Mark Pocan

Proposals by the U.S. Postal Service to reduce Madison staff by 54 and move mail handling to Milwaukee are included in a feasibility study that will get a public airing later this month. The proposed cuts at the Madison processing center on Milwaukee...

First Iowa. Now Minnesota. Next Wisconsin. Gay marriage is winning the Midwest, thanks to growing public support across the partisan divide. Several Republicans joined most Democrats in the Minnesota Legislature to approve a gay marriage bill in...

  That sound you hear in the background is praying. It’s coming from folks at Fox News, and the ultra right wing. They are praying Benghazi does for them what the voters wouldn’t. They are hoping Benghazi turns into President Obama’s...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Politicians love few things better than a scandal to trip up their opponents, and Republicans hope last year's fatal attack on U.S. diplomats in Libya will do exactly that to Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democrats. History...

CIVIC LIFE 1 Bus Rapid Transit will be the topic of a presentation to the City Council on Tuesday. A recent draft study said a BRT system in Madison covering roughly 21 miles could increase capacity for often-crowded Metro Transit routes, cut travel...