Despite widespread concerns about Tuesday's election because of the COVID-19 outbreak, Wisconsin school districts are pressing ahead with plans to ask voters for permission for about $1.6 billion worth of construction-related spending in another big election cycle for K-12 building projects

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Despite widespread concerns about Tuesday's election because of the COVID-19 outbreak, Wisconsin school districts are pressing ahead with plans to ask voters for permission for about $1.6 billion worth of construction-related spending in another big election cycle for K-12 building projects

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Gov. Scott Walker says it may be time to "shake things up" at Milwaukee Public Schools as the district faces projected budget deficits.

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Milwaukee Public Schools plans to host a business symposium for contractors and vendors who want to do business with the School District.

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The Milwaukee Common Council on Tuesday approved the first sale of a surplus Milwaukee Public Schools building to a private education operator as required by a new state law.

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Although public money might be paying for renovation work at surplus Milwaukee Public Schools buildings that are up for sale to private institutions, those projects will not be subject to public-bidding procedures.

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Milwaukee officials held off Tuesday from moving forward under a state mandate to sell off surplus Milwaukee Public School buildings.

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Facing a looming state-imposed deadline to sell vacant or underused school buildings to private institutions, Milwaukee officials are expressing concerns about what might happen to the properties should the new operators fail.

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The ground beneath some Milwaukee schools could be about to go on the market.

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88Nine RadioMilwaukee The staff members and on-air announcers for 88Nine Radio Milwaukee were part of an underground operation even if that never was the intention. For about seven years, the nonprofit radio station sounded off from an Eisenhower-era basement in ...

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