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Democrats raise concerns about several aspects of the governor's $68 billion budget for 2015-17.

For the past week, the State Journal has given readers non-stop coverage and pictures of hearings in our Capitol about right-to-work legislation. The protesting unionistas have been very disru…

Proponents of a right-to-work law claim it will free workers to choose whether to join a union. This is baloney. The 1947 Taft-Hartley law outlawed “closed shops.” Since 1947 all U.S. workers …

I've heard people complaining that due to the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), tax professional are delayed preparing taxes.

It's ironic that the first sign you see as you enter West Towne Mall is: “No weapons allowed on the premises.” It’s a pointed political reminder that legal concealed carry is not allowed in ma…

A recent local morning TV newscast in Madison asked "where are those who favor right-to-work," as an estimated 2,000 people rallied against it at the Capitol.

Gov. Scott Walker told a conservative group recently that if he were president he would be able to take on ISIS because he took on labor unions. ISIS is a horrible terrorist organization that …

Slide the City seeking permit for 1,000-foot-long slip-n-slide for a day to East Washington Avenue this summer.

Assembly Republicans reverse course and agree to a committee debate and vote on right-to-work.

The new Spanish-inspired tapas restaurant, being built in the Ovation building off State Street, is scheduled to open in mid-July.

Mark Magnesen has been with Kraft since 1991, most recently heading the Planters peanuts division.

The UW System president tells the legislative budget committee he favors Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to turn the 26-campus system into an independent public authority.

The WEDC board approved the award for a creek project a year ago with no guarantee jobs would be created.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was invited by Republicans to speak to congress. He has been critical of President Obama and has the support of many Republicans. 

An inmate at a prison in Portage decided to kill his cellmate last month after the man threatened him with a pen, according to a criminal complaint.

Four lawyers have applied for appointment to an upcoming Dane County judicial vacancy, replacing retiring Circuit Judge John Albert.

In an open letter, Scott Walker said Wisconsin lawmakers are likely to propose legislation that provides "further protections for mother and child" and will come to his desk in the form of a b…

A Madison man pleaded guilty Friday to a reduced sexual assault charge for a rape last year on Madison's South Side and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Investment gains drove profits, the company said, despite responding to unusual patterns of weather-related claims.

MADISON - Reverend George William Fox, age 85, entered eternal life on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, at Evansville Manor. He was born on Nov. 25, 1929, in Edgerton, Wis., the son of William and Lil…