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Wisconsin politicos have gotten so used to devoting late winter and early spring to fighting for control of the state Supreme Court that media outlets and voters often lose sight of the other contests on April ballots. But this year…

NEW YORK — On a quiet weekend in movie theaters, while much of Hollywood’s attention was on the wildfires that continue to rage in Los Angeles, Lionsgate’s “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera” debuted atop the box office with $15.5 million,…

Winning line from reader beats more than 60 entries.

Under state law, clerks must wait until the morning of Election Day to begin processing ballots and counting votes, even if they received those ballots weeks earlier. Election officials are considering two strategies to change that.Two changes that could speed…

We could learn a thing or two from the French.

Construction is set to start in March or April on the $71 million first stage of the sweeping redevelopment.

Since 1918, the Empty Stocking Club has provided Christmas toys to children in families in need in the greater Madison area.

Now that’s more like it.

Since 1918, the Empty Stocking Club has provided Christmas toys to children in families in need in the greater Madison area.

The two star players brought in this offseason have proven crucial for this year's success and playoff berth.

The juxtaposition seemed reasonable. But Matt LaFleur wanted no part of such a conversation.

“Love is the only sane and satisfactory solution to the problem of human existence." -- Erich Fromm

Americans understandably have serious concerns about world and national affairs. But why are people so upset about seasonal clock changes? President-elect Donald Trump proposes year-round standard time for everybody. Others want only daylight saving time.

It is disheartening that the 198 nations of our planet are not moving faster to address climate change. It seems the glaciers are melting faster than the slow glacial pace of the annual U.N. climate conferences.

When did peoples’ opinions become their truth, and their truth become facts? Can facts and alternate facts coexist? Can both be correct at the same time?

The juxtaposed columns on the State Journal's Dec. 28 Opinion page from Chris Talgo and Peter Certo said it all.

Tommy Walker from the Who's album "Tommy" had an excuse. He was deaf, dumb and blind, according to the band's lyrics.

I want a change.

Last month I read the Wisconsin State Journal's editorial "Break nation’s curse of gunfire in our schools," which was republished in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. It was about the shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison.