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Wisconsin lawmakers voted Thursday to approve spending $2 million to help stage the 2025 NFL draft in Green Bay.
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Read More »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.
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Read More »UW-Madison wants to replace engineering building for $355 million
The new engineering building would open up space for 1,000 more undergraduate students.
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Read More »Joint Finance Committee approves WisDOT’s plan for $282.9M in new federal aid
State lawmakers have largely signed off on the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's plans for spending the $282.9 million the state is due from the infrastructure bill adopted by Congress last year.
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Read More »WisDOT seeks to complete last bit of Zoo Interchange without meeting 70% federal funding rule
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is seeking permission to pay for the final stretch of the Zoo Interchange project without meeting a statutory requirement that at least 70% of the work be paid for with federal money.
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Read More »AG to ask Republican lawmakers to sign off on 4 settlements
The Wisconsin Legislature's Republican-controlled budget committee signed off on four more legal settlements under the state's lame-duck laws in a whirlwind meeting on Tuesday.
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Read More »Finance panel pushes GOP tax cuts to full Senate, Assembly (UPDATE)
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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Read More »Finance committee, Kaul to discuss 3 possible settlements
Republican lawmakers and Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul are scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss settling three lawsuits after the defendants in those cases agreed to make the terms of the deals public.
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Read More »GOP lawmakers’ attorney agrees to confidentiality deal (UPDATE)
Gov. Tony Evers said on Thursday he doesn't fault Republicans for not wanting to sign confidentiality agreements as requested by Attorney General Josh Kaul, but said both sides need to find a way to move ahead on settling lawsuits with millions of dollars at stake.
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Read More »WHAT’S IN, WHAT’S OUT: Evers cuts Kaukauna bridge, tolling study from budget; keeps design-build
In signing his first biennial budget on Wednesday, Gov. Tony Evers tossed out a number of GOP-sponsored infrastructure provisions, including a bridge project in the district of a key Republican lawmaker and rules that would make it easier for gravel quarries to operate in Wisconsin.
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