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There are times when I cannot sleep and find myself downstairs in that cold belly of time between midnight and dawn worrying about everything and nothing in particular all at once.

Anecdotally it has been at least 20 years since a cold season has flipped from below normal to above normal in consecutive months from November to February.

Just-released figures leave no doubt that there is a canyon-wide wage gap in this country. Less clear is what if anything to do about it.

After months of speculation, it wasn’t surprising in the end that U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan chose to forgo a run for the presidency: The Janesville Republican has spent a career getting to the chair…

A few words on the limits to freedom of expression:

Tom Brady threw for 226 yards and three touchdowns as New England routed Indianapolis 45-7 in the AFC championship game Sunday night.

Scholarships: Frontier-Servco FS, of Jefferson, is offering 10 scholarships to full-time students pursuing a career in agriculture or agribusiness. Applications for the $1,500 Frontier-Servco …

SEATTLE — The “Fail Mary” game in 2012 stung the Green Bay Packers. That 20-point drubbing in this year’s opener humbled them. But it turns out those games were merely practice reps for what h…

State Journal columnist Tom Oates assesses the Packers' performance in Sunday's NFC title game vs. Seattle.

Though three players scored in double figures, the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team couldn’t hang with No. 24 Rutgers, driopping a 73-63 decision in a Big Ten Conference game on…

The Packers can't hold on to a 16-0 halftime lead.

Wisconsin's legislative session has opened with various plans for a school accountability law. Once again we are faced with having the wrong people involved in attempting to “improve and/or re…

So one of the first things Attorney General Brad Schimel does is join a lawsuit against a San Francisco law that firearms stored in one’s home must be locked.

In the Jan. 8 jobless claims report, Wisconsin had the third highest increase in new jobless claims of all states at 7,051.

I’ve observed Fitchburg government for several years, and I am extremely disappointed by the continued erosion in civility and openness at city hall.

Cardinal Burke’s recent interview is disturbing. For a Catholic Church leader to suggest that radical feminism, the emergence of women in liturgical roles, and the infusion of girl servers wer…

Local artist Timothy Browning set up his annual art installation Sunday on Lake Monona, and it's a dinosaur version of a Hodag.

It's unclear what the Brewers would receive for dealing away the team's opening-day starter the past five years.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A budget request by the Department of Public Instruction shows the cost of testing Wisconsin students over the next two years could cost millions more than originally estimated.

Tom Godwin accidentally bought four train tickets to ride from Heathrow Airport to London and back on vacation last September, but the transport company can't deliver on a promise to refund th…