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Madison Trust for Historic Preservation is launching a new set of eight walking tours Thursday, including ones of the Greenbush neighborhood, Maple Bluff and the UW-Madison agricultural campus.

The next three weeks of recruits coming to Madison are important for Luke Fickell, data shows. Here's where things stand and areas to address.

The Badgers missed out on a forward target last week. From top targets to late-bloomers, here is where things stand.

I was very disappointed with Friday's letter to the editor "Only Trump can save our American way of life."

Conservatives targeted the U.S. Supreme Court for decades with their presidential votes based on abortion. Donald Trump in 2016 offered conservative voters their preferred judges if they gave him their votes.

In a much larger view than individual states banning travel for abortion, the notion that one aspect of obstetric care can be separated from a woman's body and guided by laws across 50 individual states ignores a very real health…

Phil Hands' cartoon in last Sunday's Wisconsin State Journal was way off base. It depicted current Madison residents as old fuddy-duddies and city committees as out of touch bureaucrats. His cartoon showed developers as innocent tykes building sandcastles.

Willy Adames delivered a game-tying RBI in the bottom of the ninth before Chicago's offense came alive in the top of the 10th. Here's how things shook out in Milwaukee.

The Badgers completed their coaching staff with an assistant who has over two decades of experience. Here's what we know.

Wisconsin students Nethraa Muthupandiyaraja and Aiden Wijeyakulasuriya, both 13, are moving on to the Scripps National Spelling quarterfinals Wednesday after qualifying in Tuesday's preliminary rounds.

Of course Nikki Haley now says she’ll vote for Donald Trump. A blink of an eye ago she called him “unstable and unhinged,” an individual who’s “just toxic” and “lacks moral clarity.”

The Purgolders had plenty of success under their longtime coach. Their next coach is returning to the Badger State after several seasons out West.

As part of the agreement, Jerome Wheeler, 48, will not face a felony murder charge in the Aug. 26, 2022, shooting death of James Turner.

The group pushing to oust Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Tuesday filed what it said is more than 9,000 signatures in its second attempt to recall the longest-serving Assembly speaker in Wisconsin history.

The accident occurred early Monday afternoon on East Washington Avenue, Madison police said.

The meeting to explain the project and get public input will be 5-6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Stoughton Fire Department, 401 E. Main St.

One was a junior and two graduated from Sun Prairie in 2023. A La Follette sophomore was also killed.

The latest Act 10 lawsuit is the first to come after the Wisconsin Supreme Court flipped to a liberal majority last year.

The Merrimac Ferry temporarily closed for maintenance on Tuesday morning, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation said.