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Wisconsin’s next governor will face serious responsibilities, from budgeting to public safety to education. These aren’t symbolic roles — they require judgment shaped by experience.

While both the Madison School District and the city of Madison have waste resulting in excessively high property taxes, the city's waste and inefficiencies are more obvious:

Milwaukee's frontcourt anchor hasn't performed as well as he'd like as the team struggles to contend in the Eastern Conference. Here's where things stand.

How to tune in as the Badgers return home to the Kohl Center looking for a bounceback win.

The Packers were in control late before suffering a devastating overtime loss in Chicago. Here are five takeaways from the NFC North showdown.

The Badgers made their first addition of the transfer portal cycle, replenishing the middle blocker position with a third-team All-American who shined at Florida this season.

Pew Research Center asked more than 5,000 U.S. adults if they could “definitely,” “probably,” “probably not” or “definitely not” tackle various everyday tasks.

American Sign Language teacher and deaf athlete Taylor Koss captured a silver medal in the track and field 4X100 relay at the 2025 World Deaflympics, an international athletic competition for deaf and hard-of-hearing athletes, according to a statement from the…

A counselor with the Madison School District has been named the inaugural recipient of Advancement Via Individual Determination’s Global Achievement Award for Counselor of the Year, according to a statement from the district.

The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage remain under investigation.

Featured images by the Wisconsin State Journal's photo team of Amber Arnold, John Hart and Owen Ziliak.

Since 1918, the Empty Stocking Club has provided Christmas toys to children in families in need in the greater Madison area.

Since 1918, the Empty Stocking Club has provided Christmas toys to children in families in need in the greater Madison area.

I disagree with the letter to the editor "Democrats' answer is always spending more" in last Sunday’s Wisconsin State Journal.

For a while last year, scientists offered a glimmer of hope that artificial intelligence would make a positive contribution to democracy. They showed that chatbots could address conspiracy theories racing across social media, challenging misinformation around beliefs in issues such…

This State Journal editorial ran on Dec. 20, 2005:

Does anybody remember the days before the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare?

Green Bay's defense will have a new look when it trots onto the field against the Chicago Bears on Saturday. Here's how the unit plans to overcome its key loss.