A conservative Dane County canvasser and a lawyer for the state GOP opposed the city's inclusion of 23 absentee ballots delivered after the deadline.

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City planners forecast the West Towne Path would see more bicycle traffic in 2028 if plans for a new all-ages-and-abilities segment are approved.

John Nichols: Historically Republican strongholds in suburbs of Milwaukee and Madison and rural counties in western Wisconsin and the north backed Taylor.

As the Cap Times covers sexual misconduct in its Dismissed series, the editorial board will track how lawmakers and candidates pledge to protect children.

With a background in set design and fashion, Frank brings her love of nature into large-scale photographic and textile artworks, now on view in Stoughton.

Madison’s downtown arts center announces the 2026-27 Broadway lineup, also featuring “Maybe Happy Ending,” “Jersey Boys” and “The Wiz.”

Wisconsin men's hockey players dominated Denver in the national championship game, until they didn't.

Jill Underly: The DPI is working to expand pathways into the profession, but solovng the teacher shortage starts with adequate state funding.

Chris McIntosh is preparing to work in the Big Ten office as a deputy commissioner for strategy. The timing is curious.

MMSD is working with a UW center to replace a longtime tutoring program. Community advocates worry tutors will still lack proper training.

Dr. Christian Capitini, interim director since 2024, says oncologists have a lot to learn from how cancer is treated in children.

Dave Zweifel: Trump duped 77 million Americans into voting for him, but you can bet none of them signed up for this.

Local restaurants, bars and taverns will compete for your vote in the contest to name Madison's Best Burger.

Police Civilian Oversight Board members clashed with city leaders on a proposal to change the board’s operations.

The Artemis II mission has renewed our excitement over in space exploration, providing a much-needed boost to our national spirit.

Nora Hart: We plan to track the actions and statements by select Wisconsin lawmakers to document how money from the gun lobby influences them.

Amy Thielen wrote “Company,” a cookbook about entertaining in the Upper Midwest. She’ll be the guest at Cooking with the Cap Times May 13.

A mural painted with the help of Madison residents will be sent to a Cambodian elementary school, based on designs made by the students themselves.

Patsy Neal: Trump removes the country’s leader, and then demands they choose a leader he likes — and can control — leaving the mess he makes for others to clean

Masood Akhtar: If we want a world in which stability, rather than chaos and injustice, rule, we need to make vast changes in our national and global power structure.

State law and court precedents offer potentially conflicting takes on whether the ballots should be included in results

This week in the food and culture newsletter, Michelin comes to Wisconsin, reinventing "Much Ado," Blind Shot closes, two mysteries to read and more.

The Badgers lose another star basketball player amid the NIL money train, following Chucky Hepburn and AJ Storr.

In the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Taylor won counties represented by U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden and state Sen. Howard Marklein, both targeted by Democrats.

Don and Julie Fussner, CEOs for Johnsonville and Culver Franchising System, headlined Cap Times Power Hour and shared themes of leadership and employing the right people.

Dave Zweifel: Rothman obviously did something deeply unpopular. The vote to sack him was unanimous, and getting 17 people to agree on anything is pretty rare these days.

Amid calls for transparency, Board of Regents members spoke Thursday about why they fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman.

April 7: Put it down as the most schizophrenic day in United States history.

Speaking at UW-Madison, author and civil rights activist Ruby Bridges stressed the importance of teachers as she reflected on her trailblazing childhood.

When the rationale for military action shifts or remains vague, the public is left to fill in the gaps, often with understandable skepticism and lack of clarity.

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Wisconsin Policy Forum report shows opioid treatment available in more state jails and prisons, but fewer than half offer a full addiction medication range.

The plan includes provisions for wider sidewalks, safer street crossings and filling gaps in the pedestrian network.

The Madison Symphony Orchestra welcomes a new artistic director and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra adds some Saturday evenings in Overture Center.

Madison voters elected Ald. Barbara Harrington-McKinney and newcomers Ellen Zhang and Noah Lieberman to the City Council. Two County Board incumbents lost.

A daily roundup of interesting newspaper editorials and blog posts from around Madison and Wisconsin.

This week around Madison, see Justin Willman do magic, laugh along with “RuPaul’s Drag Race” winner Monét X Change, see “Clue” onstage and more.

From the infamous water bottle incident in 1982 to Badgers heartbreaks in 2008 and 2014, these Frozen Four rivals have history.

Dave Zweifel: In the view of many Americans, if an immigrant commits a crime, they're all criminals, whereas if a white person does, they are just an aberration.

The arrest and detention of Salah Sarsour is a blatant attack on free speech and the Constitution. Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany is OK with that.

Natalie Eilbert: Sometimes objectively reporting on the hardships and injustices of ordinary people isn't enough; you have to take up their cause.

With no cure available, the ALS clinic at UW Health’s University Hospital focuses on how patients live, not just how long.

Blair Mosner Feltham and Nicki Vander Meulen retained their spots on MMSD’s board in the Spring Election, beating Daniella Molle and Dana Colussi-Lynde.

Judge Ben Jones was appointed by Gov. Tony Evers last year and defeated immigration attorney Huma Ahsan in the Spring Election to retain the job.

With Taylor joining the bench in August, liberals will expand their majority control of the Supreme Court from 4-3 to 5-2.

The Cap Times will periodically update this post to reflect preliminary results reported by the Dane County Clerk’s Office and the Associated Press.

Since 2022, Jay Rothman has led the Universities of Wisconsin, the state-run system including UW-Madison. The Board of Regents voted Tuesday to fire him.

War tax resistance is a movement to oppose an out-of-control military budget that accounts for over 60% of federal discretionary spending.

A daily roundup of interesting newspaper editorials and blog posts from around Madison and Wisconsin.