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Paul Smith: Wisconsin Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program deserves reauthorization
The Knowles Nelson Stewardship Program, which since 1989 has acquired public lands for conservation and outdoor recreation in Wisconsin, is set to expire in 2026.

James Causey: Ag secretary food tips comical distraction from high prices
I wonder if Rollins or her boss, Trump, could eat these recommendations seven times a week? Would they even want to?

Colin Gillis: Collective bargaining rights for nurses benefits all workers
Across the nation, workers are coming together to demand unions because when we have a voice on the job, we have power to shift the scales back to prioritizing our communities.

Mark Belling: 50 years after: Milwaukee’s failed busing experiment
Forced busing destroyed Milwaukee schools and killed its middle class.

Steven Tipton: Speak up and speak out against unjust tobacco industry practices
Widescale marketing of mentholated tobacco – a chemical compound used in commercial tobacco products which makes them easier to inhale, more appealing to use, and more difficult to quit – has been strategically aimed at Black communities.

Bill Barth: Continuing to push phony conspiracy
The 2020 presidential election — held in the middle of the worst pandemic in a century — was not perfect, but it was not stolen.

Bruce Murphy: 11 takeaways from governor’s race donations
How much money was raised, and from who, tells us a lot about the candidates.

Dave Cieslewicz: State of guv’s race in the third inning
The bottom line is that it’s a close game with no clear favorite right now.

Richard Moore: Legislature needs to rein in state DHS’s authoritarian ‘science’
State agencies are not legally or ethically bound to be zombies to federal guidance. But they are also not obligated to replace it with recommendations from private associations that promote their own agendas, and their own bottom lines.

Ruth Conniff: Buttigieg tells rural voters to connect with their neighbors as they share concerns for country
In making his La Crosse appearance to bolster a Democratic candidate in a swing district ahead of the midterms — and perhaps to stick his toe in the water ahead of a potential 2028 presidential run — Buttigieg connected with rural and blue-collar Midwestern voters.

John Torinus: Tell your Congress members: Enough already on Greenland and goons
When, oh, when will the Wisconsin congressional delegation take a loud, hard stand against new levels of outrageous policy coming out of the mind and mouth of President Donald Trump?

Spencer Black: Trump is squashing the free press
Trump has aggressively sought to use the power of government to control the information that the public receives through intimidation, lawsuits, the power of the Federal Communication Commission and the money of his MAGA billionaire buddies.

Mike McCabe: The new company store
Dad was a tenant farmer, never satisfied him, longed for land of his own.

Maria Lazar: Setting the record straight on my stance on abortion
The law is settled on abortion in Wisconsin with a 20-week compromise. The issue has been resolved as far as the judiciary is concerned. I follow and uphold the law, and I will continue to do so.

Mike Nichols & Mark Lisheron: Data center naysayers should consider what the future would have brought to Port Washington
Impacts are minimal in comparison to what might have occurred

Karen Stokes: Dr. King’s legacy demands action, not silence
On the third Monday in January, communities across the nation celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with a day of events, church services, and community breakfasts. Yet Dr. King would not have envisioned the day as just one of reflection but also a call for action, driven by a commitment to justice.

Michelle Bryant: Echoes of Reconstruction: A warning for today
As we find ourselves in the midst of another turbulent era in American history, it is impossible to ignore the unsettling echoes of our past.

James E. Causey: Turn your indignation at Trump into real action in midterms
Since he’s been in office, Trump has repeatedly shown his disdain for people of color. If you are shocked or outraged, you haven’t been paying attention. He’s been saying things like this forever.

Bill Kaplan: Representative Van Orden, election-year conversion
Seventeen House Republicans finally joined all House Democrats in voting to extend the expired ACA tax credits.

Dave Cieslewicz: Let’s vote in person on Election Day
Some arguments against early voting

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.