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The cost to implement the recommended plan would be about $150 million.

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin is trying to ban curbside panhandling in Madison, but his bluster makes him sound more like Donald Trump.

The exchange came as part of Clinton's rebuttal to a speech by Republican Donald Trump in Detroit, trumpeting his jobs plan.

The program run by Madison Nordic Ski Club gets kids out on the trails at Badger Prairie County Park.

The University of Wisconsin athletics department announced in May several new business partnerships. The State Journal received the contracts per an open records request, and broke down the details from each deal.

MOUNT HOREB - Vicki Kalscheur, age 61, of Mount Horeb, died unexpectedly on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, at St. Mary's Hospital.

MADISON - Elizabeth L. Cole, age 87, passed away on Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. Arrangements are pending.

SUN PRAIRIE - Lowell Rolland Maves, age 72, of Sun Prairie, died on Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, at home. Lowell was born on Aug. 1, 1944, at the Edgerton Memorial Hospital to Rolland and Lucy Maves. He graduated from Edgerton…

STOUGHTON - Grant Tarpinian, age 85, died at Agrace Hospice in Janesville, on Aug. 7, 2016. He was born May 17, 1931, and was raised in Jamestown, N.D., the son of first-generation Armenian immigrant parents, Garabed "Charlie" and Aghavni "Agnes"…

BARABOO / MOUNT HOREB - Douglas J. Thompson, age 74, of Baraboo, and formerly of Blue Mounds, died on Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. He was born on May 8, 1942, in Poynette. His parents were Henrietta (Uselman) and Orion Paulson.

The improvement in the U.S. labor market is certainly good news. It could soon become a headache, however, if it persists alongside disappointing economic growth.

Air conditioners have been working hard all summer in Madison, and they'll have to keep on pumping out cold air for a few more days at least.

A Milwaukee man stopped for speeding by a Dane County deputy Sunday afternoon was arrested for his alleged fifth drunken driving offense.

Now that the presidential race is truly on, anyone who cares about America’s foreign policy and national security has no option but to vote for Hillary Clinton. Even if you don’t like her.

A short disagreement about presidential candidate Donald Trump ended at an East Side sports bar when the Trump supporter showed he had a gun tucked in his waistband.

The search for a cosmic particle that could be key in discovering the origin of dark matter and other secrets to the universe could be over, and not successfully.

MADISON - Travelers using Delta Airlines on Monday likely will experience some delays due to a computer system failure caused by a power outage in Atlanta where the company is based.

An Appleton native who worked in environmental protection in Wyoming replaces Tom Dawson, the veteran director.

An Illinois woman who hit a car stopped at a red light near the Beltline Saturday night, then fled the scene, was arrested for alleged drunken driving, police reported.

An off-duty New York City policeman is credited with alerting Madison law enforcement about online threats to kill an officer.