We know common ground in the state government is hard to come by, but let us suggest something that really shouldn’t be difficult. We’d like to see the Legislature find ways to boost renewable energy in Wisconsin.

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With their dream of booting Gov. Scott Walker from office finally realized, Wisconsin unions are no doubt yearning to check off some items from a long-held to-do list.

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In directing contractors to sign up at wisconnvalley.wi.gov to learn of Foxconn bidding opportunities, state officials were taking a step in the right direction. It’s not enough, though.

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When a trades group representing mostly nonunion contractors and the state’s biggest construction union are united in their opposition to a legislative proposal, it should give lawmakers pause.

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Gov. Scott Walker has called for elimination of many public and legal notices in his recently proposed budget.

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Fortunately for blue-collar workers in the U.S. and other wealthy countries around the world, the construction industry does not lend itself to outsourcing. Nor are robots likely to be found putting down pavement or putting up buildings anytime soon.

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In April 2013, this newspaper accused the state Legislature of being “thick as thieves” for not moving sooner to mend an out-of-whack policy that can now cause supposedly tax-exempt entities to bear tax costs.

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More than 170 years of paying personal-property taxes has lulled Wisconsin’s construction industry into a state of lethargy.

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Although he has risen to an esteemed role in public education, Reed Welsh would be a poor choice to teach students about a government’s responsibility to taxpayers.

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In about two months, some Wisconsin lawmakers will send out press releases praising the Legislature for trying to direct 1 percent of state spending to businesses owned by disabled veterans.

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