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A Wisconsin legislator returned to work Thursday for the first time since COVID-19 left him breathing through a ventilator.
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Read More »Wisconsin lawmaker returns to work after bout of COVID-19
Legislator using walker after COVID, says life is good
Wisconsin state Sen. Andre Jacque said Friday that he's still using a walker after a COVID-19 infection left him on a ventilator, but that he feels better every day.
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Read More »Wisconsin lawmaker Jacque out of hospital after COVID-19
Wisconsin state Sen. Andre Jacque was discharged Tuesday after a five-week hospital stay that included being intubated and placed on a ventilator due to pneumonia after contracting COVID-19.
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Read More »Wisconsin lawmaker asks for prayers for colleague with COVID
The office of a Wisconsin lawmaker who has been an outspoken critic of vaccine and mask mandates declined to update his condition on Tuesday, even as a fellow legislator asked for prayers, saying the state senator was hospitalized with COVID-19-induced pneumonia.
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Read More »Wisconsin GOP senator, critic of mask mandates has COVID-19
Republican state Sen. André Jacques, one of the Wisconsin Legislature's most conservative lawmakers and a vocal opponent of mask and vaccine mandates, tested positive for COVID-19 last week and was at the hospital on Monday with pneumonia.
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Read More »Bill to sanction use of found materials on road projects 
State lawmakers have reintroduced a bill that would encourage contractors to use materials found on-site for road projects.
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Read More »Panel hears testimony on bill to ban mandatory vaccination
Wisconsin lawmakers heard from the public Thursday on legislation that would bar employers from requiring their workers get vaccinated and take other steps in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Read More »OPINION: Before pumping money into infrastructure, repeal costly Davis-Bacon Act
Federal infrastructure investments can play a key role in establishing jobs and promoting a fuller economic recovery in the aftermath of our nation’s COVID-19 response — if we get the details right.
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Read More »Committee advances tax break for apprenticeship tuition
A state Assembly committee gave a favorable recommendation this week to a bill that would give workers and employers a tax break on apprenticeship tuition.
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Read More »DSPS policy changes meant to reduce plan review delays
State officials are taking steps meant to ease an acute backlog in requested reviews of commercial-construction plans after delays were a common subject of complaint this past building season.
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