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Republicans are hoping to push through a constitutional amendment that would bar the government from closing houses of worship during a public health crisis. This is clearly a response to Gov. Tony Evers' Safer-at-Home order which kept churches, and just…

Sportsman and women should speak up before Wisconsin's deer season starts

“That’s why people are so generous. Because it’s your neighbor. We’re not shipping toys across the country or anything. We’re giving them to people who live down the street from you, or in your community."

Friends of Black River Forest was formed in 2014 and is trying stop the Kohler Company from building a golf course adjacent to Kohler-Andrea State Park.

Dear Doc: I have gas all the time — morning, noon and night. Sometimes it’s really bothersome, especially when I have to expel it in a crowded room. I have one to two bowel movements a day, no different than…

A rising linebacker on the Packers' roster, a short-handed secondary and quarterbacks seeking growth are among the topics ahead of Sunday's game.

Thirteen rookies have played at least one offensive or defensive snap through the Packers’ first eight games.

In 25 of the state's 72 counties, 96 people died as a direct result of domestic violence, 22 being perpetrator suicides.

Kirk Bangstad and Julie Underwood attempted to make a case against private school vouchers in their column on Wednesday, "Why we’re fighting against private school vouchers."

Most Milwaukee Brewers fans are unhappy at Craig Counsell’s decision to leave the team as coach. Predictably, many of them are acting like a high school boy whose girlfriend just dumped him out of the blue.

I run a business in Madison that is rocked, rumbled and zoomed past hundreds of times per year by F-16s and F-35s and goodness knows what else.

From Superior to Sheboygan, hardworking people in Wisconsin face the challenge of balancing careers and caregiving. This is made more difficult because of Wisconsin policymakers who refuse to enact a paid family leave program.

In the current maelstrom of national and global headlines, we must not ignore the steady winnowing of humanities courses at colleges in Wisconsin. The humanities prepare us to be informed, reflective and engaged citizens. Yet Republicans claim the humanities don’t…

This is the most dangerous time of the year for people bicycling, running and walking because of the changing from daylight saving time to standard time.

Republican senators and Assembly members are at it again in Wisconsin to push a Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association-backed agenda that is anti-wildlife and pro-hounding.

Does anyone like this darkness at 5 p.m.? And it's going to get worse until Dec. 21, the shortest day of the year when it will be dark at 4:30 p.m.

The so called “death with dignity” bill in the Wisconsin Legislature deserves to die in committee. Here are a few reasons:

Former President Donald Trump has been pressuring Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, about impeaching Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator Meagan Wolfe. The only reason we hear about these reports is because Vos entertains the former president's suggestions.

I recently attended a question-and-answer session with mayors from seven communities in and around Madison, hosted by the Greater Madison Area Chamber of Commerce.