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Dane County's jail reconstruction project may be headed for a fall referendum.
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Evers wants to build new juvenile facilities in Milwaukee, Hortonia
Wisconsin's Department of Corrections will build two new juvenile detention facilities in Milwaukee and Outagamie counties to house serious juvenile offenders after the state's troubled youth prison closes, Gov. Tony Evers said Tuesday.
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Eau Claire jail locks down quick construction schedule
By Jan Basina New Jail, Law Enforcement and Courthouse Remodeling, Eau Claire, Eau Claire County Considering that it only took about eight years for county and local officials to finally nail down all the specifics to build the $59 million ...
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Read More »Eau Claire jail locks down quick construction schedule
By Jan Basina New Jail, Law Enforcement and Courthouse Remodeling, Eau Claire, Eau Claire County Considering that it only took about eight years for county and local officials to finally nail down all the specifics to build the $59 million ...
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Read More »Seven-year itch: Time to move forward in Eau Claire County
By Jan Basina Our national leaders aren’t the only politicians bogged down in a quagmire of bureaucratic indecision. It can happen to local governments. And has. Case in point: The building of a new jail or justice center — which ...
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Read More »Seven-year itch: Time to move forward in Eau Claire County
By Jan Basina Our national leaders aren’t the only politicians bogged down in a quagmire of bureaucratic indecision. It can happen to local governments. And has. Case in point: The building of a new jail or justice center — which ...
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Read More »New Monroe County Board of Supervisors drops jail plans (9:47 a.m. 10/29/09)
By Paul Snyder [email protected] The reconfigured Monroe County Board of Supervisors, on a 16-8 vote, rejected designs for a new justice center on Wednesday. The vote likely signals the end of the project, which the county had worked on for ...
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Read More »Jail spending bill would drain construction reserves (11:57 a.m 10/27/09)
Paul Snyder [email protected] County jail construction stands to become a bigger challenge if a new state bill which expands how counties can spend assessments makes its way into law. State Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon, is behind a bill that would ...
Read More »Jail overcrowding deadlocks Portage County
Paul Snyder [email protected] Portage County is stuck with an overcrowded jail and a cost-conscious board of supervisors opposed to new construction that a sheriff argues is the only legitimate solution. “Quite frankly, I think history is against us,” said O. ...
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