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CHICAGO — The door opened just a crack for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team on Friday night, when No. 2 Duke and No. 3 Virginia lost in the semifinals of the ACC tournament.

WAUWATOSA – Neil Karolek, the gregarious yet all-business president of TLX Technologies in Pewaukee, is blunt when he talks about his company’s entry into international markets.

Annie Pankowski scored two goals as the University of Wisconsin women's hockey team advanced to next weekend's Frozen Four with a 5-1 victory over Boston University on Saturday at LaBahn Arena.

SUN PRAIRIE — Back in November, the Mount Horeb boys basketball team gathered in tuxedos for a photo shoot on the corner bearing the village’s only streetlight — with Main Street businesses an…

ASHWAUBENON -- Chloe Pustina was in a shooting funk and she knew it.

What could the officer who killed Tony Robinson have been thinking? If officers are trained to kill in these situations, then the training needs to change.

Imagine if Madison police Officer Matt Kenny was an African-American police officer and Tony Robinson was an unarmed white teenager. Should we be any less concerned?

One of the supposedly valuable attributes of Wisconsin discourse is transparency. And, admittedly, one of my biggest pet peeves is duplicity.

I am a UW graduate, and I feel for the painful cuts the university may have to make in light of the budget cuts in the next few years -- and I love cats.

Justice Ann Walsh Bradley is a much-needed bipartisan voice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. During her nearly 20 years on the Supreme Court, she has ruled equitably and thoughtfully.

Gov. Scott Walker represents the majority of people who vote -- and have voted -- and who want to turn back the clock.

The 47 senators who signed the threatening letter to Iran should resign their positions and leave Washington D.C.

Player of the game Bronson Koenig came up big late in the shot clock en route to scoring a career-high 19 points.

The new managing agency, which has worked with the MFE for the past 20 years, says it will continue to build on the legacy started by the founding MFE members in 1985. 

Koenig scores 14 of his 19 points in the second half to help UW rally from a five-point halftime deficit and advance to Sunday's title game vs. Maryland or Michigan State.

As we celebrate access to government records this week, let's not the Scott Walker, Hillary Clinton and their secret email systems rain on our parade. 

ASHWAUBENON – Revenge is sweet.

MADISON - James David Canter, age 69, of Madison, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at Meriter Hospital. He was born on Feb. 11, 1946, in Minden, Nev., the son of Donald a…

MADISON - William Alexander Craig, MD, made a really good run at beating another medical challenge but on March 11, 2015, at age 75, he died peacefully at UW Hospital surrounded by his beloved…

MADISON - Stanley R. "Pinky" Anundson, age 69, passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at his home in Madison.