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Some of the same national media members who ripped his hiring at UW now go out of their way to praise his work.

Nineteen of the top 99 prospects on NBA draft boards will take the floor on Saturday night.

Lattimore spent four seasons with Green Bay after signing as an undrafted free agent out of Middle Tennessee State in 2011 and started a career-high five games last season.

The University of Wisconsin, which averages 19.8 3-point attempts per game, faces Kentucky, which takes 15.2 per outing, in a national semifinal Saturday in Indianapolis.

When Jack Wellenstein began running competitively, he believed he would always be limited to the 100- and 200-meter races.

MESA, Arizona — With Opening Day looming, Wednesday didn’t exactly yield the kind of result Kyle Lohse was hoping for.

The Bucks maintain a 2 1/2-game lead over Miami and Brooklyn for sixth place in the Eastern Conference.

With the west regional championship trophy and Staples Center net in-hand, head coach Bo Ryan and his players rotated in a circle, posing for fans to snap a picture of the winningest team in s…

Gov. Scott Walker enjoys telling people that unions, who represent hard working middle-class folks by working to improve their working conditions and wages, are self serving special interest g…

Fitchburg is unique and complex. It serves three different school districts including Madison, Verona and Oregon. It has a healthy mix of agricultural, suburban and urban residential and comme…

I am writing to endorse Zach Madden for Madison City Council in District 13 on the Near West Side.

Sheri Carter is the best choice to represent Madison's 14th District. She has the education and work experience to address the difficult budget decisions the council will face with her bachelo…

As a Fitchburg resident bombarded with multiple political mailings from Mayor Shawn Pfaff, I want to share my concerns. Pfaff pushed for the development of the Northeast and North Stoner neigh…

The March 22 State Journal Opinion section presented two opinions on public educations and charter and voucher schools. The only conclusion to be made is that you can always find research or p…

DETROIT (AP) — The federal government said Wednesday that it is listing the northern long-eared bat as threatened, giving new protections to a species that has been nearly wiped out in some ar…

Paul Soglin, Scott Resnick say racial criminal justice disparities, mental health/substance abuse, technology and infrastructure are key.

A Madison resident has charged that use of a squad car and official uniform by the Dane County sheriff for political uses violates the county's ethics code.

It will take longer to fill a Dane County judicial opening after a committee and group of advisers that vet judicial hopefuls for Gov. Scott Walker rejected all four of the applicants for the job.

A Madison man who was charged last month with firing a gun at Madison police officers at a Southwest Side apartment was indicted Wednesday in federal court for illegal gun possession.

Travel to Indiana on Dane County's tab would be prohibited unless that state repeals what three gay Dane County Board supervisors consider to be a discriminatory law.