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Madison's source for news, opinion and cultural coverage since 1917. In print every Wednesday, published daily on captimes.com. Host of Cap Times Idea Fest.

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Opinion | Democrats failing to seize the moment captimes.com/opinion/guest-c…

Opinion | Democrats failing to seize the moment

Jeffrey Leverich: Dems have lost opportunities and the presidency twice because they have no compelling proposal to rebuild America’s middle class.

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Opinion | My message to the class of 2026: Follow your passions captimes.com/opinion/guest-c…

Opinion | My message to the class of 2026: Follow your passions

The key to success in life is pursuing what you love rather than money.

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7 ways to celebrate Juneteenth in the Madison area captimes.com/news/community/…

7 ways to celebrate Juneteenth in the Madison area

Events for the holiday will take place at the Wisconsin state Capitol, Penn Park, senior centers, the Majestic Theatre and elsewhere.

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Madison coffee shops lean in to popular iced specialty drinks captimes.com/food-drink/madi…

Madison coffee shops lean in to popular iced specialty drinks

Broken Board Coffee, Espresso Crescendo Bar and Lakeside St. Coffee House are among Madison coffee shops catering to customers’ cravings for iced drinks.

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Opinion | Tom Tiffany put Wisconsin health care at risk captimes.com/opinion/guest-c…

Opinion | Tom Tiffany put Wisconsin health care at risk

Patrick McBride: Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Tiffany voted to cut Medicaid, putting wealthy donors and political interests over the people he was elected to serve.

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St. Mary’s nurses win union election, cite pay, staffing concerns captimes.com/news/health/st-…

St. Mary’s nurses win union election, cite pay, staffing concerns

Nurses at SSM Health’s St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison won an election to certify their union Thursday.

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Opinion | Trump's great big semiquincentennial flop captimes.com/opinion/dave-zw…

Opinion | Trump's great big semiquincentennial flop

Madison's prolific blogger Gregory Humphrey made an interesting observation in one of his recent daily postings.

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Bandung to close, diner coffee and an epic ice cream battle captimes.com/food-drink/band…

Bandung to close, diner coffee and an epic ice cream battle

The Cap Times' new food and culture newsletter shares Madison area restaurant news, with recommendations for what to read, watch, listen and eat.

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McFarland teacher Paul Otteson debuts album written in 28 days captimes.com/entertainment/a…

McFarland teacher Paul Otteson debuts album written in 28 days

Otteson described his new album, “Alright, I Get It, Alright,” as an “avant-garde folk midlife reckoning existential call to arms.”

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Madison schools buy $278K digital platform to track students’ feelings captimes.com/news/education/…

Madison schools buy $278K digital platform to track students’ feelings

MMSD School Board members expressed doubts about using Sown to Grow to survey students, but later approved a three-year contract.

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Opinion | Dems still reeling from Biden debate debacle captimes.com/opinion/guest-c…

Opinion | Dems still reeling from Biden debate debacle

Jamie Stiehm: Of all people, Jill Biden should have known that her husband's health was too fragile for him to run for a second term.

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Opinion | After 10 years, it's time to blame Trump's supporters captimes.com/opinion/guest-c…

Opinion | After 10 years, it's time to blame Trump's supporters

Richard Cherwitz: After a decade of seeing Trumps indecency and inhumanity, those who support, acquiesce and enable Trump must be held accountable for the president’s sins.

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State Debate: Nefarious mail-in ballot claims; paying the price for lack of child care, aired today captimes.com/opinion/state-d…

State Debate: Nefarious mail-in ballot claims; paying the price for lack of child care, aired today

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

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Wisconsin DMV wait times grow, falling shy of agency goals captimes.com/news/government…

Wisconsin DMV wait times grow, falling shy of agency goals

Despite expanded online services after the COVID-19 pandemic, wait times at DMV centers have been growing, Department of Transportation records show.

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Housing cost proposals from Wisconsin candidates for governor captimes.com/news/government…

Housing cost proposals from Wisconsin candidates for governor

The Democratic and Republican candidates to succeed Gov. Tony Evers share how they’d build more houses, help homebuyers, protect renters and change zoning.

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Reducing 911 dispatcher trauma a key goal for new $30M facility captimes.com/news/government…

Reducing 911 dispatcher trauma a key goal for new $30M facility

Dane County Emergency Communications Department director Luis Bixler said the facility will be like moving from an apartment into a larger house.

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Beer historian Robin Shepard charts Madison breweries in a new book captimes.com/food-drink/beer…

Beer historian Robin Shepard charts Madison breweries in a new book

In his fourth book, “A Keg of Their Best,” Shepard focuses on the cultural progression of Madison breweries from the 1830s to the present.

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Madison leaders approve Regent Street redesign, fusion research funds captimes.com/news/government…

Madison leaders approve Regent Street redesign, fusion research funds

The redesign near UW-Madison's Camp Randall Stadium would improve the pedestrian experience, but plans have been criticized for a lack of bike lanes.

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Opinion | Treating nurses as disposable costs us all: SSM's diagnosis captimes.com/opinion/guest-c…

Opinion | Treating nurses as disposable costs us all: SSM's diagnosis

When a patient comes to you with concern for an infection, you don’t look at their symptoms in isolation. You connect the dots and get a diagnosis down before the

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As a report reveals students’ screen time exceeds district recommendations, a new parent-led coalition is urging MMSD to cut back on screen time, audit ed tech spending & largely return to pencil and paper instruction. My latest cover story @CapTimes captimes.com/news/education/…

Parent-led group pushes Madison schools to limit students’ screen time

As a report reveals MMSD students’ screen time exceeds district recommendations, Parent Check on Tech urges a return to pencil and paper instruction.

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