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More than 500 students in Madison schools have opted out of taking Wisconsin's new state test -- up from 87 students during the last school year.

Finance Committee should promote fiscal responsibility, economic growth, education

The club that has served Madison’s LGBTQ community since 1988 will close April 26 unless enough funding can be raised to keep it up and running.

That’s one of the unique things about big-money national politics: Unlike in saner areas of life, stark contradictions can be perfectly compatible.

The Cambridge golf club marks a major anniversary.

Madison police are investigating a disturbance on the North Side in which shots apparently were fired from a handgun early Saturday morning.

“Impressions on a Dream Canvas,” on view at the Monona Public Library, is an exhibit based on the 29 chapter illustrations in Ann E. Aswegan’s book “Awakening to the Song of Your Self.”

Over the last 65 years, three Democrats — John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama — captured the presidency by running as candidates of generational change against the political status quo.

Acclaimed Japanese artist Ikeda Manabu is midway through a three-year residency at the Chazen Museum of Art.

A few weeks ago, a writer from a national magazine interviewed me regarding how to improve your comfort in bed when you have a chronic or painful condition. As we spoke, I realized that I’d ne…

WASHINGTON — Here we go. If you’re a woman who might prefer someone other than Hillary Clinton as the next president of the United States, you’re a self-loathing, anti-woman traitor.

Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.

We heard the hooting all winter. Sometimes you’d get a glimpse of a wing or a dark shadow flashing by. Neighbors thought there must be a nest in the tallest tree between our houses.

Coming in Wisconsin this week:

In the video announcing her run for president, Hillary Clinton declares, “Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion.” To make that campaign slogan credible, Clinton ne…

Western Wisconsin holds some of the best trout fishing waters in the country.

One model of political statesmanship is figuring out where you want the country to go and persuading the people to follow in that direction. Another is figuring out where the people are going …

The junior cornerback has been a far more aggressive player in the five practices since he received the encouraging words.

It could have been the greatest year in Wisconsin sports history.

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Cambridge native Matt Kenseth is just a year younger than Jeff Gordon, who has already said he’ll retire at the end of this season.