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Cosmetologists-in-training and crane operators haven't got much in common. Nor should they have to overcome similar sorts of state-imposed licensing hurdles, says a recently completed audit of Wisconsin's occupational-licensing system.

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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, a Republican, says he is open to negotiating with Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, over how to pay for the income-tax reduction both sides want.

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A House Republican says he hopes a decision by the Minnesota Court of Appeals will prompt Gov. Tim Walz to decide quickly that his administration should drop a challenge of the approval of Enbridge Energy's proposal to replace its Line 3 crude-oil pipeline across northern Minnesota.

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Prosecutors in northern Minnesota have charged four protesters who tried to shut down an Enbridge oil pipeline and might have succeeded had they not brought the wrong tool.

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President Donald Trump pronounced himself eager to work with Congress on a plan to rebuild America's crumbling roads and bridges, but offered no specifics during his State of the Union speech on what kind of deal he would back. The question now is whether lawmakers and the president are finally ready to move beyond complaining about the nation's infrastructure and actually do something about it.

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Ron Romero’s life changed in 1984 on a highway between Milwaukee and Grafton. He was traveling with his band to play a gig. Romero was in the passenger seat, and the car was pulling a trailer full of band equipment. ...

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Crews are working to repair damage and dry out flooded classrooms after water pipes burst in 28 buildings on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in recent days.

Republican legislative leaders are advocating again for tolls to help fund Wisconsin road repairs.

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The first phase of the project is to entail the construction of a tower with as many as 70 condominium units. The structure would stand near the Milwaukee River and have boat slips and boathouses. Two subsequent phases of the project could bring the unit count at the site as high as 250.

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