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GENERAL Election 2015: Sun Prairie City Council District 2
A Sun Prairie civil engineer and a program manager for the Wisconsin Division of Housing are both running for a one-year term representing District 2 on Sun Prairie’s City Council. The general…
Election 2015: Middleton City Council District 1
Kathy Olson and Robert Stipicevich are running for an open seat representing District 1 on the Middleton City Council. The term is for two years. The election is April 7.
Gov. Scott Walker's changes to state government amid likely presidential run called 'monumental,' 'evolutionary'
Longtime state political observers offer a variety of takes on Walker's $68 billion two-year spending plan.
WEAC turns to local focus after massive membership loss
Local members of the Wisconsin Education Association Council are turning their efforts toward school board races and reaching out to parents in an effort to eventually regain some influence in…
Big Vanta, former T. Wall, portfolio sell-off could set new bar for Madison-area office building market
The $400 million offering includes Class A and Class B office space and could reset lease rates, sale prices.
Rowheels: Reinventing the wheel(chair)
The first of the Fitchburg company's newfangled wheelchair wheels are rolling off to customers.
Right-to-work is in no way extraordinary
Of all the pressing issues that could use the attention and speed of an extraordinary legislative session, Republican leaders just picked another anti-union bill to ram through the Legislature.
Chris Rickert: Safeguard our fingers; fund state parks
If Gov. Scott Walker really wanted to undermine the popularity of Wisconsin's state parks, he would have banned alcohol. His plan takes a different destructive tack.
Doug Moe: Witnesses to a 'Miracle'
Two Madison sports reporters and a photographer recall the magical Olympic hockey upset that happened 35 years ago today.
Wisconsin helps abolish foul stain of slavery -- State Journal editorial from 150 years ago
This State Journal editorial ran on Feb. 27, 1865:
On View | Black Threads
On display at Olbrich Gardens throughout the month of February are quilts that tell the family histories of African-American women.
Michael E. Kraft: Obama plan betrays promise to wean Americans from fossil fuels
GREEN BAY — The Obama administration just released a new offshore oil and gas drilling plan, to be finalized after public comment.
Don't stifle baseball's spirit of innovation
CHICAGO — Baseball, being the noblest sport, has many lessons to teach: the value of daily persistence, the inevitability of failure and the likelihood that luck will not override ineptitude (…
The Gomers 'brotherhood' turns 30
The musical skills of The Gomers, a band that has become a Madison institution, are pretty awe-inspiring.
Shelley Peterman Schwarz: Ways to keep up with your health and your kids
When my two children were young, I always felt tired and sleep deprived. Jamie and Andrew were normal, active infants and toddlers, but they were not great sleepers. I still vividly remember h…
Travel: Calendar
Coming in Wisconsin this week:
Garden calendar | For the week of Feb. 22
Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.
Gov. Scott Walker says he doesn't know if Obama loves his country
"You should ask the president what he thinks about America," Walker said. "I've never asked him so I don't know."
Badgers women's basketball: No regrets for title-less seniors
Through the years, they’ve experienced more moral victories than actual ones. Each has endured injury, a couple of them potentially debilitating. And they’ve seen the people responsible for br…
Auto racing: Broadcaster Dale Jarrett has high hopes for Matt Kenseth, JGR
Dale Jarrett wouldn't be surprised to see all four Joe Gibbs Racing drivers qualify for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship.
