Two construction-related bills were slated for the Assembly calendar early Wednesday morning, placing the proposals on track for approval prior to the Legislature’s current session ending Thursday.

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature’s budget-writing committee voted Thursday to reduce by $26 million a year what is available to be spent on Wisconsin’s primary program to protect land from development and preserve it ...

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By James Briggs Afraid of being priced out of a neighborhood popular among 20-somethings, University of Wisconsin-Madison students are standing up against a proposed apartment development. “In all the years I’ve served,” 16-year Alderman Michael Verveer said, “I have never ...

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A $9.3 million Milwaukee loan will help the Moderne high-rise grow at the corner of Old World Third Street and Juneau Avenue.

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By James Briggs Madison has approved a housing and retail development that more than doubles the city’s guideline for maximum density. Madison-based Mullins Group LLC will build a 130-unit apartment building with 8,600 square feet of retail on University Avenue ...

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By James Briggs Controversial development proposals that languished for months in Madison‘s approval process have prompted a two-time mayor to seek his third stint as the city’s top executive. Paul Soglin, Madison’s mayor from 1973 to 1979 and again from ...

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By Marie Rohde The most recent version of the Forest County Potawatomi Community’s controversial plan to develop the 11-acre Concordia College site has far more surface parking and promises to create 500 new light-assembly jobs. The plan also calls for ...

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By Marie Rohde

staff writer

Urban planners say Milwaukee needs first-floor retail space with new construction, but developers say the need isn’t there and the city should relax its requirements.

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Paul Snyder [email protected] City planners have three years to fit an underground parking garage, hotel, public market and office buildings across the street from a new high-speed rail station in downtown Madison. “Everything will not be done by the time ...

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By Paul Snyder A Wisconsin appeals court struck down a builders association‘s challenge to a $3,190 fee the town of Oak Grove charges developers for new projects. In a decision filed Tuesday, the District 3 Court of Appeals ruled the ...

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