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Alex Dallman: 2025 Year in Review
I am proud of what we have accomplished this year and look forward to 2026.

Mark Lisheron: U.S. House defangs federal protection of gray wolves in Wisconsin
Tiffany-authored bill could move management to state with over 100 wolf attacks in recent year.

Bill Kaplan: Better times coming in 2026
2025 has already shown that voters have had enough of the cruelty, chaos and incompetence.

Tom Still: National AI policy can prevent state-by-state fragmentation
To compete, a fair and comprehensive federal approach is necessary. A patchwork quilt of state laws will put America behind in the AI race.

Bruce Thompson: The red-state coverage boom that Congress may end
From Florida to Texas, ACA marketplace enrollment has soared with enhanced tax credits, but failure to extend them could leave millions uninsured starting in 2026.

Ryan Clancy: My property tax solution: Tax the rich
Let’s fund our K-12 schools by taxing the rich, individuals and corporations alike.

John Torinus: Goodby Project 2025, hello project 2026
Let’s mint more millionaires.

Michelle Bryant: Trump: Whoville’s new nemesis
Donald Trump’s performance during his recent public address brought to mind a familiar holiday figure, “The Grinch.”

John Nichols: A Christmas call to care for the poor
In this season of light and charity, we have every reason to hope for the renewal of those instincts that Abraham Lincoln identified as “the better angels of our nature.”

Mike McCabe: ‘Just needs a little love’
Christmas is about doing what’s right, Charlie Brown. And it’s about what it does to us.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss the federal ban on hemp-derived THC products
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take up the federal ban on hemp products containing THC and its effect on a multi-million dollar industry in Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public

Scott McCallum and Sam Liebert: Don’t allow election deniers to sow doubt. The fix is easy.
Wisconsin is one of only seven states that prohibit clerks from processing absentee ballots before Election Day.

Laurie Burgos, Matthew Joynt, Deborah Kerr, Jeffrey Weiss, Todd Alan Price and Cathy Olig: State elected officials need to take responsibility for increase in property taxes
The state Legislature has abandoned Wisconsin’s long-standing commitment to funding two-thirds of public education, shifting more of the cost onto local property taxpayers.

Richard Moore: Americorps is a dangerous Trojan Horse
What Evers announced was the funneling of taxpayer dollars to left-wing ideological organizations, many of them explicitly political, to spread progressive fervor among the youth.

Dave Zweifel: Trump comments disgusted some GOP reps, but not Wisconsin’s
While Republican lawmakers like Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Rep. Mike Lawler of New York and even Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia expressed their disgust, there was not a peep from Wisconsin’s six Republican members of the House, or U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson.

Arthur Cyr: Give Jerome Powell some credit for successful economy
Fed Chair Jerome Powell and colleagues must weigh a myriad of conflicting information.

Dan O’Donnell: Dem’s inflation desperation
Democrats have finally noticed that prices are way too high…just in time for them to blame them on President Trump ahead of the midterm elections.

Dave Cieslewicz: What’s college for?
An Associated Press story from the other day caught my eye. It was about a controversy stemming from a new policy limiting how much a student can borrow under federally supported student loan programs.

Brian Reisinger: Without WI deer hunters, environment would be in big trouble
The deer hunt may represent bloodthirsty slaughter for some, but those who grew up hunting know a moment like this is a chance to teach deep life lessons.

Sarah Keyeski: Charitableness, activism and resiliency: Gifts constituents bring to Senate District 14
In my first year as State Senator, I’ve learned so much about District 14 and the people living within it. While these have been really tumultuous times, they have also revealed so much goodness, and that deserves highlighting at the end of 2025.

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.