The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will seek $2.5 million for the final design of a Milwaukee train maintenance building rather than using an Illinois station for the service.

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State Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch permanently has appointed Summer Shannon-Bradley as the Division of State Facilities administrator.

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By James Briggs State workers again are facing uncertainty as measures originally passed in March to eliminate collective bargaining rights are set to become law. After the state Supreme Court‘s ruling in favor of Gov. Scott Walker’s bill, Department of ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin state workers will start paying more for their health care and pension benefits in late August. Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch said Wednesday that is the soonest the law calling for the higher contributions ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Madison fire department inspectors say added security measures at the Capitol building violate fire safety code. Wisconsin Public Radio reports that Madison fire officials found that multiple locked exit doors violated city fire safety ordinances. Fire ...

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By JASON SMATHERS Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Protests at the Wisconsin Capitol over public workers’ collective bargaining rights cost more than $7.8 million for police, and damage to the Capitol will cost about $270,000 to repair, a state ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin officials have yet to receive a report on damage by union protesters to the Capitol, but now expect it later this week. Department of Administration spokeswoman Carla Vigue said the report was not received on ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A report on damage to the Wisconsin Capitol that came following weeks of protests will not include any estimate of how much any repairs will cost. The restoration expert working on the report told The Associated ...

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By SCOTT BAUER and ?TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge on Thursday did what thousands of pro-union protesters and boycotting Democratic lawmakers couldn’t, forcing Republican Gov. Scott Walker to halt plans to implement a law ...

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By SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge ruled Thursday the state’s divisive new collective bargaining law had not taken effect, and officials in Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s administration say he plans to ...

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