The Wisconsin Legislature has passed a bill that was introduced in reaction to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling affecting owners of a cottage on Lake St. Croix.
The state Department of Natural Resources' board approved putting about 3,180 acres up for sale Wednesday, bringing the agency into compliance with a legislative mandate to sell 10,000 acres by next summer that sparked pushback from conservationists and hunters.
Department of Natural Resources officials have decided which parcels they want to sell to finish satisfying a mandate to put 10,000 acres on the block.
Milwaukee County supervisors Thursday took another step toward claiming a $22.6 million deal from the state to move buildings out of the path of the Zoo Interchange reconstruction.
A legislative fiscal analysis says state administrators would have broader power to sell or lease state-owned property under Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget.
Milwaukee County’s Economic and Community Development Committee will consider a resolution and ordinance change that would install a process for selling county-owned land at a special meeting Wednesday.