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Eighteen-year-old Saira Blair recently made history as the youngest person elected to the West Virginia legislature. She may make history again as a lawmaker by securing passage of a right-to-…

It’s not like body-mounted police cameras are likely to lower a trust level that -- if we believe what we hear on the news -- can’t get much lower.

“A quilter for 15 years,” Kent Williams writes in his artist’s statement, “I was always on the lookout for patterns, and what I began to notice was that the really interesting patterns — to me…

Should you be able to stay home from work when you’re sick? How about taking time off during work to attend a child’s school conference or go on a family vacation?

“Who is going to take care of you?” a friend recently asked me when she learned that my husband Dave had a ruptured disc. It wasn’t as if we hadn’t faced challenges before. Primary progressive…

Vesper was counting his whiskers one day and noticed he was one short.

Coming in Wisconsin this week:

Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.

Anyone skeptical about entrusting ambitious tasks to the government was not stunned by the dismal rollout of the Affordable Care Act.

CHICAGO -- How much money you can make from teaching is a little like real estate -- location, location, location.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Green Bay Packers had just secured their 10th victory of the season, thus lifting coach Mike McCarthy’s annual ban on talking about the playoffs, so quarterback Aaron Rodge…

Barry Alvarez didn’t anticipate repeating the role he played in 2012.

Local tech leaders mull over lessons learned.

LINCOLN, Neb — Coming off a resounding 45-0 victory over Indiana, the University of Wisconsin wrestling team added to its Big Ten Conference resume Saturday night.

Freddy Gerard’s goal in the final minute shrank the deficit to one, but the Madison Capitols couldn’t close the gap against the Bloomington Thunder, falling 4-2 in United States Hockey League …

GREEN BAY — Turnovers continue to plague the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team.

Senior guards Tanner Bruchs and Riley Lytle each scored 20 points Saturday to lead the Poynette boys basketball team to a 73-44 romp over Wautoma at JustAGame Fieldhouse in Wisconsin Dells.

Drew Fjoser (126 pounds), Eddie Smith (145), Austin Powell (170) and Gage Neumaier (220) each won individual titles as the Sauk Prairie wrestling team took home the team championship at the Bo…

Junior guard Deang Deang scored 20 points for the Madison East boys basketball team Saturday night, but the last two were the biggest.

MILWAUKEE — Practice may not make perfect, though it made a big difference for the Milwaukee Bucks.