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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…

Mischief has been slipped into the federal budget bill, including a provision to strip the Minnesota Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of its current 20-year protection and award mining permits to a giant Chilean mining company.

A June 1 article described a wrongful death lawsuit filed in Washington state that holds fossil fuel companies accountable for contributing to the extreme 2021 heat dome that killed a 65-year-old woman. Such heat events would be virtually impossible without…

Just when you thought the genocide in Gaza couldn’t get any worse, now we have soldiers shooting starving people traveling for the chance to get food aid. These people are simply trying to feed themselves and their starving children.

CINCINNATI — Gavin Lux hit a grand slam, Christian Encarnacion-Strand homered for the second straight game and the Cincinnati Reds routed the Arizona Diamondbacks 13-1 on Saturday after completing a suspended game with a 4-3 victory in 10 innings.

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From bounce backs to great leaps, there was plenty to celebrate on Day 2. Vote for your favorite performance.

The Madison East and Sun Prairie East wheelers swept the team honors in their only season competing against one another.

OKLAHOMA CITY — When the Oklahoma City Thunder get hit, they tend to hit back. Immediately, too.

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