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Wisconsin's transportation fund has fared better in recent months than state officials expected last fall, leading to a rosier outlook for the next two-year budget.

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The Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, named after a famous Black 19th Century poet, was closed in 2005. Royal Capital’s project there consists both of the renovation of the existing structure, which will eventually have 42 apartment units, and the construction of a four-story building, which will have 40 units. Its accommodations will include a fitness center, a media room, a demonstration kitchen and a café.

Nine years after joining Greenfire Management Services, Jeb Meier now finds himself taking over the management of the company.

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An Upper Midwestern oil pipeline continued operating on Wednesday, despite a shutdown demand from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that the operator warned could lead to fuel disruptions similar to those resulting from a cyberattack on an East Coast system.

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The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139 is packing up its picket signs after the contractor SJ Louis agreed to reinstate an employee it had fired after accusing him of being a "mole" for the union.

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The two players in the most important relationship in Washington finally are ready for a face-to-face meeting.

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer threatened Tuesday to go after Enbridge's profits from a Great Lakes oil pipeline if the company defies her order to shut it down.

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Crews formally broke ground on Tuesday on the Couture high-rise project, a 44-story tower that will eventually overlook Lake Michigan in downtown Milwaukee after being in the works for nearly a decade.

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U.S. highways will be far busier over the Memorial Day holiday weekend than last year, but traffic still won't reach pre-pandemic levels, according to a forecast by the AAA auto club.

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A spell of dry, mild weather is giving the Great Lakes a break after two years of high water that has shattered records and heavily damaged shoreline roads and houses, officials said Monday.

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