Most students hadn’t learned about the First Amendment in their courses, and some believed it was OK for their university to ban offensive speakers.
The public has until March 23 to weigh in on a master plan for a major redevelopment of the Lake Monona waterfront.
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Superintendent Carlton Jenkins delivered his first in-person State of the District speech Monday at East High School.
Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and challengers Gloria Reyes and Scott Kerr faced each other for the second straight night.
Confident, colorful and technologically savvy. Sounds like a lot of today’s Madisonians. But it also describes the new Galaxy Z Flip3 Bespoke Edition — the first-of-its-kind foldable smartphone from Samsung designed to empower personalization and self-expression amid a modern lifestyle.
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty is challenging a new federal firearm registry rule it says would curb the rights of disabled veterans.
Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway clashed with opponents Gloria Reyes and Scott Kerr on zoning changes, bus rapid transit and public safety.
Composer Laura Schwendinger and librettist Ginger Strand recently won $50,000 for creating the opera "Artemisia." The Charles Ives prize is the largest award for opera composers in the U.S.
The quotable state Democratic Party chair is all-in on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race plus a Senate seat, local elections and then 2024 races.
Paul Fanlund
Editor and publisher
I've been labeled everything from a Democratic hack to a Putin shill. But when you engage people, they start to understand your perspective.
John Nichols
Associate editor
Instead of focusing on good government, Republican lawmakers are baiting their April voting base with bogus questions about welfare and cash bail.
Dave Zweifel
Editor emeritus
Invented by the Supreme Court decades ago, qualified immunity has allowed officers to act with impunity. Ending it would be a step toward real reform.
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Cooking with the Cap Times continues on Feb. 9 as Freeman demonstrates how to make basted Delmonico steaks with beet bordelaise.
Watch the latest Cooking with the Cap Times and make the recipe at home. Cap Times food editor Lindsay Christians hosts at Kessenich's in Madison.
The founder of the Janesville-based high-tech company will headline the second Cap Times Executive Breakfast at Madison’s Edgewater Hotel on Feb 16.
Happy Lunar New Year! Welcome in the Year of the Rabbit — or for some, the Year of the Cat — with various events in Madison throughout the next few weeks.
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