The VW Mitigation Program is seeking public input on the spending of $10 million in Volkswagen Diesel Emissions Environmental Mitigation Trust funds for electric vehicle charging station grants, according to an announcement from Wisconsin Department of Transportation Secretary-Designee Craig Thompson.
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Mass-timber production, barely more than a decade old in North America, is encountering some growing pains.
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Lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a bill that would undo a thousand-year ban on a policy that had allowed school districts to raise money for renewable energy projects without seeking permission from voters.
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A bill in the state Legislature aims to prod telecom companies to expand rural broadband in Wisconsin with a tax break on new projects.
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Alliant Energy on Thursday announced plans to develop 1,000 megawatts of solar power in Wisconsin by the end of 2023, a move that comes on the heels of other large solar projects and would represent a major expansion of the state's solar capacity.
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Foxconn Technology Group promised to make a splash in Wisconsin beyond the sprawling manufacturing facility it is building in the southeast of the state, but there's little evidence that plans to build the so-called "innovation centers" are moving forward.
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A slowing global economy is taking a toll on Caterpillar, which cut its outlook for the year Wednesday after profits and revenue slid in the third quarter.
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Read More »The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday announced Wisconsin will receive $50.5 million in grants that will help airports in the state pay for infrastructure projects.
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Rise Modular is a Minnesota startup company that will soon begin manufacturing modular apartments and hotel rooms from a factory in Owatonna, to be shipped and assembled at sites all over the Midwest.
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A “Pipes of All Types” bill circulating in the state Legislature would try to hold down project costs by preventing water utilities from specifying which types of materials must be used in pipe-installation jobs — setting up a fight with the engineers who usually make such decisions.
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