A group of Wisconsin mayors is calling on Congress to pass a spending plan they say could help prepare Madison for future flooding, stave off shoreline erosion in Sheboygan and fund local road repairs throughout the state — projects that will be too large to take on without federal help.
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Tens of billions of dollars for U.S. environmental-justice initiatives originally proposed in a $3.5 trillion domestic spending package now hang in the balance as Democrats decide how to trim the bill down to $2 trillion.
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Kevin O’Toole, a longtime executive at Hunzinger Construction, died this week after a battle with cancer. He was 67.
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The Wisconsin State Building Commission approved plans on Wednesday for an addition to a nursing-school building at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and a new residence hall at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
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The school will be for more than 700 students and has improved security and safety features. It has several classrooms for grades six through eight, as well as spaces for special education and STEM courses, art, band, orchestra and choir. There are also a new gymnasium, a fitness room and state-of-the-art locker rooms, as well as an improved library, cafeteria and staff offices.
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The Biden administration dealt a serious blow Wednesday to the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, ordering a study that could lead to a 20-year ban on mining upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
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A classic old golf course — The Lido — is being resurrected 1,000 miles from the original with the assistance of a video game and GPS-guided tractors.
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Longtime professional loggers in Wisconsin say they are dealing with the most difficult times their industry has ever been faced with.
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The Biden administration said Monday it is moving forward with a broad plan to regulate toxic industrial compounds associated with serious health conditions that are used in products ranging from cookware to carpets and firefighting foams.
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A 140-ton Navy Crane from Broadwind Heavy Fabrications in Manitowoc is this year's Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin.
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