Wisconsin is celebrating the 150th birthday of native son Frank Lloyd Wright with events and a new 200-mile trail directing visitors to nine of the sites, homes and buildings he designed.

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Madison Mayor Paul Soglin is calling for an overall spending increase on construction and other capital projects in 2015 but about $10 million less on newly proposed projects.

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Madison officials are trying to avoid sinking millions more into the city's oldest parking garage, but time is running out and the alternatives are elusive.

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By Darryl Enriquez Two Madison aldermen want the state Department of Health Services building, with its art deco styling, to be home to the new high-speed rail depot near Monona Terrace. Common Council President Mark Clear and Alderman Mike Verveer, ...

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By Darryl Enriquez If Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz’s goal for breaking ground on the proposed Monona Terrace high-speed rail depot is to be met, officials must avoid lengthy policy debates that have prolonged or threatened other projects, local contractors and ...

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If Madison’s everyone-has-a-say-and-every-topic-deserves-a-public-hearing mentality for project approval holds, the high-speed rail station at Monona Terrace is teed up for at least a year’s worth of neighborhood questions, criticisms and suggested improvements.

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By Darryl Enriquez As many as eight daily freight trains sharing a track with a passenger service near Monona Terrace is a recipe for gridlock rail officials want to avoid. “We do have some reservations about that corridor, and we ...

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By Paul Snyder and Darryl Enriquez Support and questions mingled in the wake of Gov. Jim Doyle’s Thursday announcement that high-speed rail will stop at a station near Monona Terrace in Madison. “We have to engage as a city on ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin agency that temporarily suspended its low interest home loans because of the recession has thrown a nearly $11,000 party to show its employees they’re appreciated. While many state agencies are forgoing the traditional holiday ...

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