Opinion Archives - Central Wisconsin News

03

Mar
2026

03 March 2026

The cost of detaining people

Dear editor, The recent legislation facetiously labeled “The Big Beautiful Bill” allocated $168 billion to immigration and border enforcement. ...

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

The cost of detaining people

Dear editor, The recent legislation facetiously labeled “The Big Beautiful Bill” allocated $168 billion to immigration and border enforcement. ...

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Posted on March 3, 2026

Looking at the big picture on school consolidation

Dear editor, I have been reading about and listening to Loyal residents about consolidating Greenwood and Loyal. This is not something new. We were...

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

Looking at the big picture on school consolidation

Dear editor, I have been reading about and listening to Loyal residents about consolidating Greenwood and Loyal. This is not something new. We were...

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Posted on March 3, 2026

Don’t chip away at human independence

Don’t chip away at human independence

Technology pushes the limits of what we think is possible, but also causes us to question how far is too far. A recent news story brought to mind an i...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

Don’t chip away at human independence

Technology pushes the limits of what we think is possible, but also causes us to question how far is too far. A recent news story brought to mind an i...

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Posted on March 3, 2026

24

Feb
2026

24 February 2026

Support educational farm stay bill legislation

Wisconsin legislators should support a bill that would open the door for more local control and revenue opportunities for Wisconsin’s farm families....

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

Support educational farm stay bill legislation

Wisconsin legislators should support a bill that would open the door for more local control and revenue opportunities for Wisconsin’s farm families....

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Posted on February 24, 2026

KNOW YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS: New limits on student cellphones in Wisconsin schools

Starting July 1, 2026, every Wisconsin public school district must limit student use of personal cellphones and other wireless devices during instruct...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

KNOW YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS: New limits on student cellphones in Wisconsin schools

Starting July 1, 2026, every Wisconsin public school district must limit student use of personal cellphones and other wireless devices during instruct...

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Posted on February 24, 2026

SAVE Act is voter suppression with a patriotic bumper sticker

Dear editor, The House narrowly passed the SAVE Act last year, and now that bill, repackaged as the SAVE America Act, is headed to the Senate, where i...

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

SAVE Act is voter suppression with a patriotic bumper sticker

Dear editor, The House narrowly passed the SAVE Act last year, and now that bill, repackaged as the SAVE America Act, is headed to the Senate, where i...

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Posted on February 24, 2026

Holding doctors accountable in youth gender cases

Holding doctors accountable in youth gender cases

Detransitioner Fox Varian, 22, recently won a major victory in the fight to protect children’s bodies. Varian was part of a major medical malpractic...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

Holding doctors accountable in youth gender cases

Detransitioner Fox Varian, 22, recently won a major victory in the fight to protect children’s bodies. Varian was part of a major medical malpractic...

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Posted on February 24, 2026

17

Feb
2026

17 February 2026

Put the brakes on self-driving vehicles in Wisconsin

Wisconsin legislators need to put the brakes on a plan to use Wisconsin residents as crash test dummies and the state’s roads as test tracks for unt...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

Put the brakes on self-driving vehicles in Wisconsin

Wisconsin legislators need to put the brakes on a plan to use Wisconsin residents as crash test dummies and the state’s roads as test tracks for unt...

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Posted on February 17, 2026

State payments rise; municipal service costs increase more

State policymakers provided the largest funding increase on record in 2025 for a program that reimburses municipalities to provide services to state f...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

State payments rise; municipal service costs increase more

State policymakers provided the largest funding increase on record in 2025 for a program that reimburses municipalities to provide services to state f...

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Posted on February 17, 2026

Taxpayer money should be serving the public interest

Dear editor, “Follow the money” is a famous line from “All the President’s Men,” the film about the Watergate scandal. Watergate exposed cor...

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

Taxpayer money should be serving the public interest

Dear editor, “Follow the money” is a famous line from “All the President’s Men,” the film about the Watergate scandal. Watergate exposed cor...

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Posted on February 17, 2026