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Leah Vukmir and Andrew Wilford: Stop badgering Wisconsin visitors with tiny tax bills
Imagine you’re one of the millions of Americans who visit Wisconsin every year. You’d likely enjoy classic Wisconsin hospitality: bratwurst, cheese curds, brandy old-fashioneds and — maybe even a tax bill?

Brian Fraley: The whole truth: Why the war on school milk is the ultimate, wacky, radical overreach
The new enemy is a cold, creamy glass of whole milk.

John Nichols: Hong chooses people power over tech billionaire overreach
Rejecting the empty rhetoric and even emptier caution that characterizes most campaigns, Hong is focusing in on the debates about data centers and artificial intelligence that will define Wisconsin’s future.

LaKeshia Myers: On ice and against the odds: Honoring our Black winter Olympians
We are out here — on the ice, in the snow, at the top of the podium — because excellence doesn’t wait for an invitation. It shows up anyway.

Patrick R. Johnson: Student journalism is civic infrastructure. Protect it.
If we want stronger local journalism anywhere, we should stop talking about trust as a mood and start treating it as a practice.

Lena Taylor: On the passing of the Rev. Jesse Jackson
When members of the Wisconsin Legislature, myself included, chose to leave the state to stand against an attack on workers’ rights, Rev. Jackson was there. He didn’t just lend his voice, he lent his heart and resources.

Bill Berry: Don’t worry, tree-huggers, the earth will survive
Now is a dark time in environmental history. Fortunately, the earth will survive, with or without humans.

Erin McGroarty: Ukraine’s spirit is unbreakable despite four years of war
Measured by their dedication to mutual aid, and their refusal to let fear dictate daily life, the people of Ukraine have already demonstrated a strength that no missile can extinguish.

Bryce Chinault: Suck it up, Wisconsin, we need data centers
Data centers are not a bogeyman. They are part of the foundation for today’s economy and a more prosperous future. Data centers are infrastructure. Just like grain elevators. Just like paper mills.

Don Leake: Grofman & Cervas report redux
How would the current congressional map, constructed to meet the now discredited “least-change” constraint, fare if it were thoroughly inspected for partisan bias as in the Grofman & Cervas report?

Brian Fraley: Will Wisconsin’s longtime legislative number cruncher soon say goodbye?
In a building defined by turnover, Bob Lang has been the closest thing Wisconsin government has to a permanent fixture.

Bill Kaplan: Rural health care near breaking point
Rural health care is dangerously near a breaking point.

Curt Kubiak: Employers as catalysts for health care reform
What if the biggest barrier to fixing health care isn’t the system itself but the friction within it?

Jerry Hanson: Immigrants aren’t stealing the American Dream
The American dream is being stolen by those at the top of the economic ladder, not those beneath us.

Angela Bazan: Wisconsin Teaching as a Profession law would boost school outcomes
We are asking to be trusted, respected, and included. We are asking for policies that reflect the reality of our work and the value of our students.

Tom Barrett, Scott Klug, Mike Tate and JB Van Hollen: Wisconsin values independence. Keep Trump out of our elections
Republican or Democrat, it is essential our leaders tell the truth about our elections. Wisconsin voters deserve confidence in the system and Wisconsin deserves the right to run its own elections, as we always have.

Michelle Bryant: The SAVE act isn’t saving anyone
This legislation, driven by the same architects behind Project 2025, represents a dangerous step backward for our society, and it must never be allowed to take root in our legal system.

Richard Moore: Speak now or forever hold your
Resisting Europe’s censorship, plus a sensible approach in Wisconsin

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ consider whether Wisconsin is next target for ICE surge
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at federal immigration enforcement actions in other states and consider whether Wisconsin is next. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Chris Taylor: Choice for Wisconsin Supreme Court is rights vs. rollbacks
More than ever, Wisconsinites need a strong state Supreme Court to protect their fundamental rights and freedoms, to hold the other branches of government accountable when they overreach, and to make sure the rule of law applies to everyone, no matter how powerful or privileged.

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.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Sept. 18
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss Tom Tiffany’s plane crash, the U.S. Supreme Court halting President Trump’s mail-in balloting restrictions, oral arguments before the state Supreme Court in two cases challenging the state’s congressional lines and more.