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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials plan to debate Thursday how to spend a new $7.8 million grant for election security, the second major influx of federal dollars to help local clerks fend off ...
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Evers vetoes Republican-authored $250 million income-tax cut
Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a Republican-authored $250 million income tax bill on Wednesday at an elementary school in Wauwatosa, arguing that the Legislature should instead back his plan to spend more on education.
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Read More »BUILDING BLOCKS: St. Nicholas Hospital Front Entrance
The new front entrance at St. Nicholas Hospital includes roughly 6,000 square feet of interior remodeling work at the hospital’s main public lobby and emergency department entrances.
Read More »WisDOT grants Marinette shipyard $29M for improvements for Navy work
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is awarding a $29 million grant to support improvements a shipbuilder needs at the Port of Marinette to produce larger vessels.
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Read More »Wage-theft task force OKs policy recommendations to combat misclassification
A state task force has signed off on a series of policy suggestions to step up the enforcement of rules governing wage-theft and misclassification, ills that undercut honest contractors and exploit workers.
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Read More »Michigan governor sets up office for self-driving cars
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Tuesday that Michigan will have a mobility officer to coordinate all initiatives related to self-driving and connected cars, an effort she said will ensure the state is the go-to place for testing and producing vehicles of the future.
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Read More »Opponents fault Trump proposal to cut environmental reviews
Describing windows rattled by industrial blasts and windowsills covered in toxic ash, a black resident of Texas' oil hub joined Democratic lawmakers, state officials and others Tuesday in urging the Trump administration to drop a proposed rollback that they said would silence disadvantaged people battling big polluters.
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Read More »TOP BIDDERS: Biggest winning bids from around the state this past week
See the biggest winning bids from around the state this past week, from our JobTrac online bidding service.
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Read More »Grants seek solution to Great Lakes pollution
Federal grants totaling more than $1.8 million are being awarded to five organizations for projects that will use market approaches to reduce nutrient pollution that leads to harmful algae blooms in the Great Lakes, officials said on Monday.
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Read More »Family, friends, colleagues share fond memories of Dan Zignego
Dan Zignego took his faith, his family and his work seriously. The longtime executive at the Waukesha roadbuilder Zignego Co. saw himself as a steward of the family business, acting as a mentor to others who would succeed him in running it. He was active in church, helping organize mission trips to Africa. And he was a die-hard deer hunter, making near-weekly trips to the family's hunting grounds in Bowler to prepare for the next deer season.
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