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Will they all just get on with it? The prosecutors, the judge, the defense lawyers — do they not understand that this is the 21st century and we all want our explanations right now?

Now that six of the world’s largest oil companies have essentially come out in favor of a carbon tax, it’s getting harder to dismiss the idea as some kind of outlandish lefty plot. And those c…

Each week, we’re pulling a classic recipe out of the State Journal archives and sharing it here as it was originally printed years ago. Remember, ingredients and cooking techniques change over…

A few months ago, a package arrived containing a new cookbook from New Glarus resident Doris Streiff. “Down on the Farm Cooking III” happens to be her third book, this time connecting the long…

Republican lawmakers want the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents to change tenure rules so it is easier to fire faculty. 

State lawmakers should keep their hands off the nonpartisan and trusted watchdog that flags government waste and mismanagement

Almost exactly two months after Hillary Rodham Clinton’s official announcement that she’s running for president, she will give her first “official campaign announcement speech,” on June 13, ac…

Meriter, St. Mary’s and UW hospitals are planning a joint program to give dental care to patients who require full sedation, which would replace the service after Meriter’s Max W. Pohle Dental…

One couple spent the night chest-deep in muddy floodwaters in their living room, dodging floating furniture.

Card, who owns UW records in the discus and shot put, bids for national titles at the meet, which begins Wednesday in Eugene, Ore.

Scott Tyler and the Madison Mallards weathered a rough start Tuesday night, then used a three-run eighth inning to rally past the Green Bay Bullfrogs 5-3 in a Northwoods League amateur basebal…

Three-time defending WIAA Division 1 state baseball champion Sun Prairie was denied a repeat state tournament berth in decisive fashion Tuesday.

EVANSVILLE — With the River Valley baseball team’s state tournament dreams on the line Tuesday, coach Bob Wickman turned to pitcher Elijah Alt.

It would have taken a stroke of magic to steal an individual state championship away from Mineral Point senior Taylor Ryman on Tuesday.

JANESVILLE — Chase Nyborg made quick work of Verona on Tuesday afternoon at Riverside Park.

BARNEVELD — Even the 45-minute break between games didn’t seem to slow Highland’s momentum.

Lineups loaded with all underclassmen indicate the Middleton and Madison Memorial boys golf teams should be in full swing again next season.

The tournament is next Tuesday through Thursday at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute

Dane County Judge Frank Remington awarded plaintiffs Jeremy Ryan, Jenna Pope, Valerie Walasek, Lauri Harty, Anne Hoppe and her mother, Kathleen Hoppe, damages totaling $44,830.

The right-hander allowed one run on three hits, striking out five against just one walk as Milwaukee won for the fourth time in five games.