Matt Pommer The president of the United States made it clear what he saw as a deepening health crisis. “We face a massive crisis in this area,” the president told reporters. “Unless action is taken within the next two or ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Road builders hungry for work will find little to sustain them in Dane County’s proposed 2010 budget. “With the downturn in commercial work, a lot more road builders have been relying on public works projects,” said Chris ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Madison’s development community is at odds over the effect new projects have on traffic congestion in the city’s downtown. “The reality is that on the isthmus, there is no more room for new roads,” said Dick Wagner, ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] A $500,000 offer is the best Dane County has attracted for the boarded-up Badger School. But the prospective buyer, the Madison-based Center for Resilient Cities, does not have $500,000. “It’s going to be difficult,” said Joe Sensenbrenner, ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Two national investment firms downgraded Dane County’s bond rating, giving supervisors one more reason to curb borrowing for construction projects. Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings, both based in New York, dropped Dane County from AAA to ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Dane County supervisors are sparring with the executive’s office over expenses for roadwork and land acquisition more than a month before the 2010 budget is due for review. “Our ability to get new money is already very ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Critics are attacking a proposed Dane County ordinance that would limit development on land at risk of flooding because, they say, it’s an attempt to solve an unpredictable problem. “Mother Nature’s got its own way,” said Chuck ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Construction of a new transfer station might give Dane County supervisors a 10-year respite from the unpopular, but inevitable, debate over where to build a new landfill and how to pay for it. “If we can keep ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Dane County is running out of options in its quest for authority over three state-approved transmission line projects. Either the county will admit defeat, conceding it has no say over a project approved by the state, or ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Dane County is locked in a stare down with a Cross Plains landowner over the roughly $23,000-per-acre asking price for property that would be used for the Ice Age Trail. “I know there are a lot of ...

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