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I urge lawmakers to support the "Fight for $15" bill introduced by Rep. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison.

Some automobile companies are going to include Wi-Fi in their vehicles. Are they nuts?

The letter in Thursday's State Journal "'Don't Shoot' offers glimmer of hope" commends Madison Public Library for displaying a thought-provoking work by artist Mike Lroy. The writer claims thi…

The Republican proposal requiring a knock-off United States citizenship test for high school graduation, though perhaps well-intended, is a whiff.

Budget analyst Nathan Schwanz said in an email that Gov. Scott Walker's chief of staff requested

The Madison School District is expecting to find $4.5 million in savings through renegotiating contracts with its health care providers.

Scott Walker hires South Carolina staff, and continues showing strength in polls.

Effective Thursday, the music store will be in a new, more user-friendly space at 5976 Executive Drive in Fitchburg.

At this year's summit Thursday at Monona Terrace, Madison Region Workplace Diversity & Inclusion Survey results will be unveiled. 

HIGHLAND - Daniel "Danny" Ivan Aultman, age 42, died unexpectedly of natural causes on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at his residence in rural Highland.

STOUGHTON - Jeff A. "Kraut" Lechten, age 46, of Stoughton, passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2015. He was born on March 1, 1969, in Madison, the son of Karl and Mary (Massari) Lechten. He married …

PORTAGE - James R. "Jim" Friedel, age 80, long-time Portage resident, and current resident of Wild Rose, Wis. and Ft. Myers, Fla., passed away Thrusday, May 7, 2015, following a brief illness.

OREGON - Patrick C. Lawry, age 74, entered eternal life on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at St. Mary's Hospital. He was born in Milwaukee on Oct. 14, 1940, the son of Nathaniel and Margaret (Drea) L…

BELOIT - Elizabeth "Betty" Wallace, age 81, of Beloit, died Friday, May 8, 2015. She was born Nov. 15, 1933, in Bloom City, Richland County, the daughter of Donald and Letha (Farrell) Stafford…

FENNIMORE - Charles F. “Chuck” Schrader, age 85, died on Thursday morning, May 7, 2015, at Fennimore Good Samaritan Society in Fennimore. Charles was born on Aug. 14, 1929, in Dodgeville, the …

Two women who admitted embezzling from their employers in separate cases were sentenced Thursday to probation with time in jail.

Last fall, Congress was on the verge of doing away with the most troubling invasion of privacy revealed by Edward Snowden: the National Security Agency’s indiscriminate collection of the telep…

Staff team says potential to locate Exact Sciences Downtown presents "unprecedented extraodinary opportunity."

The latest audit looked at more than 100 grants and loans made by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. and found many did not follow the agency's own policies.

Stand Rock Hospitality's project at Camelback Mountain creates the largest indoor waterpark in the Northeast.