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As Regents, we have a strong responsibility to keep the University of Wisconsin System affordable and accessible for Wisconsin families. We feel just as strongly about protecting the quality and excellence for which UW System is known the world over.…

If the violent eruptions in Milwaukee earlier this month were familiar, it’s because they seemed to follow a script that, by now, has become numbingly routine. A Milwaukee police officer shot and killed a young black man. Protests and condemnations…

A Madison man who drove into numerous vehicles and property on the Near West Side Sunday night was arrested later at a local bar.

It should be a beautiful start to the last full week of August, but forecasters are looking at rain in Madison by mid-week.

Offices, labs or even printing operations would be acceptable. Some types of multi-unit housing could be allowed, officials said.

I drove my deer-bashed pickup truck over to a friend’s house this week and we talked about art. We were hunkered in a dark room and outside the rain was falling and out the window the trees were wet and…

Bacteria are amazing single-celled, simple organisms found everywhere on the planet with applications in chemistry, human health and biotechnology.

A severe weather watch gives advanced notice that conditions are favorable for the development of severe weather, while a warning is issued when hazardous weather is occurring, is about to occur or is likely to occur.

The victory was Harvick’s second of the season and second at Bristol — his first in 11 years.

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Madison West is ranked third and Middleton ninth in Division 1.

Scholarship: The Madison West Lions have awarded $500 education scholarships to area high school seniors. Recipients include: Samara Eltahir, Jennifer Stewart, Louisa Forrest, and Cassie Ringhand, Madison West; Jennifer Gisi, Edgewood High; Xeng Vang, Memorial High.

The 29ers make the league's four-team championship round for the first time since 2010.

Two weeks into camp, there doesn't appear to be a front-runner in the quarterback battle.

SEATTLE — Keon Broxton and Chris Carter homered and Scooter Gennett had an RBI single during a four-run ninth inning, lifting the Milwaukee Brewers over the Seattle Mariners 7-6 on Sunday to end a six-game losing streak.

Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell says he's the only county clerk in Wisconsin performing post-election audits, but challenger Karen McKim says his auditing procedures are flawed.

We face a difficult decision in the selection of our next president. Will we accept the lack of truthfulness from Clinton? Or will we elect a brash businessman who has a tough time with foot-in-mouth comments?

It appears the head of one of our senators is deeply embedded in the sand when it comes to global warming.

The University of Wisconsin System has proposed that all students, professors and staff participate in mandatory programs designed to instill "cultural fluency." (Am I the only one who cringes at the Orwellian undertones of that phrase?)

House Republican have asked FBI Director James Comey to hand over the records containing his interrogation of Hillary Clinton. He found nothing that would cause him to charge her.