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Six years ago, David Spector bought an 80-year old house perched on a 120-foot bluff for its panoramic view of Lake Michigan’s endless horizon.  But that priceless view may cost Spector more than he could have imagined as ongoing shoreline erosion edges his house ever closer to the bluff’s precipice and crashing waves below. 

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The new juvenile justice center planned for Milwaukee got the votes it needed for approval at Friday’s Common Council session. 

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Milwaukee’s fire chief expressed his outrage after fire crews extinguished flames for the fourth time this summer at the former Northridge Mall on Wednesday. The mall has been the center of a legal battle between the city and building owners for several years. 

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The cost of repairing Wisconsin’s highways is now projected to be higher than in previous estimates as inflation continues to put upward pressure on materials and fuel prices, the top Wisconsin transportation official said this week. 

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The two small houses are going up on the back half of a lot just off a busy street, not far from downtown Fargo.

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The biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. A hard-fought cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for Medicare recipients. A new corporate minimum tax to ensure big businesses pay their share.

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Gov. Tony Evers and Gov. Tim Walz announced Thursday that their state's departments of transportation will seek federal money to rebuild a major bridge project between Wisconsin and Minnesota.

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A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after jurors said they couldn't reach a verdict in a dispute over whether two engineering firms should bear some responsibility for Flint's lead-contaminated water.

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Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul will have to go through an experienced Republican prosecutor to win a second term this fall in a race that will likely turn on the candidates' stances on broader issues such as abortion, gun restrictions and crime.

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Construction costs rose faster in Milwaukee than they did on average nationally in the second quarter of 2022 and finding workers and inexpensive materials will still be a problem in the future, according to a prominent general contractor's latest prediction. 

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