One month in, Feb. 1, and Bad Doug has already abandoned his New Year's resolution. "I'm going to make a resolution," Bad Doug said this week, "that I'll never make another one." "You should resolve to be more original," Good Doug said. "That line is from a song Jimmy Buffett did with Martin…

The big Houdini exhibit that opens Feb. 11 at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art is in some ways a homecoming for the world's most famous magician.

The red-tailed hawk was on their neighbor's porch, perched on a railing.

Wisconsin & Southern Railroad and Madison are at odds over the railroad's desire to close three crossings on the city's Near East Side, a move that would limit access between East Washington Avenue and Williamson Street.  The railroad says it will improve safety. The city says it will ha…

The Janesville Gazette reported last week that principals at some of the city's public elementary school are attributing some major positive academic and behavioral trends to a relatively minor change: moving recess from after to before lunch.

To have any shot at actually legislating, Democrats would need to not only take the Senate in the recalls but also engineer an 11-seat flip in the Assembly in the election in November. Then we learned just how much money both parties are raising for this questionable exercise in democracy.