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Despite a pandemic, an economic downturn and a polarizing presidential election, a report released on Tuesday has found that Wisconsin voters approved school referendums at the second-highest rate in state history since 1993 on Nov. 3.

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The utility contractor Michels Corp. and Port Milwaukee officials have signed a lease agreement that gives the company 17.5 acres of land in the port that would be used by a new Michels subsidiary.

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Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley signed an annual budget on Thursday that calls for spending about $11 million less next year on construction projects than this year.

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Bids are in for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's November letting, which could bring contractors a total of $121.7 million in work.

Responding to outcry from Wauwatosa residents, a local committee on Monday unanimously rejected a developer's plans to build a 25-story luxury apartment tower — a project that would have been the tallest building in the city.

The law firm Husch Blackwell has completed a build-out of its new office in the Huron Building in downtown Milwaukee and plans to move in later this month.

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Lawmakers on Friday extended a series of rules enacted during the COVID-19 outbreak to waive a job-search requirement for people receiving unemployment benefits, freeze employer unemployment payments and postpone some in-person fire and electrical inspections.

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Dane County officials announced a deal with Alliant Energy on Thursday to build a 16.5-megawatt solar farm that would help provide all the energy the county uses every year.

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Matthew Tadisch knows that old companies don’t get that way by moving slowly.

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Voters overwhelmingly approved a series of school referendums during Tuesday's election, giving the go-ahead to more than $700 million in construction projects to districts throughout the state.

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