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Right-wing zealots who are more interested in playing national political games than in respecting Wisconsin’s heritage as America’s “laboratory of democracy” have been complaining in recent weeks about the flying of Pride flags over state government buildings.

One good thing resulted from it all — a son who already knew how much his mother loved him saw it in action.

Wildfire smoke is choking Wisconsin for a third straight spring. The hazy, dirty air from Canada — “some of the highest concentrations of particulate air pollution on record,” according to a state health official last week — irritated eyes and…

Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.

Negotiations over the state budget broke down between Gov. Tony Evers and leaders in the Republican-run Legislature.

A thorough study from the U.K. is worth an excursion.

Last June, alders greenlit the rezoning of parcels from 6610 to 6706 Old Sauk Road that would have allowed the space to be developed into a new three-story apartment building.

Milwaukee rebounded after squandering a late lead to beat the San Diego as Durbin secured the win on the first pitch in the bottom of the ninth.

Woodruff was on the verge of pitching in the majors for the first time since September 2023 when he was struck in the elbow by a line drive on Tuesday.

The DeForest, Middleton and Madison West boys golf teams headline the area talent headed to this year's WIAA state boys golf tournament.

A few weeks ago, a woman from Australia, a newlywed married to a lieutenant in the U.S. Army stationed in Hawaii, was pulled aside by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and interrogated at the Honolulu airport.

We all are observers of the manmade cruelty taking place in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli military are actively starving, injuring and killing Palestinian civilians. Over 53,000 are reported dead.

The Associated Press article in Wednesday's Wisconsin State Journal, "Creationist beliefs persist," was biased in two important ways.

We’re sixth-grade students at O’Keeffe Middle School in Madison. Our class is doing a climate change project where we’re trying to make the world more sustainable. Our goal is to help the government and individuals make Madison environmentally friendly.

Thanks, teachers, for another school year. Once again, you've done a lot for your learners, and you've put up with a lot.

We live in a world of media echo chambers that promote preconceived beliefs about almost any subject. But this disease has a remedy -- education.

We keep hearing about "affordable housing." Knowing Madison ranks pretty high for rent in the country (31st, according to Zumper National Rent Report), one thing that could be done is shift a lot of the burden of property taxes to…

Almost every day I read another story of an immigrant to the U.S. who has been detained, deported or sent to prison in a foreign country without due process.

The president pardoned Paul Walczak, who was recently sentenced to prison for failing to pay $10.9 million in employee-related taxes. At the sentencing hearing in April, the judge said letting Walczak walk free would reinforce "the perception that the rich…

If would-be "tin hat" dictator Donald Trump wants a military parade to celebrate his birthday on June 14, let him hire actors (as he did for his Trump Tower escalator political debut in 2015) or private security groups (such as…