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Building an "engineered channel" and taking other steps to prevent invasive carp from using an Illinois waterway to get into Lake Michigan could cost nearly three times as much as federal planners had previously thought, according to a recent report.

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The "smart future" that Foxconn officials envision for Wisconsin could include infrastructure laced with technological and green-energy innovations — as well as a workforce augmented by automation, a company executive said Wednesday.

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Wisconsin Democrats are worried their Republican rivals will find a way to remove Gov.-elect Tony Evers from the all-important legislative redistricting process.

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Brookfield officials have long been looking for new uses for vacant space on the south side of Brookfield Square, a mall that has suffered for years both from competition from online retailers and new rivals like the nearby Corners of Brookfield shopping center.

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The number of new homes sold in the U.S. plummeted by 8.9 percent in October, even as the number of newly built, unsold homes sitting on the market climbed to its highest level since 2009.

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Legislation poised to advance in Michigan's Senate would permit the Mackinac Bridge Authority to help carry out a deal to replace twin oil pipelines in a crucial Great Lakes channel.

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The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate says six or seven more votes are needed to approve a tax-incentive proposal designed to stop the consumer-products company Kimberly-Clark from closing a plant near Appleton.

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The Milwaukee Common Council defeated a mayoral veto Tuesday that would have slashed cash from a city blight-removal policy often requiring the deconstruction, rather than demolition, of historic homes.

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Gov. Scott Walker's administration has reached a deal with the Forest County Potawatomi Tribe reducing how much the state would have to pay if a casino would open near the Potawatomi's casino in Milwaukee.

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Budget-busting road-salt prices are leaving municipal officials in the Snow Belt hoping for a mild winter.

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