Current and former students from UW's Odyssey Project, a jump-start in the humanities for adults facing economic barriers, share excerpts from their essays on why people should vote.

A daily roundup of interesting newspaper editorials and blog posts from around Madison and Wisconsin.

In the Cap Times' food and culture newsletter this week, we're watching Wisconsinite Grace Reiter on "SNL" and trying a new east side ramen spot.

Voloshyna will demonstrate recipes from her new cookbook ‘Ukraine’ at Cooking with the Cap Times in Madison on Wednesday, Dec. 2. Sign up to attend now.

Madison Teachers Inc. leaders Andrea Missureli and Jeff Knight want Wisconsin's next governor and state Legislature to overhaul school funding formulas.

A happy-go-lucky Wisconsin men's hockey player opens the season on a high note. His team now faces Minnesota State.

Wisconsin Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate are pushing a package of bills to improve Black infant and maternal health nationwide. It faces a steep climb.

Paul Fanlund: The New Republic columnist Perry Bacon criticizes the Times, even though it produces the most revelatory journalism about Donald Trump.

Dave Zweifel: Give me Swiss or stinky limburger any day. Just because Colby cheese was invented here doesn't mean it deserves to be the state cheese.

Editorial: Despite many chances to offer policies to respond to this ongoing Wisconsin crisis, GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany stayed silent.

A major chilled water line ruptured near the Charter Street Healing and Cooling Plant. The pipe was 4 feet in diameter and buried 20 feet underground.

Jamie Stiehm: In reading two books, one on death row and the other on luxury and divorce, the country is anything but united.

Eva Hecht: UW-Madison students have come together to form an anti-Zionist group aimed at representing more Jewish voices on campus.

Madison City Council member Ellen Zhang, who is a student at UW-Madison, said the proposed policy changes would "change the game" for students.

Patrick Randolph, owner of the new store on Madison’s west side, was inspired by farm stops, which provide stability for growers.

‘We are the vibe,’ emerald-clad dancers intoned in the national tour of this musical’s 2024 revival. ‘The Wiz’ runs in Overture Hall through Oct. 11.

Usman Liaqat: Coming of age post-9/11, I always wondered if America had a place for me, but I started to feel a sense of belonging when I adopted America's burdens.

A daily roundup of interesting newspaper editorials and blog posts from around Madison and Wisconsin.

Developers are proposing a seven-story housing project on the site of a south-side Prohibition-era roadhouse. Many Madison residents oppose the demolition.

Debra Cronmiller et al.: Republicans couldn't get these measure passed through the legislative process, so they're trying to hoodwink voters into put them into the state constitution.