Wisconsin State Journal Local News

Republicans could fix most of the budget problems in the state if they simply accepted federal funding to expand Medicaid. 

But homeless advocates say short-term solutions for shelter and services for the homeless are needed.

Local governments in Milwaukee will contribute a lot more money to a Milwaukee Bucks arena in the city’s downtown, under the latest proposal to keep the professional basketball team in Wisconsin.

There are plenty of metrics by which to judge the economic health of the Badger State.

In the 1970s, crime was soaring, and American policymakers had all sorts of ideas for how to reduce it: longer sentences, more police, prison reform and more.

This State Journal court report ran on June 12, 1890:

Tenure exists not to protect individuals, but to protect ideas.

The Madison pastor and his coalition of influential African-Americans in Madison want neighborhood schools for black students and more minority teachers, among other recommendations

This month my husband, Dave, and I celebrate our 46th wedding anniversary, and it boggles my mind that Dave and I have been married so long. We were so young (only 22 years old) when we got ma…

Coming in Wisconsin this week:

Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.

UMOJA Magazine celebrates 25 years with a traveling art exhibit “A Mirror Image: The Village Reflects on Itself.” About 100 of the magazine’s covers have been professionally framed and mounted…

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — My mother freaked when I told her I was going on a reporting tour to the border’s Mexican side. She actually worried for my life.

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers joked last week that the Green Bay Packers’ practices are more competitive for the offense now that coach Mike McCarthy has “told some of our secrets to the defense.”

The PGA Champions Tour’s debut in Madison is still more than a year away, but that didn’t prevent PGA commissioner Tim Finchem from casting an optimistic gaze into its future.

WAUNAKEE — Kelsey Jahn was determined to make sure Oregon didn’t come up short in its bid to become the first girls soccer team in program history to earn a state tournament berth.

First, Alyssa Hrncar turned down the volume on Watertown’s potent hitting attack.

Close shaves. Near-misses. And, eventually, disappointment softened by hope for the future.

The Madison Edgewood and Middleton boys tennis teams came to the WIAA state team tournament intent on taking home top honors for the first time.

VERONA — Lauren Olson and Morgann Harbort provided a solid one-two punch, combining for six hits to ignite DeForest’s offensive attack Saturday morning.