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Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced a 2022 budget proposal Friday that puts $88.2 million into capital projects.
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Read More »Dane County budget proposal ups capital project spending in 2022
Dane County proposes $10M for new crisis center in 2022 budget 
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi on Monday proposed putting $10 million in the budget to buy a site and begin construction planning for a new crisis center.
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Read More »Dane County to install air purifiers in county-owned buildings to reduce COVID spread
Dane County is undertaking a project to install air-filtration systems in its buildings in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
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Read More »Dane County officials considering plan to shelter homeless
Buying a hotel to house homeless people, building another tiny house village, making camping easier, searching for car camping sites — all are part of a Dane County proposal that would put at least $7 million in federal COVID-19 relief money toward housing for the homeless population.
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Read More »Plans for massive solar farm plan anger southern Wisconsin residents
When Carissa and Nathan Lyle were expecting their first child in 2017, they bought an old farmhouse on about three acres just west of Rockdale. "We just wanted to be in the country, to have that environment for our kids to grow up in," Carissa said. So Carissa was stunned last winter when she saw engineering plans for a proposed 2,400-acre solar farm that would wrap around three sides of their home.
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Read More »Conservatives ask justices to toss Dane County mask mandate
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative law firm asked the state Supreme Court to toss out Dane County’s new mask mandate Wednesday, saying county health officials overstepped their authority. Public Health Madison and Dane County, ...
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Read More »Legislative committee: UW System virus moves need our OK (UPDATE)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican-controlled legislative committee moved Tuesday to block the University of Wisconsin System from taking several steps to fight the spread of coronavirus without its approval. The Wisconsin State Journal reports the committee’s move comes as ...
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Read More »Judge will revoke PSC approval of $500M Cardinal-Hickory line if critics prove bias
A Dane County judge says he will revoke a permit for the nearly $500 million Cardinal-Hickory Creek transmission line if various groups challenging the project can show that a former member of the Wisconsin Public Service Commission was biased in his approval of the project.
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Read More »Utilities pitch state’s largest solar, battery storage project with $650M Dane County proposal
We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service are planning to develop in Dane County a nearly $650 million solar and battery-storage project that would be the state's largest when built.
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Read More »Dane County forms task force to expand internet access
Officials in Dane County have created a task force to explore how to expand internet access for rural residents.
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