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Darryl McCants of Madison is this week’s You Toon winner — again. He has won the last three caption contests in a row. If he keeps this up, we might have to make him an honorary judge.

Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.

Performance caps year-long celebration of the French composer's work and ideas at UW-Madison.

Gov. Scott Walker’s $68 billion state budget is stuffed with policy that has little if anything to do with spending money.

Under Shirley Abrahamson's leadership, the Supreme Court's relations in recent years haven't exactly been all hugs and kisses.

Mount Horeb insurance agent Peter Walton had a week to remember in March.

This State Journal editorial ran on April 17, 1865, three days after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln:

The tragic death of Tony Robinson in Madison has generated a great deal of media attention and public scrutiny, and appropriately so. People have the right and responsibility to express concer…

As the final seconds counted down at the Kohl Center on March 21, Drew Fredrickson raised his right arm and with a sly grin held up one finger — the universal sign for “We’re No. 1.”

Rand Paul is the Republican son of a longtime Republican House member, but let it never be said that he is not open-minded. In 2013, he confided to Sean Hannity, “I’ve been kind of disappointe…

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Judith Claire Mitchell’s novel about a trio of suicidal sisters, “A Reunion of Ghosts,” is the latest selection of the State Journal Book Club.

Coming in Wisconsin this week:

GIRLS BASKETBALL

As the final seconds counted down at the Kohl Center on March 21, Drew Fredrickson raised his right arm and with a sly grin held up one finger — the universal sign for “We’re No. 1.”

Given Barneveld’s track record for state tournament appearances, Hannah Whitish’s dream of playing for a championship didn’t seem too far-fetched three years ago.

Given Barneveld’s track record for state tournament appearances, Hannah Whitish’s dream of playing for a championship didn’t seem too far-fetched three years ago.

We hear it every day: Conservatives complaining about the “liberal media,” or my progressive callers on WXXM-FM (92.1) screaming about Fox News and “right-wing radio.”

Last year, Symphony's founder and chief executive officer Ravi Kalla set up his own health IT venture fund, SymphonyAlpha Ventures, designed to give a boost to other young health IT companies.