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Republican lawmakers have reached an impasse with Gov. Scott Walker on how to reduce borrowing for roads.

Disabled by the fire set by her then-husband, the former Sharon Wand is making a new life despite efforts by her former in-laws.

As Gov. Scott Walker's signature job-creation agency continues to generate controversy, Democrats and Republicans call for changes to state's economic development approach.

Amid stagnant resources and "crushing" workloads, turnover in Dane County has cost the district attorney's office nearly 200 years of experience.

Gov. Scott Walker has “deep concerns” that significantly reducing carbon pollution in Wisconsin over the next 15 years is “unworkable.”

This Wisconsin State Journal editorial ran on May 28, 1915:

UW-Madison graduate Jennifer Connor has defied the odds and built a successful mustard company.

If more of the people in the hinterlands become state workers, it'll be a lot harder for them to demonize themselves.

With increasing frequency, especially on college campuses, speakers presenting unpopular views — or views unpopular with a vocal minority of the audience — are being disrupted or “shouted down…

Pastor David Mngodo’s artwork reflects the colors and lights infused in his memories. A collection of his acrylic paintings, “People in Daily Life”, is exhibited at Holy Wisdom Monastery in Mi…

Former New York Times restaurant critic Ruth Reichl will speak at a Madison Public Library Foundation fundraiser on June 2.

Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.

Coming in Wisconsin this week:

Spring is my favorite season. With flowers blooming and growing, it feels like it’s my personal reward for getting through another Wisconsin winter. And I find that as the years pass, the colo…

Trigger warning: This column will include discussion of ideas that may conflict with your own.

BROOKFIELD — A bill that would ban women from getting an abortion after 20 weeks of gestation appears to be moving forward.

PHILADELPHIA — Legislators across the country are launching a mean-spirited campaign to block poor people from purchasing certain kinds of foods, products or services.

Most coaches wouldn’t like it if their boss was peering over their shoulder at every meeting and every practice.

Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell said Saturday that he wasn't sure how soon the team would find out the outcome of the appeal.

University of Wisconsin student-athletes who are on full scholarship in 2015-16 are projected to receive among the largest, most varied cost-of-attendance stipends in the nation.