Attorneys for ABC of Wisconsin and Madison spoke in front of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in a case over a bird-safe glass ordinance for the city's glass building surfaces.

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By Marie Rohde A Milwaukee law favoring city-based contractors is among the targets of state and national construction associations trying to ban local preference ordinances. “If the idea catches on and spreads, you’ll have islands where only a few contractors ...

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By Joe Lanane Economics will decide whether Oak Creek relocates residents or cleans the contaminated site of a proposed city flood plain in order to make way for a road expansion. A $6 million expansion of West Drexel Avenue is ...

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By Marie Rohde Milwaukee’s facade-inspection ordinance rose from the limestone chunks that littered the intersection of North Ninth Street and Wisconsin Avenue one late afternoon 10 years ago. “It was nothing short of a miracle that the only fatality was ...

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By Sean Ryan and Paul Snyder Madison planners’ attempt to update city zoning without weakening requirements for historic properties has generated confusion and concern. “This seems to be kind of a big to-do about nothing, really,” said Bill Fruhling, Madison ...

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By Sean Ryan The lack of construction hiring and contracting requirements for work at the former Tower Automotive site in Milwaukee is raising red flags from policy watchdogs. The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee in April awarded two ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Critics are attacking a proposed Dane County ordinance that would limit development on land at risk of flooding because, they say, it’s an attempt to solve an unpredictable problem. “Mother Nature’s got its own way,” said Chuck ...

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