President Donald Trump has weathered too many political scandals to count, but the only one that won’t go away is his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
- Phil Hands | Wisconsin State Journal
Get caught up with latest cartoons from State Journal cartoonist Phil Hands.
- Phil Hands | Wisconsin State Journal
Fill in the caption with a clever quip by Tuesday evening and win publication of your line with the cartoon in next Sunday’s newspaper. You’ll also receive a signed print of the cartoon by artist Phil Hands.
- Phil Hands | Wisconsin State Journal
Oscar Fox dresses up as Luke Fickell in this week’s Mendota Marsh. The beleaguered Badgers football coach is in the hot seat with fans after several lousy and lopsided performances on the football field this season.
- Phil Hands | Wisconsin State Journal
American soybean farmers, including those in Wisconsin, have been devastated by President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Soybeans are America’s largest agricultural export, with half of that usually going to China. But as a result of Trump’s trade war, China has virtually stopped buying American soybeans.
Check out this collection that includes all of the Mendota Marsh comic strips from the last year, by State Journal cartoonist Phil Hands.
- Phil Hands | Wisconsin State Journal
Some folks in Madison are scared by new development and rezoning in neighborhoods. Others freak out over the mayor’s new 20 mph speed limit on many of Madison’s vital roads. But everyone is absolutely terrified about road construction on John Nolen Drive that will last for a couple of years.
Lewis Crane and Oscar Fox fret over construction on John Nolen Drive in this week’s Mendota Marsh. This major road into Madison will be under construction for the next couple of years. Even the bike path will be closed during the renovation, causing a major detour for cyclists.
The Wisconsin Badgers football team received an embarrassing beatdown at home on Saturday evening, losing to Iowa 37-0. The Luke Fickell era has been a disaster for UW’s once-proud football program. The Badgers have yet to beat a Big Ten team this year, and it won’t get any easier with the N…
Cartoonists from the left, right and center take on the government shutdown, military fitness and AI.
Check out this collection of Phil Hands' cartoons about the beleaguered UW football coach Luke Fickell.
President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has gotten out of hand.
Fill in the caption with a clever quip by Tuesday and win publication of your line with the cartoon in next Sunday’s newspaper. You’ll also receive a signed print of the cartoon by artist Phil Hands.
Police officers should be out in the community protecting the public, not wasting hours of their time in emergency rooms.
Remember Wisconsin’s 27-10 loss to Maryland on Sept. 20 at Camp Randall Stadium?
Ten years ago this month, our editorial board insisted the “Dane County Coliseum is ripe for a remake.”
Here are five reasons the Madison School Board should reject a proposal tonight to nearly double its pay for members from $8,000 a year to $15,000 while also giving board members health and dental insurance:
The state Department of Public Instruction recently released new data on enrollment trends in Wisconsin’s private school choice programs.
When I announced my candidacy for lieutenant governor back in 2010, I knew the campaign would be grueling with early mornings, late nights and relentless meetings. It’s enough to wear anyone down.
When you give to the Madison Public Schools Foundation’s Teacher Support Network, your generosity doesn’t just get spent — it gets multiplied.
This State Journal editorial ran on Oct. 24, 1925, hours before Wisconsin’s football team beat Purdue 7-0 and went on that season to tie Minnesota 12-12 and defeat Iowa 6-0, Michigan State 21-10 and Chicago 20-7 for a 6-1-1 record.
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Three proposed amendments are before the Dane County Board that would significantly reduce the number of Dane County sheriff’s deputies and hand the savings of about $3.7 million over to the city of Madison for services for homeless single men.
I’m writing in response to the dueling op-eds on passenger rail in the State Journal on Oct. 20: “High-speed rail can transform America” by Andy Kunz, and “Bullet trains are expensive fantasy” by Baruch Feigenbaum.
I have lived in three capital cities: Albany, New York; Sacramento, California; and now Madison. Madison is set apart from the other places I have lived by the ongoing philanthropy of residents who have helped create and sustain the city’s cultural institutions.
America was established almost 250 years ago based on becoming a democratic republic that represents the rights and freedoms of all citizens. We are supposed to be governed by a Constitution that is based on three separate and independent branches of authority: the legislative, judicial and …