By James Briggs The chairman of the state Board of Veterans Affairs on Monday said the impending departure of Ken Black would not hinder plans to build a grand new museum in Madison. Black, secretary of the Department of Veterans ...

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By Paul Snyder A call by Gov. Jim Doyle in the State of the State speech to put partisanship aside and pass a bill creating green jobs in Wisconsin left some GOP lawmakers seeing red. “It’s a bill written by ...

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Paul Snyder Wisconsin lawmakers have a choice: Accept state agencies’ increased use of private engineering consultants for construction projects or give the departments more money to hire more people. “I don’t know what the answer is on this thing,” said ...

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By Paul Snyder The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is trying to set a construction strategy based on what likely will be conflicting inmate population projections. The first estimate predicts more inmates and recommends major renovation projects. The second projection, though ...

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