The Wisconsin Assembly passed a $10 million series of 13 bills designed to combat groundwater contamination on Tuesday. Lawmakers called the legislation a good start but said it fell short of providing a remedy to persistent and growing concerns about water pollution.

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Rules governing design-build on highway projects, a state credit for Opportunity Zone investors and a ban on coal tar sealants are among the construction-related bills that are before Wisconsin lawmakers this week.

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A bipartisan, $10 million package of more than a dozen bills designed to combat groundwater contamination in Wisconsin is slated for approval in the state Assembly on Tuesday.

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Republican lawmakers are beginning a last-minute push on Monday for a plan to reduce taxes by $250 million with a public hearing and vote in the Legislature's powerful finance committee.

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The new leader of Wisconsin’s economic development agency is saying a lot of reassuring things that should please business people as well as taxpayers.

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Gov. Tony Evers called on the Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday to spend $250 million from a state budget surplus on public schools, roughly half of which would go toward lowering property taxes.

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Gov. Tony Evers signed a Republican-sponsored bill Wednesday that imposes new restrictions on firefighting foam to curb pollution from PFAS chemcials.

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Among the bills that Gov. Tony Evers signed into law on Wednesday were ones that will make it easier to install stairway lifts in old churches and that will set aside millions for water projects in state parks.

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A bill introduced last week in the Legislature would set requirements for the use of design-build on Wisconsin road projects roughly half a year the state budget began permitting the use of the delivery method in this state.

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Gov. Tony Evers is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to do a preliminary estimate of damage caused by severe winter storms and lakeshore flooding that struck southeastern Wisconsin earlier this month.

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