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Once upon a time, my Indian grandma was left in charge of packing school lunches for my sisters and me. We were sent off to school with some potato curry and a garlic chutney so fierce my eyebrows twitched on…

The university is removing coin-operated meters and replacing them with a new mobile payment system, contracting with the company Parkmobile.

Madison is flush with free, outdoor live music in the summer, and Dane Dances is one of the best-known purveyors of those sweet sounds.

OUR VIEW: More renewable energy will help state cut greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change

Three Democrats are vying in the Aug. 9 partisan primary election for the open seat in Assembly District 47, which includes Monona, McFarland and most of Fitchburg. No Republican filed to run in the Democratic-leaning district, so the primary winner…

Among the innumerable flip-flops, course corrections and reinventions that have come to define Hillary Clinton’s three decades in public life, perhaps the most interesting one is her decision in 2016 to go all in as the woman-candidate.

San Diego needs to add veteran depth following a Sunday knee injury to wide receiver Stevie Johnson.

SAN DIEGO — Ryan Braun hit a tiebreaking homer in his return to the lineup, Zach Davies won for the ninth time in 10 decisions and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 on Tuesday night.

The left-hander leads Madison past Kenosha to improve to 7-1 on the season.

The subcommittee was established to gather insight from residents, develop recommendations and offer space for Madison police to share information about the department.

Nearly every day for the better part of three years started at 5 a.m. for Heather Miller-Koch. A 45-minute subway ride through Manhattan to the lone indoor track in New York City followed by training for the 2012 U.S. Track…

On the same day the Milwaukee Brewers completed Phase One of their rebuild, Phase Two began.

The Diocese of Madison announced the donation of the Knights of Columbus Council 4527 building last week.

Inductees Paul Beckman, Craig Zirbel, John Bisco, Bob Frambs and Rick Thomas will grow the Hall membership to 135.

Last week, I went to Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention. As one of 4,763 delegates, I witnessed an amazing week of politics, proceedings and performance. Nevertheless the most notable moment for me was not any speech or celebrity. Indeed…

According to Nate Beeler's cartoon in Saturday's State Journal and a Sunday's letter to the editor, "Women can do better than Clinton" we can’t have a woman president until we have a perfect candidate. Yet in 240 years, we have…

This November, I will be voting for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein.

We had better take a close look at Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence, because if Donald Trump wins, I don't think he will remain president for long.

Donald Trump supporters make me ashamed to be an adult white man.

I watched the Libertarian Party ticket of Gary Johnson and William Weld on C-Span recently. They put me to sleep.