A housing strategy review ordered by the city of Madison called for more affordable options. A month later, the City Council ...

Dane County has a history of electing county government executives with deep and directly applicable experience. We did it ...

Ben Wikler, who leads the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, announced Sunday he will mount a bid to chair the Democratic National Committee — a position that would give him a lead voice in remaking the ...

There’s much talk that Democratic Party of Wisconsin chair Ben Wikler may join the crowded competition for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee. And that excites a lot of people who ...

Dear Editor: Donald Trump plans to start mass deportations of illegal immigrants as soon as humanly possible. I considered writing about the humanitarian issues associated with this project, but then ...

Dear Editor: UW-Madison’s commendable act to enable Native students to attend for free ("UW-Madison is making a new promise to Wisconsin Indigenous students," Nov. 27) acknowledges the 150-plus years ...

As home prices and rents increase in Dane County and elsewhere, housing policy became a point of debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on the campaign trail in 2024. Now, with Trump set to ...

In a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel guest column, Madison lawyer Fred Wade notes how Gov. Tony Evers, using his line-item veto, extended school spending for 400 years. He describes that power as "crazy" ...

You probably have to be as old as I am to remember Fred Harris. I came to admire him more than 60 years ago, when I was on active duty with the field artillery at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, learning how to ...

We are concerned that Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction seems less than committed to the reforms outlined in Act 20. It’s been over a year since Gov. Tony Evers signed Act 20, dubbed “the ...

The November Cooking with the Cap Times event, held Thursday, Nov. 21, at Furniture & ApplianceMart, featured private chef Jennifer Schwarzkopf, former culinary director for Good Brothers Hospitality ...

In the entertainment industry, there’s an adage that, to be successful, one has to be where the action is. In other words, New York or Los Angeles. But Wisconsin-based writer, director and comedian ...