Opinion Archives - Central Wisconsin News

27

Jan
2026

27 January 2026

Support anti-SLAPP legislation in Wisconsin

Wisconsin needs an anti-SLAPP law. Wisconsin must join the growing number of states that enact protections against lawsuits intended to shut down p...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

Support anti-SLAPP legislation in Wisconsin

Wisconsin needs an anti-SLAPP law. Wisconsin must join the growing number of states that enact protections against lawsuits intended to shut down p...

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Posted on January 27, 2026

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - Letters to the Editor

It's not too ate to seek the truth Many trips around the sun ago, in a grad school history class, I read a book by Milton Mayer, “They Thought Th...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - Letters to the Editor

It's not too ate to seek the truth Many trips around the sun ago, in a grad school history class, I read a book by Milton Mayer, “They Thought Th...

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Posted on January 27, 2026

20

Jan
2026

20 January 2026

400-year school funding trick needs to sunset

Republicans in the state legislature need to put up or shut up when it comes to school funding. On July 5, 2023, Gov. Tony Evers pulled a political...

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Opinion/Editorial

400-year school funding trick needs to sunset

Republicans in the state legislature need to put up or shut up when it comes to school funding. On July 5, 2023, Gov. Tony Evers pulled a political...

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Posted on January 20, 2026

LETTER TO THE EDITOR - Letter to the Editor: ICE agent acted in self-defense

I am responding to the three letters that were published in the Record Review last week. Thank you for providing this forum for the peaceful exchange ...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

LETTER TO THE EDITOR - Letter to the Editor: ICE agent acted in self-defense

I am responding to the three letters that were published in the Record Review last week. Thank you for providing this forum for the peaceful exchange ...

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Posted on January 20, 2026

13

Jan
2026

13 January 2026

Republican bill on data centers makes sense

Wisconsin Republican legislators are on the right course when it comes to developing common-sense rules for data centers that keep the doors open for ...

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Opinion/Editorial

Republican bill on data centers makes sense

Wisconsin Republican legislators are on the right course when it comes to developing common-sense rules for data centers that keep the doors open for ...

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Posted on January 13, 2026

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - Letters to the Editor

What are our values as America? In our country’s Declaration of Independence, adopted unanimously on July 4, 1776, there is a phrase well known t...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - Letters to the Editor

What are our values as America? In our country’s Declaration of Independence, adopted unanimously on July 4, 1776, there is a phrase well known t...

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Posted on January 13, 2026

06

Jan
2026

06 January 2026

Protect transparency by helping save WisconsinEye

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Opinion/Editorial

Protect transparency by helping save WisconsinEye

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Posted on January 6, 2026

Students’ names should not be political

“I read in a book once that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but I've never been able to believe it. I don't believe a rose would be a...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

Students’ names should not be political

“I read in a book once that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but I've never been able to believe it. I don't believe a rose would be a...

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Posted on January 6, 2026

30

Dec
2025

30 December 2025

Support bill to fix wedding barn fiasco

Wisconsin legislators should move quickly to support a new bill that would allow wedding barn owners to hold a reasonable number of events without nee...

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Opinion/Editorial

Support bill to fix wedding barn fiasco

Wisconsin legislators should move quickly to support a new bill that would allow wedding barn owners to hold a reasonable number of events without nee...

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Posted on December 30, 2025

A Christmas surprise from Governor Evers

In addition to the winter weather, December also marks the arrival of property tax bills across Wisconsin. Unfortunately, many Wisconsinites are seein...

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Opinion/Editorial

A Christmas surprise from Governor Evers

In addition to the winter weather, December also marks the arrival of property tax bills across Wisconsin. Unfortunately, many Wisconsinites are seein...

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Posted on December 30, 2025