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The board is scheduled to meet in closed session at least five times in the next week to interview candidates via Zoom.

Sarah Franklin, whose offseason included a health scare, had a double-double to beat Oregon. Now she'll play in a Final Four in her home state.

Playing 'Badger volleyball' was the key to the Badgers punching their ticket to a fourth Final Four in five seasons.

The Badgers are headed back to the Final Four after needing to play strong in all elements of the match against Oregon. Here's what stood out.

It's fitting that star hitter Sarah Franklin will finish her season in her home state of Florida. She turned in another brilliant performance.

Climate change is a tricky topic, polarizing in the extreme. When talking to your nextdoor neighbor, nothing will glaze their eyes over faster than the term "global warming."

Reports have suggested very large growth in the Madison area's population. Apparently, those reports were taken seriously because an astounding number of apartments are being built everywhere.

The announcement of the settlement of the civil case against 10 “fake electors” is not enough. It amounts to a knuckle rap for a crime approaching sedition.

It is understandable that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government is reeling from the atrocities that Hamas committed against Israelis.

In the Dec. 2 State Journal article “Rothman: Liberal arts safe,” Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman walks back parts of an email he had sent to chancellors that suggested “shifting away from liberal arts programs.”

The letter to the editor last Sunday "We should directly elect America's president" ignored the core strengths of the Electoral College.

I would like to thank the State Journal for publishing Gayle Worland's wonderful article on the front page of last Sunday’s newspaper, "Miss Betty’s influence spans seven decades."

When the idea for the pedestrian mall was first floated, folks pointed to the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado, as an example of how great it might be.

The presentation at the Dec. 4 meeting of the proposal to turn part of State Street in Madison into a pedestrian mall was a boring reimagining, neutered ab initio by the presenters begging the questions of feasibility.

Presidents of three prestigious American universities attended a congressional hearing last week. After being asked if students calling for the genocide of Jews were in violation of their respective institutions’ code of conduct, none of them answered in the affirmative.…

March 19, 1933—Dec. 2, 2023

The boys basketball players combine to score 28 points. Here’s how other high school sports events played out Friday.

Carson Bantle scored three times and William Whitelaw had two goals as the Badgers equaled their win total from last season in just 17 games. Here's how it happened.

Minnesota became the first team this season to score more than three times against the Badgers women's hockey team. Here's how it happened in Minneapolis.

Saturday night's Elite Eight matchup at the UW Field House will be entertaining to see how each team incorporates their game plans.