The 2010 Census will have a new message for same-sex married couples like Joyce and me: “You count.” Reflecting a refreshingly new era at…

In late 2002, an obscure Illinois state senator, Barack Obama, was eyeing a run in the 2004 Democratic Party primary for a U.S. Senate seat. H…

After years of planning and a nail-biter of a $4.1 million fund-raising campaign, the Urban League of Greater Madison is moving in to its new …

Give me a break! Who would have thought the "new" General Motors would report a loss of just $1.15 billion in the shortened third quarter of 2…

A 26-foot gingerbread man will grace the atrium of Hilldale until the holidays in a benefit for a distinctly serious local cause - Dane County…

The University of California's Board of Regents approved a plan to hike undergraduate fees -- which are the equivalent of tuition -- 32 percen…

It's happened again. The annual Thanksgiving food drive at Goodman Community Center is way short of food need for 1,000 families as hundreds o…

"Everyone needs to be counted, documented or not documented," Shiva Bidar-Sielaff tells fellow members of La Sup, the Madison Latino Support N…

The stock market has been on a roll since March but that is based on hope more than reality.

Economic woes are taking a toll and House Republicans call on Geithner to resign.

A suggestion for Christmas shopping: Buy local when you can.

This month’s AARP Bulletin includes a very disturbing piece about how scam artists have made the nation’s Medicare system a primary target.

On Monday, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force took a step backward in the fight against breast cancer.

My body is sitting in an environmental health lecture in Bascom Hall with 250 students, but my mind is deep in the woods of northern Wisconsin

It’s time to start paying attention to how Republicans, with Machiavellian brilliance, have hit upon what might be called the Beltway-at-Rus…

UW-Madison’s long-standing focus on “targeted minorities” is a much-too-provincial view of “diversity” in the global world of the 21…

The landscape is being remade at Larson Acres Dairy in order to accommodate a new state-of-the-art, cross-ventilated dairy barn

The unemployment rate is still scary, but that hasn't stopped local residents from continuing to pledge -- mostly at their workplaces -- to s…

Ultra HD formats are expected to provide four to 16 times the resolution of existing high-definition displays.

So there will be a race to keep Scott Walker from waltzing into the governor’s mansion, with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett officially throwing…

Despite the toughest economic times since the Great Depression, millions will be treating themselves to shiny new high-definition TVs this Christmas.

As a season-ticket-carrying member of what is derided as the "red sweater crowd," I've enjoyed watching Badger basketball success over the dec…

Words like "scam," "fraud," and "arrest" filled the air during a Senate hearing on Tuesday that focused on the controversial marketing compani…

Could lead to big changes for entire U.S. market.

Five-year grant to help study of viral mutations

The Friends of Hoyt Park and Madison Parks invite history and park lovers to come to the Hoyt Park Overlook at 10:45 a.m., on Saturday to cele…

The Road Home has done it again. The innovative local provider of housing for low-income families is moving four families Friday into apartmen…

The Holiday Marketplace on Friday from noon to 7 p.m. at the Edgewater Hotel in Madison will feature locally owned shops from throughout Dane County.

The Edgewater project remains unsettling and unsatisfactory to a lot of Madisonians

When it became clear Tom Barrett was running for governor, Democrats started buzzing about Kathleen Falk as a possible bidder for the state’…

We shared lunch with Gosayna Karam in Nazareth, remembered as the town where Jesus grew up, and heard her talk about her worries for her child…

Thursday, Nov. 5, was a tragic day, but the actions by this lone gunman in killing 13 people at Fort Hood should in no way be remembered as an…

“In the next 60 seconds, 10 children will die of hunger,” says a United Nations World Food Programme online video.

In his recent column “WIAA needs greater transparency,” Rep. Tony Staskunas claims the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association shou…

Sarah Palin is ordinary -- remarkably, overwhelmingly, mind-numbingly ordinary

At-risk people line up at Alliant Energy Center to get vaccine for free

The State Building Commission Wednesday approved funding to complete the final section of the Badger Trail. The funding will link Fitchburg an…

Funds from Wisconsin's Universal Service Fund program help provide telecommunications services to low income and disabled customers.

Unencrypted Wi-Fi hotspots make smartphones vulnerable to man-in-the-middle security attackers.

Shares climb 47 percent after 11 branches are sold off.

From star paperboy to one of the city’s largest property managers, Bruce Bosben hopes to break into the world of downtown development.

Fort Hood has seen 10 suicides so far in 2009 as war stress takes soldiers to the the brink.

The goal of making the state superintendent of public instruction’s job a more powerful one is worth pursuing

The Glass-Steagall Act, repealed 10 years ago, stood as a firewall between commercial banks and Wall Street

Here are selected comments made recently on The Capital Times’ “Sound Off” phone line.

Studies suggest we can markedly modify risk for cataracts and macular degeneration by avoiding smoking and eating nutrient-rich diets

For some people, the violent acts of Nidal Malik Hasan, the sole suspect in the Fort Hood, Texas, shootings, is a mark against every believer

Michael Steele gets called every name in the book and castigated -- largely because he’s a black Republican

After a tough 2009, Rhythm & Booms officials need to fund raise $50,000 to ensure the future of the event.

The 19 largest cable and phone providers in the U.S. -- representing about 93 percent of the market -- acquired 910,000 net additional high-s…