A provision in the state budget signed by Gov. Scott Walker repeals a program meant to ensure the stability of housing stock and will encourage "slumlords" to keep properties in poor condition, Milwaukee officials say.

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Advocates of a uniform code for commercial buildings are developing a compromise they concede would remove much of the uniformity from their proposal.

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By Jack Zemlicka and Brian Johnson Though the state is thousands of miles from the epicenter of the 9.0-magnitude offshore quake that shook Japan on March 11, Wisconsin could see changes to its building code result from the overseas disaster. ...

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By Marie Rohde Wisconsin is on the verge of adopting the 2009 international building code, leaving some to wonder why the state took so long to embrace the construction standards. “It is way wrong that we have not adopted the ...

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