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Courtroom coincidence, or notable reminder that having friends in powerful places means never having to say you're sorry?

With its 6-3 decision Thursday upholding the Affordable Care Act’s federal subsidies for health insurance buyers in all 50 states, the U.S. Supreme Court wrote an end to the discreditable effo…

As surely as presidential candidates promise to change Washington, nominees for attorney general pledge to uphold the law, not personal policy preferences. Loretta Lynch, now the 83rd attorney…

Coming in Wisconsin this week:

Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP) has worked to support the creative growth of the state’s amateur artists since 1940. The program is developed and conducted by UW-Madison’s Division of Co…

In my last column, I shared some of my husband Dave’s memories of living with a wife who has primary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). Today, I’ll share more of his thoughts and feelings. I…

Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.

This State Journal editorial ran on July 1, 1925:

CHICAGO — We should have left the historical figures on our money alone. Let Alexander Hamilton and the other Founding Fathers on our currency rest in peace.

MONONA BAY -- Shelby Martin, 16, will have an easy task in the fall should her English teacher at Sun Prairie High School assign her an essay about her summer vacation.

My, how quickly things can change.

OSHKOSH — The South team, packed with area athletes, struggled to an 0-3 record Friday and Saturday during the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Games.

Nate Hoffmann delivered another solid start for the Madison Mallards on Saturday night, but he was saddled with his first loss of the Northwoods League amateur baseball season.

Some staked out viewing spots for the Human Cannonball at 8:45 p.m. and the fireworks show at 10 p.m.

Tom Still looks back at a few past columns and adds additional thoughts.

Russell Wilson is on the verge of becoming an extremely wealthy person.

Getting a head start on redistricting is important. If the process is done early enough, elected officials will not know exactly who will be in power after the next census.

It is a sad and dangerous day in America when the U.S. Supreme Court blatantly ignores the exact wording of a law and effectively rewrites the legislation to promote its own vision of social w…

Thank you for the June 19 article "Reaction strong to pope's directive" highlighting the positive response to the pope’s recent encyclical among local Catholics working on climate change.

Gov. Scott Walker was asked what he planned to do if the Supreme Court rejected the insurance subsidies of President Barack Obama's health care law. Gov. Walker's response was that the preside…