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Ron Johnson holds a hearing on the Tomah VA hospital.

Best-Selling Books Week Ended May 22nd.

Best-Selling Books Week Ended May 22nd.

CHICAGO -- When I was a lad, I often heard jokes about blacks, Latinos and gays, who were regarded as amusing because of their supposed inferiority and defectiveness.

The Madison Mallards announced that their games will be radio broadcast on The Zone (WOZN 106.7FM / 1670AM) the next two seasons.

Several Madison streets are scheduled to be closed late Saturday and early Sunday for three foot races, the city traffic engineering department said.

The Highway 26 southbound ramp to northbound Interstate 39-90 in Janesville will be closed for construction from Tuesday through June 7, the state Department of Transportation said.

Republican efforts to instate voter ID, draw new district maps and turn Wisconsin into a "right-to-work" state are bouncing around in the state and federal court system.

The first time I ate fresh soybeans was, naturally enough, at a Japanese restaurant. Known as edamame, the dish is a staple of Japanese restaurant menus.

American immigration law allows employees of overseas firms to enter the country for a limited period of time to do business for their employers, including overseeing installation of machinery or other specialized products. The law does not allow those employees,…

A federal judge threw out Cynthia Archer's lawsuit accusing prosecutors of wrongdoing in probe of Walker allies.

Filters and UV rays will clean water near the beach, with an underwater curtain installed to block algae and bacteria.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new report says Wisconsin's job creation agency has erroneously awarded more than $412,000 in tax credits to companies over how many jobs they created.

Municipalities may apply to help private property owners who couldn't otherwise easily afford to replace pipes on private property.

There are no noodles in this colorful chicken salad, but there are oodles (and oodles) of spiralized vegetables.

May shepherds in the season of the backyard barbecue, and for us that means one thing: burgers. Let me back up and say that just about anything I make on the grill in warmer months, I also make regularly inside…

OUR VIEW: The latest drunken driving arrests, injuries and death should scare motorists sober this holiday weekend

I know, I know. I harp on smoking all the time. All the time.

A generation of TV viewers knows LeVar Burton as the blind Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge of the Starship Enterprise in “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”