The Cap Times is an independent newsroom. Sign up for the Opinion Roundup newsletter for weekly Madison and Wisconsin viewpoints. LA-based writer Michael Freeman, one of the thousands who tried to ...

Madison officers have disproportionately stopped and ticketed drivers of color for years. Police Chief John Patterson says ...

Officials complied with a Wisconsin Elections Commission order to discard the Spring Election ballots while the court appeal ...

No state should get a pass on transparency. Wisconsin does. In 44 other states, you can walk into an election office, eyeball voter registration records and make copies on the spot. Not in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin lawmakers included funding for the increases in the current state budget. Employees will receive the money in May ...

Dear Editor: A stable and predictable funding source is essential for the Office of School Safety to effectively address the ongoing threats to our Wisconsin schools. The Wisconsin Legislature should ...

One of the most dangerous streets in Madison could be transferred to the city’s jurisdiction in a move leaders say would make it easier to implement future safety improvements. City staff members are ...

Last week, the United States Supreme Court issued a devastating 6–3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais, striking down Louisiana’s second majority Black congressional district and declaring that racially ...

After the right-wing judicial activist majority on the U.S. Supreme Court voted to eviscerate the Voting Rights Act last week, southern Republicans in states such as Louisiana and Alabama moved ...

Dear Editor: The lies and obfuscation about the true cost of the Iran War by Donald Trump and his minions evoke shades of the Vietnam era. In a well-documented report in Popular Information by Stephen ...

When it comes to debates about AI issues, the people are so far ahead of the vast majority of politicians — in both parties — that the disconnect can be jarring. A February Marquette Poll found that ...