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Rally around opportunities for young people
Madison needs to do a better job of creating opportunities for struggling young people.
Kevin Conroy: Why Exact Sciences wants to move Downtown
At Exact Sciences, we’re on a mission to help eradicate colon cancer, the most preventable yet least prevented form of cancer. To achieve this goal, we developed Cologuard, the first FDA-appro…
Angie Trudell Vasquez: People are tired of empty words on immigration
MILWAUKEE — During election campaigns, politicians toss around empty promises about immigration reform like candy.
Martin Schram: A GOP insider’s wise advice on immigration reform
WASHINGTON — On the screen, one of the Republican Party’s savviest strategists, Kevin Madden, is telling it like it is on immigration reform. He’s talking not really to CNN’s national audience…
Travel: Calendar
Coming in Wisconsin this week:
Shelley Peterman Schwarz: Turning a pipe dream into a writing career
Did you ever dream of doing something that you thought might never come true? For me, I wanted to be a writer but with no formal training, no writing experience, and absolutely no confidence i…
Garden calendar | For the week of May 17
Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.
State claims 10 book award winners
Our state had a strong showing in the 25th Anniversary Midwest Book Awards, which were presented by the Midwest Independent Publishing Association on May 13 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Who said the Pacific is 'our war'? -- State Journal editorial from 70 years ago
This State Journal editorial ran on May 8, 1945, when Nazi Germany officially surrendered to the Allies in World War II:
Bob Sorge: Black lives matter, and police have difficult jobs
Our community is struggling with the death of a young black man, Tony Robinson, at the hands of a white police officer, Matt Kenny.
Tom Oates: Vikings had best offseason moves in NFC North
The draft is over and the free agent class has been picked over, which means NFL rosters are basically set for the 2015 season.
Prep sports: Jackson Eversoll, McFarland golf team win Rock Valley Conference titles
Jackson Eversoll earned medalist honors with a 3-over-par 75 on Saturday to lead the McFarland boys golf team to the championship in the Rock Valley Conference meet at Riverside Golf Course in…
College baseball: UW-Whitewater's national title reign comes to an end
The UW-Whitewater baseball team’s national championship reign ended Saturday.
Brewers: Mets romp past Matt Garza, Milwaukee
Wilmer Flores hits a grand slam from the No. 9 spot in the order in a 10-run fourth inning to propel New York.
Badgers track and field: Deanna Latham's record heptathlon effort upstaged at Big Ten meet
The UW senior finishes off a school-record performance, but Minnesota's Jess Herauf smashes the Big Ten mark to steal the gold medal.
UW-Madison grads shine through gloomy skies, budget concerns
Keynote speaker Katie Couric reveals her crush on UW basketball star Frank Kaminsky.
Ron Johnson criticizes Russ Feingold and Tammy Baldwin at GOP convention
The first-term incumbent contrasts how he would handle losing an election with Feingold's return to politics.
Tom Still: Economic development in rural Wisconsin: What’s working?
If you want to understand just how misleading the unemployment rate can be as an economic indicator, take a look at rural Wisconsin.