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His goal is to do away with his do-nothing job.

The 1849 expenditure of $52,845.96 works out to $144.78 per day or about 1/20th of a cent per day per person.

Vanilla is the most popular ice cream flavor in America, not because it is the best (that would be coffee) but because it is the least objectionable. Put another way, vanilla is the most accep…

Pushed by the talent of their peers, running backs Jordan Stevenson and Bradrick Shaw have risen above the pack.

Bielema made the comments in 2012 when he was interviewing for the head coaching job with the Miami Dolphins.

Stoughton found itself all alone atop the Badger South Conference race, thanks to the performance of Carter Sawdey and his Monroe boys basketball team on Tuesday night.

Junior guard Brooke Adams scored 12 of her 25 points in the fourth quarter to lead host Monroe to a 54-52 victory over Monona Grove in Badger South Conference girls basketball action Tuesday night.

A 15-4 scoring spurt in the third quarter helped the Lakeside Lutheran girls basketball team remain perfect with a 60-48 victory at Lodi on Tuesday night.

Freshman guard Nicholas Heinke hit the winning shot with 4 seconds left in overtime, sending the Pardeeville boys basketball team to a 60-58 non-conference win over host Waterloo on Tuesday night.

The Madison Memorial boys hockey team played to a 3-3 tie with the Janesville Bluebirds in a Big Eight Conference game at Madison Ice Arena Tuesday night.

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The council unanimously approved a new request for proposals (RFP) for the massive Judge Doyle Square project, which would remake the two blocks that now hold the landmark Madison Municipal Bu…

A City Council override of Mayor Paul Soglin's veto of billboard ordinance revisions needed 14 votes. It failed 11-9. Here's how council members voted:

UW shoots 60.4 percent in defeating Indiana for the 13th consecutive time at the Kohl Center.

The governor proposes changing from a municipality-based to county-based system.

Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal would turn the Natural Resources Board into an advisory panel to 'to strengthen leadership.'

An estimated 60,000 Wisconsin students attend 244 for-profit colleges annually. The board has 6.5 full-time employees and an annual budget of about $600,000 paid entirely by fees assessed to t…

Some agencies would be eliminated or consolidated into new ones under Gov. Scott Walker's proposed 2015-17 budget, while duties belonging to one office are being transferred or consolidated in…

Walker also calls to stop using Smarter Balanced exams, which students are scheduled to take next month.