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Time to talk tolls for roadwork
State officials have unveiled plans to add two lanes to Interstate 90 between Madison and Beloit.
GOP sets strategies for elections
Wisconsin Republicans scored a huge victory when a federal court approved nearly all of the GOP-drafted maps for legislative districts for the next 10 years.
Health care questions lingering
The nation's 50 legislatures will face tough choices if all of Obamacare is thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court when it decides on the Affordable Healthcare for America Act in June.
Recall vote hinges on photo IDs
If Gov. Scott Walker wins his recall election, he will be lionized as a hero at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.
Health care on the Senate trail
The Affordable Health Care Act, which the GOP has dubbed Obamacare, is a likely candidate for discussion among the three Republicans running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by incumbent Herb Kohl.
Pension talk mixes with recalls
Late last month, a spokesman said Gov. Scott Walker has "zero plans" to change the Wisconsin Retirement System, which covers more than 500,000 people.
Secrets could haunt GOP
The Fitzgerald brothers, who lead the Republican majorities in the Legislature, are being reminded that secrecy has no friends in Wisconsin.
Critics blast Walker raid of home aid
Redirecting money from a national mortgage settlement into the state budget suggests Republicans have a tin ear about Wisconsin's economic problems.
John Doe unlikely to affect recall
Gov. Scott Walker showed his media skills recently when he announced he had hired two criminal-defense lawyers for the ongoing John Doe investigation in Milwaukee, where he had been county executive.
Silence in the halls of the Capitol
Regular, sit-down news conferences by Wisconsin governors have disappeared from the government landscape.
Walker will fall short of job goals
Scott Walker won the governor's race in 2010 in large part by vowing to add 250,000 jobs to Wisconsin's economy.
Both sides hone recall strategies
What strategy will Republicans adopt for the upcoming recall elections? Will they try to get involved in a Democratic primary, denounce labor leaders or defend their own legislative record?
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- Wauwatosa shops for specialty grocer
- Wisconsin allocates nearly $50M in tax credits for housing projects
- Contractors eager to fill positions as open construction jobs tick up to 259,000
- Wisconsin awards $130,000 for construction and trade worker training
- Milwaukee manufacturer plans expansion with data center growth
- Megaprojects push Milwaukee construction costs above U.S. average
- Brown County drops data center moratorium proposal
- Cobalt Partners share North Shore Library development plans
- Zignego Co. scores $45M highway contract at start of construction season
- New Berlin residents cold on Rockwell Automations plan
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin | June 1
- WisDOT studying redesign of Walker’s Point interchange
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)