The picture book was full of scenes, landscapes and images from her home country of Mexico. When Varela was 9, her mother left an abusive home and immigrated with her children to Madison. Varela’s ...

The fate of Act 10, the controversial 2011 law curbing collective bargaining for public sector unions in Wisconsin, is back in court at a crucial juncture for organized labor in Wisconsin. In a ...

Erin Berge, who grew up in Sun Prairie, wrote a new children's book follows a young girl who sails the ocean with the help of ...

For the owner of the Rustic Tavern on Park Street, COVID-19 was the last straw. In 2021, the third-shift dive bar at 516 S. Park St. — one with a history dating to the 1930s — closed its doors. “There ...

Like thousands of Madisonians, I watched live Thursday as CNN’s Jake Tapper somberly announced, count by count, that Donald Trump had been convicted on each of 34 felony charges he faced in New York ...

Wisconsin has a historic new fund for investing in entrepreneurs, and two-thirds of it will be administered by venture capital funds based in Madison. The Wisconsin Investment Fund, announced ...

A sea of turquoise sequins, powder-white faces and platform heels lined blocks and blocks of sidewalks leading to The Sylvee hours before the Midwest princess herself, Chappell Roan, took the stage ...

A New York City jury found Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump guilty in a fraud trial, a verdict that will reverberate across the country and in the key swing state of Wisconsin. Trump was ...

Dear Editor: Thinking out loud post-Memorial Day, the mystery I’ll go to my grave with is why my fellow veterans honor those who died in wars that had no purpose, justification or were winnable yet ...

Dear Editor: I'm writing to compliment the Cap Times on Stephanie Bedford's coverage of "Top Chef" this season. She writes with heart, humor and comes off effortless, which is a hard thing to master.

Dan Jacobs, whom some viewers have taken to calling "Milwaukee Dan," knows he's got a responsibility on this season of "Top Chef." "I am representing the state, the city," Jacobs said this week on The ...

Deadly domestic abuse cases show why gun violence is a top concern in Wisconsin, writes Mariel Barnes in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Ideas Lab column. The La Follette Istitute assistant professor ...