieslewicz: Let’s lease out Bucky
Players need to be bound to schools by contracts.

Bruce Thompson: The irony of Trump’s SAVE Act
The data suggest it would reduce Republican turnout.

Terrance Hopson: From community college to career: Fixing the transfer gap in Milwauke
As we recognize Community College Month, we must also recognize that expanding higher education access is not enough if students cannot complete the journey.

Bradley Glassel: A trip abroad taught me Milwaukee drivers can do better
In Europe, I noticed something different. When a pedestrian approached a crosswalk, drivers stopped — consistently and predictably.

Gregg Hoffman: Lasting importance of Earth Day
What’s important now, in 2026, is to not let Earth Day as an institution become stale and something we just do out of tradition and obligation.

Angelique Sharp: Everybody loves sustainability until poverty wears it
If Earth Day is truly about protecting our shared home, then everybody living in that home deserves to be part of the conversation. Protecting the Earth is a shared responsibility, but any vision of sustainability that leaves people behind is incompetent from the start.

Dave Cieslewicz: Environmentalism is the establishment
On the fifty-something anniversary of Earth Day it’s time for the environmental movement to grow up. More accurately, it’s important to admit that we have grown up and grown into the establishment.

Brendan Steinhauser: Wisconsin needs to protect itself from Big Tech
As if Silicon Valley didn’t have enough power over the lives of Wisconsinites, big tech CEOs are coming for more.

Bill Barth: A brief opening for fair elections
Wherever politicians gather enough power to cheat by drawing unfair district lines, count on them to do just that. Republican. Democrat. It’s always wrong.

Mark Belling: It never fails: Cities led by leftists always decline
The city of Waukesha just elected another Democrat mayor. How do you think that’ll work out? The safest prediction is that homelessness, street crime, burglaries and robberies will all continue to go up.

Dan Knodl: Investing in Wisconsin: lower taxes, stronger schools and resilient communities
As negotiations continue between the Wisconsin State Legislature and Gov. Tony Evers, Republicans remain focused on doing two things well: funding our schools responsibly and making sure Wisconsin stays affordable for the taxpayers who make those investments possible.

David J. Decker: Abundant Life Christian shooting shows need for prevention
Better design of public gathering spaces can reduce risk.

Dave Zweifel: The rich give millions to Trump, but nothing to the country
Noting that some billionaires actually get by without paying any income taxes — Donald Trump being the most infamous — there have been several attempts to enact a surtax on their assets.

Paul Fanlund: Electability should rule in primary for Wisconsin governor
When Democratic voters cast ballots in August, they should ask themselves which gubernatorial candidate is most likely to win in November.

Steven Walters: Why UW president candidates may hesitate
The clumsy firing of Jay Rothman might discourage some top candidates.

Bruce Murphy: The Republican ‘statutory scheme’
How GOP legislators got away with spending $26 million on private attorneys and charging taxpayers.

Guy Charlton and Averell Charlton Diesch: Evers pushes for constitutional amendment to end gerrymandering in Wisconsin
As increased political polarization has eroded norms of political cooperation, an increased role for the courts should be welcomed. At the same time, the proposed amendment is incomplete and unnecessarily grants the court more authority then appropriate.

Natalie Eilbert: Wisconsin’s ban on conversion therapy freshly vulnerable
Within Wisconsin, 14 cities, including Madison, have ordinances on the books that ban the practice.

Scott Liddicoat: Reflections of a newly minted special voting deputy
In both February and April, I had the privilege of officially facilitating the voting process in several Green Bay senior care centers.

Gregory Humphrey: Ridglan Farms protest: Compassion for animals vs. laws that govern society
A society that values justice cannot allow good intentions to override the rule of law, especially when safer, lawful avenues for change exist.

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.