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John Nichols: Republicans deliver ‘petty’ parting shot at Evers
During the state Senate’s final scheduled floor session for the current Legislature, Republicans abused their oversight power to fire eight highly qualified Evers appointees — including four members of the Wisconsin Judicial Commission, two members of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, a member of the Wisconsin Deferred Compensation Board and a member of the Governor’s Council on Domestic Abuse.
LaKeshia Myers: Time’s up
As the legislative session ends abruptly, there’s more work to be done.
Steven Walters: Supreme Court election recast legislative session
Everything changed in the Capitol in April of 2023, when Democrats, outnumbered in the Legislature, brought in their new star pitcher: Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz.
Sam Rogers: On April 2, voters have a chance to delete Zuckerbucks for good
On April 2, Wisconsin voters have the opportunity to put an end to billionaires trying to buy election offices at the ballot box.
Nicole Laudolff: Voting at Wisconsin’s universities isn’t easy
Long lines and cumbersome ID requirements discourage students from voting.
Paul Fanlund: Police chief makes case to bring cops back to high schools
With Madison native Joe Gothard recently hired to become the city’s next school superintendent this summer, Police Chief Shon Barnes plans to pitch him on a reenvisioned SRO program that Barnes hopes would be a national model.
Scott Walker: How to prevent future deaths like Laken Riley’s
Immediately deport immigrants who commit crimes.
Bill Kaplan: Judge Luttig: U.S. Supreme Court won’t save us
Retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig, U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, was the speaker at the 2024 annual Kastenmeier Lecture at UW-Madison Law School.
Dave Zweifel: Tom Harkin optimistic about future of deep-red Iowa
Harkin, at age 84, is still doing very well. He’s been out of the Senate now for nearly 10 years, having stepped down after choosing not to run in the 2014 election. Interestingly, the former Democratic senator isn’t depressed by the stark change in Iowa politics in just the past decade or so.
Gregory Humphrey: Why would Aaron Rodgers want to be the next Rudy Giuliani?
Kennedy has proven he will do almost anything, including this quixotic leap of name-dropping, to be relevant.
WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ assess shifts in principles, priorities of Wisconsin’s political parties
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, examine how and why the principles and priorities of the Republican and Democratic parties in Wisconsin have evolved over time. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Bruce Thompson: About that recall effort against Robin Vos
The campaign by Vos haters is anti-democratic. Here’s why.
WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ assess shifts in principles, priorities of Wisconsin’s political parties
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, examine how and why the principles and priorities of the Republican and Democratic parties in Wisconsin have evolved over time. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Rewind: Your Week in Review for March 15
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the petition to recall GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, the GOP-controlled Senate rejecting more of Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees, adjournment of the Senate session, the state Supreme Court taking up an absentee ballot drop box lawsuit, President Biden’s visit to Milwaukee and more.