A lot of folks are saying “I told you so” in the wake of the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau report that in spite of the Legislature’…

Almost three-quarters of the members of the House of Representatives have co-sponsored a bill calling for an audit of the Federal Reserve Board.

President Obama has bought himself some time on Afghanistan and lived up to his promise to seek policies that fit into no one’s philosophica…

When the Board of Veterans Affairs recently voted to dump John Scocos as the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, they made it cle…

My question for Switzerland and other European countries enthralled by the right wing: When did Saudi Arabia become your role model?

I've talked with a lot of hunters and business people and everyone has said that this was the worst deer hunting season they have ever had. Th…

Charter would not officially comment but an executive familiar with the company confirmed that Allen is no longer chairman, Multichannel.com reported.

President Obama’s decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan looks at first like a defeat for his vice president. But the plan also …

The average debt for graduating seniors with loans rose from $18,650 in 2004 to $23,200 in 2008.

Common Cause in Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign kept fighting for the fix that was needed: the Impartial Justice Act

President Obama’s White House summit on jobs on Thursday may well be the most newsworthy of his young administration

Homeowners with waterfront property may need to take note of what lies ahead regarding proposed changes to Wisconsin’s shoreland zoning rules.

Going to Canada? You may be detained at the border and interrogated. I was, last week.

It seems innocent enough when you first see it. “Pray for Obama – Psalm 109,” say the bumper stickers and the T-shirts.

During the 2008 election campaign, candidate Obama repeatedly and unknowingly said that the Afghanistan war is a “good war.”

When he met with the Cap Times' editorial board a couple of months ago, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz made an emphatic double-barreled pitch for capit…

Leader of UW-Extension and UW Colleges sounds like a man who is seriously considering leaving Madison to lead university located in Baltimore.

After taking a day to regroup, the Hammes Co. has filed an appeal of the Landmarks Commission's decision against granting the Edgewater Hotel …

Julius Genachowski praised the cable industry for its proposal to provide low-cost broadband to kids in low-income families as a way to boost …

That's about double the percentage of two years ago, Leichtman Research Group reported.

The UW student's success story is sadly rare in a state with an enormous achievement gap.

President Obama assumed full ownership of the war in Afghanistan on Tuesday night with a speech arguing that the fastest way out of the confli…

Baldwin, Feingold oppose plan to add troops in Afghanistan.

President Barack Obama has decided to dramatically expand the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan. The president is wrong.

For a brief time, the five Wisconsin dog tracks did well. Alas, like so much that relies on the fortunes of gambling, no more.

The most rigidly conservatives members of the Republican National Committee are circulating a proposal to establish a purity test for the part…

Here’s a transcript of selected calls made recently to The Capital Times’ “Sound Off” phone line.

Policymakers should embrace one of the cheapest ways of cutting the air pollution that lies at the root of the climate change problem: making …

In Germany, a nation that embraced one of the world’s most aggressive campaigns against global warming, a kilowatt of electricity costs thre…

The decision made by the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission with regard to the Urban Service Area extension approval requested for the …

A boiler in Gordon Commons -- a dining hall on the UW-Madison campus -- uses old vegetable oil to heat much of the building's hot water supply.

Deborah Hobbins, regional vice president of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, says everything from the filing system to the eco-friendly lighti…

Remember the AIDS Quilt? The homespun memorial to those who died of AIDS helped put a face on an epidemic that ravaged America in the 1980s…

The city's Landmarks Commission voted overwhelmingly against granting a certificate of appropriateness, both with and without a size-related v…

Obama details plan for allies and other nations will be asked for more forces.

The University of Wisconsin Survey Center will post Badger Poll results in each of the next three days on a range of interesting topics.

Republican power-broker James Klauser decided to switch allegiance from one top GOP gubernatorial contender, Mark Neumann, to the other, Scott Walker

If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to pass a health care reform bill, he’s going to have to include a robust public insurance option

I get so frustrated that so much time, energy and prayers of older people are spent dreading going to a “home” that is anything but homey.

Barack Obama always gets high marks for his cool, his lack of drama. Maybe he should learn a thing or two from Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives.

As the U.N. climate change conference in Copenhagen approaches, we are in a race between political tipping points and natural ones.

The opposition’s decision to stall and oppose President Barack Obama’s judicial nominations smacks of hypocrisy, and further draws into qu…

Cable company says new stock offering coming.

Rick Marolt will be giving a campus talk on this topic Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

New law expected to mean higher rates for all drivers -- just ask Badger Cab Co. owner Tom Melms.

The time for Wisconsin to become the 15th state to legalize medical marijuana and allow patients to use it to make their lives a bit more comf…

City government reporter Kristin Czubkowski highlights key city meetings for the week.

The only humane and proper response to the mess in Afghanistan is the rapid withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops from that country.

A media revolution was created in Seattle using “open publishing” software developed in Australia, servers hosted locally, a space provide…

If Obama becomes a failed presidency, our swing at the piñata won’t happen again in a long, long time.