A group of Wisconsin mayors is calling on Congress to pass a spending plan they say could help prepare Madison for future flooding, stave off shoreline erosion in Sheboygan and fund local road repairs throughout the state — projects that will be too large to take on without federal help.

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The Wisconsin Historical Society expects to have a new museum by 2026 in its current location across from the Capitol square — rather than in a building at a state-owned site off East Washington Avenue.

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Wisconsin workers reinstalled two statues Tuesday on the state Capitol grounds that protesters ripped down during a demonstration last year in the wake of George Floyd's death.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican-controlled legislative committee moved Tuesday to block the University of Wisconsin System from taking several steps to fight the spread of coronavirus without its approval. The Wisconsin State Journal reports the committee’s move comes as ...

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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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