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Why the city is seeking a tax increase and what will happen if it succeeds.

A player coming off his best season and expected to be a linchpin on the defensive line will miss time.

Lincoln Hills-Copper Lake, Wisconsin's only youth prison, has been plagued by allegations of staff-on-inmate abuse, including excessive use of pepper spray, restraints and strip searches.

The addiction medication buprenorphine would be started in inmates who need it, even if they weren't on it before coming to jail.

The initial investigation determined that one driver failed to yield the right of way when entering the intersection, authorities said.

First responders reported finding a man sleeping, holding a child, with his foot revving the engine, Madison police said.

Epic Systems leaders touched on a few of the new AI-generated features at its annual User Group Meeting on Tuesday, when about 12,000 people packed the Deep Space Auditorium.

Witnesses told police the crash at West Washington Avenue at South Bedford Street happened when the bicyclist did not follow the bicycle stop signs and went into the road.

Following the roll call, Evers said in a post on X, "Holy mackerel — sometimes the jazz gets the best of ya, folks," followed by a shrug emoji.

Fans had three options for alcoholic beverages when they went on sale at the Field House on Tuesday.

The 200-megawatt hour energy storage system to be built south of Portage in the town of Pacific would be the first of its kind in the U.S.

The store is slated for a grand opening on Wednesday, Aug. 28.

Democrats are feting Vice President Kamala Harris in Chicago this week for the Democratic National Convection. They're hoping a successful DNC can slingshot their brand new candidate to the White House in November.

No arrests have been made in the stabbing and the investigation is ongoing, Madison police said.

At a time where Republicans and Democrats cannot seem to agree on anything, giving people an opportunity at owning a home may be an exception. Home ownership is the greatest generational wealth builder in America and a critical path to…

Hundreds of worthy charitable organizations help people in the Madison area with specific missions such as clean lakes, adult literacy, the arts and more.

Here are seven girls tennis players to watch this fall as area teams begin their early season meets.

In the trenches, under center and at the skill positions, area offenses have plenty of fire power. Here are seven players that'll hurt opposing defenses this fall.

I’m bored with political mudslinging. Sure, it’s natural for Democrats to want to hit back at Republican candidates by calling them "weird," but to me that’s giving in to their adolescent way of doing business.

The letter to the editor "Wielding DEI as weapon of politics is truly weird" in Friday's Wisconsin State Journal exhorted voters to embrace candidates who support diversity, equity and inclusion and dismiss candidates who do not support it as "weird."