After a gubernatorial election, the first job of the governor in the first year of the new term is unveiling the two-year state budget plan.

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The Type 1 Juvenile Correctional Facility slated for Milwaukee will cost more than $70 million as officials cite inflation and increased labor costs.

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The state approved a $1.1 million land purchase for the juvenile justice facility to replace Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake.

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The state will be able to build a juvenile justice center in Milwaukee after Common Council voted its approval.

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Milwaukee officials will meet next year to decide a zoning change for an incoming juvenile detention facility to replace Lincoln Hills School and Copper Lake School.

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The Wisconsin Department of Corrections has taken another step toward closing two juvenile-justices centers after state officials negotiated the acquisition a site for a replacement, the Gov. Tony Evers’ office announced Tuesday.

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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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The Wisconsin state Senate on Tuesday sent a bill that would fund a new youth prison to Gov. Tony Evers.

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The Senate prepared to wrap up Wisconsin's two-year legislative session Tuesday with votes on a bipartisan proposal to build a new juvenile prison and Republican-backed attempts, most likely headed for vetoes, to break up the Milwaukee school district and extend the state's voucher school program.

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The state Assembly unanimously approved a bill Thursday that would fund a new youth prison to replace the state's troubled facility in northern Wisconsin after a Republican gubernatorial hopeful urged lawmakers to finally take action after years of delays.

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