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Many thanks to last Saturday's letter about some ways to find efficiencies at UW. I would like to follow that lead and discuss savings for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

Liberals make it seem as if federal student loans don’t cost taxpayers a penny. Some, notably Elizabeth Warren, are aghast that the government is profiting handsomely from lending to students.

Cellular Dynamics adds superdonor stem cell lines.

The median Wisconsin household income is about $50,000. If that income were reduced by 2.5 percent, it would come to $48,750 (about $100 less per month).

After shooting Chris Schwichtenberg and Ariyl Brady, Dean Sutcliffe told Ariyl's mother that he had warned her what would happen.

Private foresters hired by owners of tax-subsidized forest land would be the watchdog against destructive logging practices. 

MIDDLETON - Steven Paul "Star" Starczynski, age 66, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015.

MIDDLETON - Pauline C. Harrop, age 60, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, at her home, from pancreatic cancer.

The death of an inmate at a state prison in Portage is being called suspicious and is being investigated by Columbia County sheriff's detectives.

Here's how members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation voted on major issues this week. 

Nearly five months after launching a war against the Islamic State, in Iraq and Syria, the Obama administration has gotten around to requesting formal authorization from Congress to conduct that war.

Barack Obama is seeking authority from Congress to further engage the Islamic State in the Middle East. 

If the proposal becomes law, the Department of Natural Resources Board would become an advisory group to the governor-appointed DNR secretary, who would set agency policy.

Rovit has headed the Madison meat company for a year and a half.

At an event in London on trade policy, Scott Walker was asked about evolution. "It's almost a tradition now," the moderator said, to ask "senior Republicans" if they are "comfortable with the …

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's administration has suspended merit raises and retention pay increases to help deal with a budget gap that must be plugged by the end of June.

The annual Garden Expo gives people a chance to dream about the coming season. 

It's part of a plan to balance the budget in the current fiscal year.

Dinner and a movie? It’s been done.

The Tony-winning costume designer Franne Lee puts down new roots in Madison.