Wisconsin's capital is proving electric buses can run in frightfully cold winters, providing a blueprint for zero-emissions ...

Trump's campaign speeches were filled with grievances. His December 2025 address to the nation followed that pattern, as did his recent remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast. Even the president's ...

Candidates Blair Mosner Feltham, Daniella Molle, Dana Colussi-Lynde and Nicki Vander Meulen will debate at the March 11, forum at La Follette High School.

The last time blues singer Shemekia Copeland was in Madison in 2024, the performance sold out. Copeland is the daughter of legendary blues singer Johnny Copeland and a luminary in her own right, ...

When The Capital Times endorsed the Rev. Jesse Jackson for president in March of 1988, we found ourselves in a lonely position. Other newspapers in the primary states that were choosing delegates to ...

One of my earliest political memories was watching the 1984 Democratic convention on TV. After Jesse Jackson's mesmerizing speech to the delegates, I told my dad Jackson would definitely get the ...

With more than 7,000 impaired driving crashes throughout the state each year, the Wisconsin Legislature recently approved another tool for law enforcement to screen for drugged driving: saliva tests.

Madison’s transportation leaders face a big question following the death of 17-year-old Sasha Rosen this month: What else can be done to reduce the risk to pedestrians on Madison’s streets? Residents ...

David French, who in 2023 joined the opinion staff of the New York Times after years working at the National Review, the magazine founded by conservative icon William Buckley, sounded an urgent alarm ...

In Dane County and the city of Madison, we often describe ourselves as a community that leads with compassion and evidence in addressing homelessness. We invest in outreach, shelter, prevention and, ...

The 15 plaintiffs, ages 8 to 17, argue the state is violating their constitutional rights to life and liberty by not overturning laws that ban Wisconsin from considering climate change when assessing ...

With a $7 million donation from a Madison couple, a Dane County hospice company plans to build a new kind of memory care facility in Fitchburg with the goal of centering quality of life for those with ...