Jessie Opoien, The Capital Times

Jessie Opoien

The Capital Times

Madison, WI, United States

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Past articles by Jessie:

Ryan Owens raises $300,000 in first months of Republican AG campaign

The funds are a record for a first-time report filed by an attorney general candidate, according to Owens' campaign. → Read More

Wisconsin Assembly passes ban on 'vaccine passports'

Under the bill passed Wednesday, anyone who violates the ban could face 30 days in jail or a $500 fine. → Read More

Jessie Opoien: USW 'bat light' reminds us we can be heroes, if we vote

"We’re not summoning Batman, we’re summoning voters. We are trying to get voters to make a plan to vote." → Read More

Wedge Issues: Sarah Kendzior on Donald Trump and 'Hiding in Plain Sight'

Join Cap Times opinion editor Jessie Opoien for Wedge Issues, a podcast catching you up with the elected officials, strategists, analysts and power players of state government and politics in → Read More

Wedge Issues: How is Wisconsin responding to the coronavirus outbreak?

Join Cap Times opinion editor Jessie Opoien for Wedge Issues, a podcast catching you up with the elected officials, strategists, analysts and power players of state government and politics in → Read More

Jessie Opoien: Celebrating Mark Witherspoon and journalism grounded in public service

“Spoon,” the longtime editorial adviser at the Iowa State Daily, has shaped a generation of journalists. I’m privileged to be one of them. → Read More

Wedge Issues: Can we stay out 'til dawn at the DNC?

Join Cap Times opinion editor Jessie Opoien for Wedge Issues, a podcast catching you up with the elected officials, strategists, analysts and power players of state government and politics in → Read More

Jessie Opoien: Bipartisan bill aimed at PFAS contamination in Wisconsin is a welcome start

It’s encouraging to see that legislators can work across party lines — like state Sen. Dave Hansen and Rep. John Nygren — to tackle a major environmental threat like PFAS. → Read More

Jessie Opoien: Informed consent bill for pelvic exams gets welcome bipartisan support

It’s not every day that you find Republicans like André Jacque and Janel Brandtjen on the same side of a reproductive health issue with Democrats like Chris and Lena Taylor. → Read More

Wedge Issues and The Corner Table: Wine, cookbooks and women's suffrage

Join Cap Times opinion editor Jessie Opoien for Wedge Issues, a podcast catching you up with the elected officials, strategists, analysts and power players of state government and politics in → Read More

Jessie Opoien: If you value a woman’s right to end a pregnancy, vote like it

Abortion rights in the U.S. are at risk. And in 2020, they are on the ballot. → Read More

Wedge Issues: Live from Idea Fest, with Tom Perez

Join Cap Times political reporter Jessie Opoien for Wedge Issues, a podcast catching you up with the elected officials, strategists, analysts and power players of state government and politics in → Read More

Jessie Opoien: It’s time to really start talking in Wisconsin about reducing gun violence

Let’s debate the merits of the proposals that have been reintroduced and summarily dismissed session after session in Wisconsin’s Legislature. Let’s weigh the pros and the cons, propose alternatives and → Read More

Jessie Opoien: This is the way it is now

It is true that we have had mass shootings for a long time. It is also true that shootings have gotten deadlier in the last decade. It is true, too, → Read More

Jessie Opoien: Saying goodbye to 1907 Riverside, but not its spirit

Earlier this month, I said goodbye to my childhood home, or at least, I tried. → Read More

Jessie Opoien: Title IX paved the way for U.S. soccer dominance, but the work isn’t done

The U.S. women’s team lawsuit to gain equal pay and working conditions shows some problems remain unsolved, but it’s up to the rest of us to fight in our own → Read More

Wedge Issues: Lizz Winstead on activism, abortion and Plaza burgers

Join Cap Times political reporter Jessie Opoien for Wedge Issues, a podcast catching you up with the elected officials, strategists, analysts and power players of state government and politics in → Read More

Jessie Opoien: ABC for Health has been valuable advocate for the underserved

As ABC for Health celebrates its 25th anniversary on July 1, founder and Executive Director Bobby Peterson is rightfully proud of the ways the organization has grown, breaking molds and → Read More

Wedge Issues: The Legislature passed a budget — now what?

Join Cap Times political reporter Jessie Opoien for Wedge Issues, a podcast catching you up with the elected officials, strategists, analysts and power players of state government and politics in → Read More

Jessie Opoien: In which I confess my admiration for the spork was a youthful phase

A green bean failure leads to a reckoning with previously held opinions. → Read More