Remember the last time Wisconsin elected a state Supreme Court justice?
- Wisconsin State Journal editorial board
Taxpayers shouldn’t have to bail out the University of Wisconsin athletic department, following its second losing football season with a coach whose sweetheart contract requires more than $20 million just to get rid of him.
- Wisconsin State Journal editorial board
About 150,000 vehicles a day travel the Beltline near John Nolen Drive in Madison, according to the state Department of Transportation. That’s 24,000 more cars and trucks than 20 years ago — a 19% increase.
- Wisconsin State Journal editorial board
Most Super Bowl bets are illegal today in Wisconsin, with consumers less protected and state government losing tax revenue. The state Legislature should allow online sports betting through tribal websites to protect consumers and bring in money for schools, health care and gambling addiction.
- Wisconsin State Journal editorial board
Stop killing protesters on the streets of Minneapolis. Stop lying about thevictims. Call off the goons in masks and military garb. The Trump administration and its poorly trained posse of federal agents are making a mockery of America’s freedoms.
- Scott Rada
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- Wisconsin State Journal editorial board
A recent full-page article in the Wisconsin State Journal outlined the “10 housing developments that will change Madison in 2026.”
Madison’s premier arts facility isn’t called the Frautschi Center, though the man who gave $205 million to build it — W. Jerome Frautschi — certainly could have put his name on it.
A bright light went out at the state Capitol last month.
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We can only report on the known facts at the time. We would rather be accurate than first. Anything less would be a disservice to Nex Benedict, the editorial states.
Just after Christmas, attorneys general from 23 states and the District of Columbia urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a federal rule banning bump stocks.
The State Journal editorial board has endorsed Democrats and Republicans for president in modern history. Scroll down to see who the newspaper recommended to its readers over the last four decades -- and then some.
Common sense prevailed Wednesday when the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents flip-flopped and voted 11-6 to agree to a compromise deal with Republican legislators to limit diversity positions on system campuses in exchange for money to cover staff raises and construction projects.
Republican lawmakers advanced two bills recently that they say would boost parental oversight by requiring school and library staff to tell parents what materials their children under age 16 have checked out.
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It’s like a long-playing record that gets stuck in a groove and keeps repeating. And repeating.
In the ongoing partisan fracas over election rules and vote-counting procedures, a small, but significant piece of legislation recently advanced in the state Legislature.
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The Universities of Wisconsin tendered an olive branch of sorts to the Republican-controlled state Legislature last week in the ongoing feud over the universities’ commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
The news is often dominated by stories of violence — from the recent events in Israel and Gaza to the mass murders in Maine.
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Half a loaf is better than none.
In the wake of the failure of California’s Silicon Valley Bank and then New York’s Signature Bank last week, federal regulators took emergency measures to stop the panic and shore up confidence in the nation’s banking system.
On a unanimous vote Tuesday, Dec. 6, the Burlington City Council gave the go-ahead for the rebuilding of the Echo Lake dam and lake restoration that will likely include boardwalks and other amenities to maximize the attraction of the lake.
We get it, all the events in and around Lake Geneva take time, money and resources to put together each and every year. Oktoberfest, Winterfest, the Electric Christmas Parade and more annual events have become welcome traditions in the area. Why not something similar for Veterans Day, as a r…