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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The Wisconsin State Building Commission approved funding on Wednesday for design and planning work for a $42 million juvenile prison in Milwaukee that's part of a plan to replace the Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake prisons in northern Wisconsin.

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A new juvenile prison would be built near Milwaukee under a bipartisan bill that would authorize borrowing $42 million for the project.

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State officials on Thursday awarded J.H. Findorff a $53.2 million contract for the construction of a new Madison juvenile treatment center that's part of a plan to close the Lincoln Hills facility in northern Wisconsin.

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State officials have picked utility contractors for an addition to a juvenile center in Madison that will help usher in the closing of the troubled Lincoln Hills prison in northern Wisconsin.

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The Wisconsin State Building Commission will meet on Wednesday to take up a planned addition to a juvenile center in Madison, a project that could help hasten the proposed closing of the scandal-plagued Lincoln Hills school in northern Wisconsin.

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Conditions are worsening at Wisconsin's juvenile prisons, in part due to challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the latest report from a court-ordered monitor determined.

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