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Gov. Evers signs biennial budget with some partial vetoes, funding for affordable housing and transportation
Governor's officicials said the state also made one of its largest investments in workforce housing, infrastructure, agriculture and tax relief for working families.
Bronzeville Center of Arts seeks community input for project
Bronzeville Center of the Arts (BCA) reached out to the local community for engagement for its African American art museum project in Milwaukee.
Wisconsin passes legislation to boost affordable housing development
Evers signed a package of five bills which ranged from loans for lead paint remediation to smoothing the local approval process for housing developers.
Evers signs Dairy Month bill to expand local roads improvement program and focus on improving agricultural roads
The bipartisan bill will create a program for WisDOT to give financial aid to communities with deteriorated agricultural roads and projects left out of other state aid programs.
Gov. Evers signs shared revenue bill with provisions for quarry regulations, minority contracting
Assembly Bill 245, signed into law by Gov. Tony Evers, included provisions such as eliminating preferential contracting and local regulations on nighttime quarry operations.
More than 170,000 Wisconsin households will receive nearly $50 million in energy assistance
The governor allocated millions to buy fuel oil and deliver propane to qualifying customers ahead of the winter months.
Local governments receive more than $103 million in WisDOT transportation aid
The state will give $526 million in quarterly transportation aids to local governments in 2023.
Lakefront Brewery leads charge for sustainable brewing, asks state for electric vehicle infrastructure
DOA Secretary-Designee Kathy Blumenfeld toured Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee as part of a review of Gov. Tony Evers' Clean Energy Plan.
Final beam placed in crucial $456 million Wisconsin Center expansion project
Construction teams from Gilbane and C.D. Smith will begin to enclose the Wisconsin Center expansion building.
Gov. Tony Evers signs bipartisan watershed protection bill for agriculture
One of four bills signed into law will increase eligibility for farmers and producers to get watershed, lake and protection grants.
Gov Evers: State Building Commission approves nearly $125.7 million in Wisconsin projects
The Wisconsin State Building Commission approved funding for key projects for tourism, emergency response and education uses.
Gov. Evers proposes $10 million for clean energy initiatives in state tour
Evers' two-year state budget included proposals for electric vehicle infrastructure, a clean energy economy and green job training.
Today’s News
- More construction unions get behind Crowley
- Appeals Court restores Act 10 collective bargaining law
- Land use, zoning changes approved for Rockwell Automation in New Berlin
- $61M corporate headquarters planned in Brookfield
- Wisconsin expands recertification process for DBE firms
- Dangerous tornadoes hit the western Fox Cities
- Fraser and HD Hyundai eye Superior shipyard for modernization
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin | July 27
- Interstate 41 work continues with $167M contract
- Sixth Street roundabout in Milwaukee could be reworked (UPDATED)
- Wisconsin lawmaker accepts award for helping pass DACA bill
- Plans for $107M Wauwatosa library gain momentum
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)