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
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
After an all-time high was set by the more than $2 billion worth of school referendums passed last year, voters in Neenah will get a chance this April to consider a record-breaker of their own.
As could perhaps be expected in an industry that both comes under strict regulation and works regularly on government projects, construction companies rarely see a legislative session come and go in Madison without there being a flurry of new laws that affect their business.
School district officials say Wisconsin’s budget will severely limit their ability to raise money for construction and renovation projects and other priorities. Gov. Scott Walker put his signature to the state’s 2017-19 budget on Thursday afternoon. Although the spending plan ...
If there ever were a time to ask the residents of a school district for $253 million over the next five years to build three new schools, recent referendum successes suggest it's now.
Voters in the Slinger School District gave their seal of approval to two construction and renovation proposals expected to cost about $42 million in total. The school district pursued two referendums: One was for district-wide improvements, calling for the installation ...