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Welcome to the best opinion pieces of the week from News From The States. We feature journalists from across our national network and guest authors with a wide range of perspectives and ideas. Want more? Read all our commentary here.

By Ruth Conniff | Wisconsin Examiner

There’s no bigger issue in the Wisconsin governor’s race than data centers.

What specific policies should Wisconsinites demand from their political leaders on data centers?

Missouri campaigns draw $75M in big donations, much of it from undisclosed donors

By Jason Hancock | Missouri Independent

Amid existential threats and giant challenges, NH’s leaders frolic in fields of small potatoes

By Dana Wormald | New Hampshire Bulletin

Farm Bill impasse tests Arkansas Sen. John Boozman’s low-key approach

By Andrew DeMillo | Arkansas Advocate

Taxation with retaliation in Colorado

By Quentin Young | Colorado Newsline

Beckwith sermon, once again, draws the wrong kind of attention

By Niki Kelly | Indiana Capital Chronicle

New Orleans could have right-sized its courts, and now it’s happening the hard way

By Greg LaRose | Louisiana Illuminator

Biddeford hearing puts spotlight on Trump and Republicans’ lawless, depraved deportation agenda

By Lauren McCauley | Maine Morning Star