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Highlights of Evers’ $104 billion budget plan
Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers released his 2023-25 budget to the Republican-controlled Legislature on Wednesday. He detailed plans to boost school funding and cut taxes, but Republicans have promised to scrap most of Evers' ideas and start from scratch, as they have in the last two budget cycles.
Several universities to experiment with micro nuclear power
If your image of nuclear power is giant, cylindrical concrete cooling towers pouring out steam on a site that takes up hundreds of acres of land, soon there will be an alternative: tiny nuclear reactors that produce only one-hundredth the electricity and can even be delivered on a truck.
Evers calls for smoother approval of stewardship projects
Gov. Tony Evers wants to make it harder for the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature to stop conservationists and the state from buying land, proposing Wednesday to increase the thresholds for stopping stewardship projects.
AGC urges contractors to weigh in on EPA decision over PVC scrap waste
The EPA tentatively denied a petition to classify PVC scrap as hazardous waste. The agency will make a final decision in April.
Interior: $580M headed to 15 tribes to fulfill water rights
Fifteen Native American tribes will get a total of $580 million in federal money this year for water rights settlements, the Biden administration announced last week.
Pumping Mississippi River water west: solution or dream?
Waves of torrential rainfall drenched California into the new year. Snowpacks in the Sierra Nevada Mountains have swelled to more than 200% their normal size, and snowfall across the rest of the Colorado River Basin is trending above average, too.
GOP signals possible movement on PFAS pollution
Democratic state Sen. Diane Hesselbein made the remark during a Senate natural resources committee hearing on the chemicals' spread across the state.
EPA considers tougher regulation of livestock farm pollution
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will study whether to toughen regulation of large livestock farms that release manure and other pollutants into waterways.
New DNR board secretary promises water quality top priority
The state Department of Natural Resources' new secretary said Wednesday that combating water pollution is his top priority.
Evers promises a tax cut, compromise to increase funding
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday he wants to work with Republicans to divert as much as 20% of the state's sales tax revenue to help fund local communities, including police and emergency services, while he also promised to cut taxes for the middle class and fight a GOP effort to impose a flat income tax rate.
Wind turbine, blades collapse onto southern Wisconsin field
A company that operates a southern Wisconsin wind farm is investigating what caused part of a wind turbine and its blades to plummet to the ground, leaving debris strewn across a field.
Madison proposes ordinance for building energy check-ups as reducing emissions becomes an ‘all hands on deck’ priority
Madison officials introduced an ordinance to require benchmarks and tune-ups for large-scale commercial buildings as part of an effort to reduce carbon emissions.
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- Marquette professor wins Milek Fellowship with ‘Goldilocks’ solution to an earthquake engineering problem
- Big Bend planners recommend permit for athletic complex’s 1st phase
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- Where Wisconsin governor candidates stand on data center construction
- Marshfield plans $7.6 million youth center at former J.C. Penney building
- Milwaukee convention hotel plan advances with possible $500 million financing
- 49 townhomes set for downtown Milwaukee’s north edge
- The Brewers’ roof is leaking. But it could be worse
- Wisconsin Supreme Court holds Pabst liable for asbestos exposure at Milwaukee brewery
- Colliers brokers $9.5M sale of Milwaukee townhome community
- BUILDING BLOCKS: Pomp’s Tire Service in DeForest
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)