Maybe you know the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum for its magnolias, crabapples or lilacs in the spring. Or, for its abundance of wildlife and effigy mounds.

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When the producers of the fledgling Amazon series “Patriot” wanted to film scenes supposedly set in Milwaukee, they chose to do the shooting in Chicagoland.

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Milwaukee officials are making a push to have the Mitchell Street Historic District added to a federally recognized list in the hopes of enabling property owners there to take advantage of tax incentives.

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Leaders of four communities along the shores of Lake Michigan say a national marine sanctuary would have a large economic impact on the region's tourism.

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No limit would be set on the amount of historic rehabilitation tax credits that the state could issue in a given year under a motion put forward by Republican lawmakers on Thursday.

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A pair of Wisconsin lawmakers are pushing the state to offer up to $5 million worth of historic-preservation tax credits for every qualified project, rather than following the governor's recommendation to place a cap on the total amount of credits that can be awarded in a given year.

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Wisconsin state officials awarded about $41.7 million worth of historical-preservation tax credits from the start of 2014 to Feb. 23 this year.

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Devil's Lake State Park is officially an historic place.

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More than half a year after temporarily halting the state’s historic-preservation tax credit, Gov. Scott Walker’s administration is proposing a $10 million annual cap on the incentive.

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As lawmakers consider ways to shore up the state’s next budget, a Milwaukee developer says he has good reason for them to keep Wisconsin’s historic-preservation tax credit.

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