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"Being 42nd in the nation in state support does not cut it," Evers said, referring to a Wisconsin Policy Forum report comparing states' financial support for public universities.

"I felt like it's a great opportunity to get more exposure, as that's what we're looking for," said vendor Nathaniel Sackey, who owns Holisac's Taste of Africa.

A Latin American inspired restaurant from a well-known Madison restaurateur is going into the new Moxy hotel on East Washington Avenue.

After backing off a final decision in March, the County Board passed the raise on a voice vote Thursday night.

The group will promote policy changes and do something most police leaders and the national police leadership organizations have never done: endorse federal candidates.

For the first time in the Universities of Wisconsin system's history, a school has depleted its reserves and needs a loan to balance its budget.

A national mental health nonprofit determined that the Madison area's crisis response programs are too fragmented and ineffective.

For days like National Doughnut Day, the number of doughnuts produced can reach 10,000-13,000.

Despite recent heavy rains, however, Madison-area lakes still remain around 2 feet below levels that would pose an imminent flood risk.

A suspect is not in custody but there is not believed to be any ongoing threat to the public, Madison police said.

The SUV driver was not injured in the crash, the Wisconsin State Patrol said.

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No injuries were reported in the incident.

Like Aaron Rodgers before him, Love knows what he has to do when he's on the move. Here's how Green Bay's current QB is approaching that phase of his game.

The Middleton boys lacrosse team will compete in the first state tournament title game. Boys and girls finals will be played Saturday in Sun Prairie.

Thursday's news story "March features anti-Arab slogans" sent chills down my spine. It was about thousands of ultranationalist Israelis marching through Palestinian areas of Jerusalem shouting racist slogans, waving flags and attacking residents.

As one of the “forced-rezoning fans” cited in Wednesday's letter to the editor "Ignore crass stereotypes of rezoning opponents," I implore the author to explore empathy.

I realize that prices from housing to groceries are too high and this is causing people to wonder whether they can support President Joe Biden in the upcoming election.

I see that our own U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, has joined nine other extremist senators in issuing a public letter that they would no longer pass any legislation, fund the government or confirm appointees because they are having a…

The Wisconsin education department said Thursday that it was withholding nearly $17 million in aid to Milwaukee Public Schools because the district has yet to submit financial reports that were due nine months ago.