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The Badgers saw their impressive season end on the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament again but Greg Gard praised his team's effort after the program's latest disappointing tournament effort.

Modern Badgers Women's basketball began in the Big Ten during the 1973-4 season. Since then, Wisconsin has had seven women head coaches, Marilyn Harris, Edwina Qualls, Mary Murphy, Jane Albright, Lisa Stone, Bobbie Kelsey and Marisa Moseley, and one male…

I watched with amazement the landing and recovery of the SpaceX capsule yesterday with the return of the two extended-stay astronauts.

During the Wisconsin Supreme Court debate, Brad Schimel suggested that the current voter ID law never cost anyone. I beg to differ -- here is my personal experience as an older white woman after the voter ID law was enacted…

It's very interesting that Republicans didn’t run on the Project 2025 platform (President Donald Trump even said he had nothing to do with it). Yet it is now being aggressively implemented.

Disappointingly, the DeForest Village Board recently voted 4-3 to remove fluoride from the water.

Don’t throw Madison City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl under the bus. She deserves better.

I was an assistant attorney general in the Wisconsin Department of Justice for 34 years -- 14 years as the director of the Environmental Protection Unit and 19 years as public intervenor, the state’s environmental watchdog. Susan Crawford should be…

The ballot measure coming up on April 1 requiring the current Voter ID requirement for Wisconsin voters to be added to the state constitution is just the latest example of the GOP-led state Legislature looking to save their seats and…

On April 1, voters in Madison's District 10 have the opportunity to elect Lisa Veldran as their City Council member.

I don't live in District 19, but I encourage those who do to vote for Nino Amato for Madison City Council.

Democrats continue to be incapable of using new campaign issues in recent elections.

I strongly support electing Judge Susan Crawford for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Can we please stop with the "who is going to be a bigger supporter of pedophiles" campaign that is dominating our state Supreme Court race? At this point, I don't think either candidate has demonstrated the demeanor to hold such…

Leading Democratic U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer, age 74, and Dick Durbin, age 80, recently surrendered to President Donald Trump, enabling Elon Musk’s continued looting of the federal government. Meanwhile, U.S. Reps. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, age 70, and Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz.,…

It was a case of too little, too late for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team on Saturday in Denver. Here's columnist Jim Polzin's reaction to the game.

The Badgers made a compelling comeback attempt in the second half, but could not find the finishing touch to advance.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 32 points and 17 rebounds as Milwaukee rallied from 14 down in the third quarter to beat Sacramento 114-108 on Saturday night.

Mark Canha, who can also play first base, was with the Brewers on a minor league deal and had the right to opt out of his contract on Saturday.

While the Badgers' second-round loss doesn’t wipe out an impressive body of work, it also does nothing to erase the questions surrounding their coach.