Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels tweeted Thursday that he'll divest himself from his construction company if he wins office to avoid any potential ethical conflicts.

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Politicians on both sides of the political aisle get positively giddy when there is an unexpected surge in tax collections that buoy Wisconsin coffers — like the one that is currently projected to give the state a $3.8 billion general fund balance at the end of fiscal 2023.

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State officials have picked GRAEF to design options for a rebuild of a 90-year-old observation tower at Potawatomi State Park in Door County that has been closed to visitors since 2017.

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Republican Tim Michels, a multimillionaire construction company co-owner who last ran for office nearly two decades ago, cast himself as an outsider candidate in launching his campaign for Wisconsin governor Monday to take out Gov. Tony Evers.

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A report released Tuesday suggests Wisconsin should revise its building codes to include higher energy-efficiency standards and make various other changes meant to mitigate the effects of climate change.

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Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill Friday that sought to exempt certain construction projects from procedures for commercial plan reviews and approved a bill to pay for a new youth prison in Milwaukee County, among actions he took on 78 bills Friday.

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Gov. Tony Evers filed a motion Thursday with the state Supreme Court urging the justices to affirm his legislative district boundary map that the U.S. Supreme Court rejected.

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Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill Thursday that would have allowed hunting ranches to raise bovids. That's a term for cloven-hoofed mammals, including bison, buffalo, sheep, goats and antelopes.

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Gov. Tony Evers has reversed a decision to direct federal funds toward people of color as part of a nearly $93 million mortgage-assistance program after a conservative law firm argued the move would be unconstitutional.

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Gov. Tony Evers on Friday signed bills that will revise a plan for clean-energy infrastructure, borrow money for water-infrastructure projects at state parks and change the rules governing fleet vehicles.

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