A group of construction and development interests filed suit against the city of Madison on Thursday over an ordinance local officials adopted last summer to require that new high-rise buildings be designed in a way intended to prevent bird collisions.

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Wisconsin municipalities are due to receive about $20 billion in federal aid in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a sum that's more than twice the amount of federal aid cities and counties got following the 2008 Great Recession.

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The Painters and Allied Trades District Council No. 7 began picketing Madison's Judge Doyle Square construction site on Friday after the general contractor on the project hired a non-union painting firm.

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A group of construction and development trade groups filed a formal objection on Wednesday to rules the city of Madison enacted last summer to require that new high-rise buildings have features to protect birds.

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The head of the Wisconsin Capitol Police told state lawmakers to stay away from the Capitol building this weekend and suggested that they remove any personal information from social media accounts due to threats of unrest at capitols in all 50 states.

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has awarded an $87.8 million Zignego Co. to rebuild a highway in Kenosha County and a $45.1 million contract to Payne & Dolan for highway work near Madison.

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The board in charge of decorations at the state Capitol in Madison is set to consider approving a statue of Wisconsin's first Black secretary of state next month.

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Prosecutors charged two more men Wednesday with damaging property for allegedly helping topple two statutes on the Wisconsin Capitol grounds during a June protest against police brutality and racism.

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The mayor of Madison rolled out a capital budget proposal on Tuesday that would put less into construction projects as the city grapples with the ongoing fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday requested $150,000 in federal grant money to pay for a new statue on the Capitol grounds of the state's first Black secretary of state and to restore two statues that were torn down by protesters in June.

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