If Milwaukee, with more than 560,000 people, can store and release body-camera footage from more than 1,000 patrol officers, so can Madison, which has half as many police.
- Wisconsin State Journal editorial board
A frequent excuse for failing to equip Madison police officers with body cameras is that the devices fail to hold law enforcement accountable — even when footage shows wrongdoing.
- Wisconsin State Journal editorial board
The most pervasive excuse for not equipping Madison’s police officers with body-worn cameras over the past decade has been the cost. Equipping hundreds of patrol officers will top $400,000.
- Wisconsin State Journal editorial board
You don’t have to understand nuclear physics to instantly get how big and exciting the expansion of Realta Fusion is for Wisconsin.
- Wisconsin State Journal editorial board
The investigation into the killing of Corey Durell Ruiz is badly complicated by the Madison City Council’s refusal in the past to equip patrol officers with body-worn cameras.
- Wisconsin State Journal editorial board
Madison’s police chief is making it easy for a stubborn City Council to finally phase in helpful body cameras on patrol officers at modest expense.
- Wisconsin State Journal editorial board
Federal agents may need an element of surprise to capture dangerous people wanted for serious crimes in Wisconsin.
Summer just started, and a stinky film of muck already ruined the northeast shoreline of Lake Monona.
Being a patriot requires more than saluting the flag or singing the national anthem. It goes beyond serving in the military or voting in elections.
8 in 10 Madison grads say they're going to college
Sale of state building accelerates momentum for Amtrak service to Madison
Wisconsin’s leaders failed again to adopt a fair process for drawing voting districts.
Here we go again in Madison, speculating over a controversial police interaction because city officers don’t wear body cameras.
The three most powerful people at the state Capitol last week had the right idea in trying to ease the burden of property taxes on homeowners while investing more in schools.
Madison is going to feel more like home for the Black people who live, move and visit here.
The chancellor is leaving.
Lab animals deserve better care for their sacrifice — especially at the troubled Ridglan Farms.
We get it: Rolling farm fields are more picturesque without wind turbines spinning their blades hundreds of feet in the air. Some rural Columbia County residents are fighting plans for a wind farm near their homes.
It took the risk of “end times” to finally snap U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson out of his fealty to President Donald Trump.
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The Wisconsin State Journal is endorsing in all 13 competitive races for Dane County Board in the April 7 election.
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