Republican lawmakers are circulating a bill to expand community-funded solar projects in Wisconsin, over the objections of utilities and construction unions.

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Lawmakers on Friday extended a series of rules enacted during the COVID-19 outbreak to waive a job-search requirement for people receiving unemployment benefits, freeze employer unemployment payments and postpone some in-person fire and electrical inspections.

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is seeking permission to pay for the final stretch of the Zoo Interchange project without meeting a statutory requirement that at least 70% of the work be paid for with federal money.

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Even as the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services remains under pressure to speed its processing of commercial-building plans, it has removed from its website a public calendar showing the extent of its review backlog.

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As contractors know, in Wisconsin most commercial building plans must be reviewed by the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Standards, or to a delegated local unit of government.

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A new bill introduced this week would eliminate sales tax on construction equipment that’s temporarily parked in Wisconsin before being sent out of state for certain types of projects.

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With his official appointment hanging in the balance, Gov. Tony Evers’ choice to lead WisDOT has released a letter defending the state’s policies on single-bid contracts.

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A Republican Wisconsin state senator says he will vote against the state budget proposal written by his fellow Republicans, leaving the GOP with only one vote to spare in the Senate.

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Wisconsin Republicans scrapped Gov. Tony Evers’ transportation budget Thursday and replaced it with a plan that would pay for road work using a combination of title- and registration-fee increases, an infusion of general tax dollars and new borrowing. The proposal also would allow the design-build delivery system to be tested out and make various other far-reaching changes to transportation policy.

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A bill being circulated in the state Legislature would wipe out the last vestiges of Wisconsin's tax on personal property, a category that includes construction equipment.

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