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The good times on Wall Street could keep rolling in 2015
The U.S. stock markets have been on a winning roll for nearly six years and local investment professionals and educators don’t see the good times coming to an end any time soon.
It's back to calm waters after a turbulent four years for AnchorBank
When Chris Bauer gave up the life of a leisurely globetrotter to rescue AnchorBank in 2009, he had no inkling it would take so long or be such a struggle to "right the ship."
Madison's Capital East District rises
Investment pours in but coming years will be key to former industrial corridor.
Pedley put Lafayette County on the map with his direction as sheriff
The retiring Lafayette County sheriff was one of the most respected law enforcement officers in the state.
UW-Madison soils lab to consolidate with Marshfield lab
UW-Madison's College of Agricultural Life Sciences plans to consolidate its two soil labs at the Soil and Forage Analysis Laboratory located in Marshfield.
Republicans eye rewrite of campaign finance laws, other election changes
Recent court decisions and the nonpartisan Government Accountability Board are fueling calls for an overhaul.
Chris Rickert: Rigid politics don't have to be the only thing Mark Pocan and Glenn Grothman share
Grothman clearly hasn't spent enough time on Madison's East side if he thinks Obama qualifies as a liberal extremist.
Good news: Headlines we'd like to see in 2015
Vos on GAB: ‘Judges will stay’
Exhibit examines how wildlife views the modern world
Mineral Point artist Bruce Howdle is showcasing murals that examine the “modern material world from the non-human perspective,” according to his artist’s statement. Eight murals make up the ex…
TV pro channels small-town Wisco in 'Mistake'
As a professional researcher for NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” Kersti Niebruegge digs through archive footage for the sake of entertainment. But for her debut novel, her research was mo…
What happened to cliffs full of gold? -- State Journal editorial from history
This State Journal editorial ran on Jan. 4, 1904:
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Obamacare has many negatives -- Richard Wood
A recent letter to the editor asked: "What is not to like about Obamacare?" The question was followed by a list of possible positive attributes to the “Affordable Care Act.”
Governors may not have edge in 2016 presidential race -- Jonathan Zimmerman
In 1947, U.S. historian Wilfred E. Binkley took stock of the 13 men who had been president since the end of the Civil War and reached a stark conclusion: Governorship was “a training school fo…
The Wisconsin State Journal at 175: The Civil War years
By the time the Civil War broke out in 1861, the Wisconsin State Journal had been publishing for more than 20 years. But nothing could prepare Wisconsin and its nascent capital city for the ho…
Jerry Davis: Some tasks require slow winter days
There are times when even the most outdoors-minded person finds gratification by just inhabiting a den, basement, garage or shed and doing extremely repetitive activities.
Mitch Henck: My journey to political independence
As a kid growing up in Indiana, I went door to door for George McGovern at the age of 9.
Esther Cepeda: Video-gamers sound off
Parents across the land, take heart — I hear it on good account that young-adult video-game obsession is not the end of the world.
Dana Milbank: America's Slacktivist generation needs true service
WASHINGTON -- I wanted to do something for my country over the holidays, so I went to the movies.
Badgers men's basketball: Players jump at chance to make rebounding priority
EVANSTON, Ill. — Nigel Hayes is averaging 7.4 rebounds per game, a massive increase from his first season with the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team.
