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The Wisconsin Claims Board approved $10,000 in payments for two northwestern Wisconsin residents whose deer died after gypsy-moth spraying.
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Read More »State board rejects Michels’ $125K complaint over mislabeled roadwork
A state review board has rejected an attempt by the Brownsville-based company Michels Corp. to recover about $125,000 the contractor says it is owed from a project it performed in Winnebago County.
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Read More »Claims Board derails railroad’s push for compensation (UPDATE)
No written contract means no compensation for high-speed rail work a company did for a project that was abandoned, according to a state Claims Board decision released Tuesday.
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Read More »Dismissed rape charge haunts former foreman
A former construction foreman was able to get a rape charge dismissed, but his lack of a legal means to prove his innocence might prevent him from getting compensation for the three years he spent behind bars.
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Read More »Attorney makes case for high-speed rail compensation (UPDATE)
A Canadian Pacific Railway attorney tried Tuesday to persuade the state Claims Board to hand the railroad more than half a million dollars for helping develop a high-speed rail plan before Gov. Scott Walker killed the project.
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Read More »Talgo’s $66 million claim rejected (UPDATE)
Arguing the dispute should be settled in court, Wisconsin officials on Monday rejected a $66 million claim made by Spanish train maker Talgo Inc.
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Read More »State Claims Board to take up Talgo case (UPDATE)
State officials will take up a claim that the U.S.-subsidiary of a Spanish train maker has filed in a dispute stemming from Gov. Scott Walker’s refusal of federal money for the construction of a high-speed rail line between Milwaukee and Madison.
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Read More »Senate approves paying Iowa brush cutter $30K
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state Senate has passed a bill that would pay an Iowa brush cutter an additional $30,000 for hours he claimed he worked in LaFayette County. The Department of Natural Resources hired Stillmunkes, Inc., to ...
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Read More »Lawmakers consider brush cutter’s work claim
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin lawmakers will consider whether to pay an Iowa brush cutter who claims he worked extra hours on state land. The Joint Finance Committee is expected to take up a bill Tuesday that would pay Stillmunkes ...
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