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The demands made on the Madison Police Department by the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition show a significant level of naivety. This lack of knowledge is at least in part due to the negative i…

The appropriate public response to former La Crosse Bishop Raymond Burke’s astonishingly offensive remarks scapegoating women’s rights advocates for the Catholic Church’s egregious failure to …

Now that local elections are coming up, it's time to demand candidates take stands on some issues.

A front-page article in Monday's State Journal reported the solidarity march in France attended by the leaders from 40 nations. They stood against terrorism across the world.

In light of the terrorist attack in Paris, detachment borne of distance may be somewhat comforting -- but it should not leave any of us comfortable in our relative isolation, and certainly nev…

The trust funds for state employees and retirees saw returns in 2014 that will result in "modest" pension and interest rate increases, the Wisconsin Investment Board reported Wednesday.

Peng Her and Barbara Nichols are the 2015 recipients of the award, presented annually at the city-county Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and Madison May…

Child pornography possession charges against a former Dane County sheriff's deputy were dismissed Wednesday after a judge ruled that there was a fatal cut-and-paste error on a search warrant t…

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers was limited in practice on Wednesday with a left calf injury as the Green Bay Packers prepare for Seattle in the NFC title game.

The raise for MATC part-timers includes most of the of rate-of-inflation increases they were eligible for but didn't receive since their last contract with the college expired. The union was e…

A Madison man was charged Wednesday with 11 felonies for two burglaries and an attempted burglary in Madison in October and November, including one in which police said he took two guns from a home.

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

Liability concerns shouldn't stop Midwestern childhood tradition

But the developer's identity won't be released until the state gets closer to finalizing a contract for the project.

ALMA CENTER - Archie R. Hale, age 68, of Alma Center, Wis., died on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, at Saint Josephs Hospital in Marshfield.

FORT ATKINSON - Clarence Nicolas Schmit, age 85, of Fort Atkinson, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. He was born on July 22, 1929, in Milwaukee, son of Josephine (Block) and Frank Schmit.

REEDSBURG - Eugene T. "Gene" Krueger, age 86, of Reedsburg, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, at the Reedsburg Area Medical Center.

MOUNT HOREB - David L. Wilberding, age 75, of Mount Horeb, Wis., formerly of Cuba City, Wis., died peacefully on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, at St. Mary's Care Center in Madison, with his wife at his side.

WISCONSIN DELLS - Harvey "Pete" Christensen, age 83, and lifelong resident of Wisconsin Dells, Wis., passed away peacefully on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, at Divine Savior Hospital in Portage, Wis.