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Wisconsin voters on Tuesday approved $736.9 million in borrowing for school construction projects in two dozen school districts.
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Read More »Voters support $736.9M in school spending in spring referendums 
Voters support $736.9M in school spending in spring referendums
$1.6B in referendums up for vote Tuesday (UPDATE)
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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Read More »BALLOT BUSTER: Amid outbreak, schools moving ahead with $1.6B in referendums
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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Read More »With record-setting referendum, Neenah district to deal with only part of maintenance needs
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.
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Read More »EDITORIAL: What the Legislature did (and didn’t do) this session
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.
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Read More »Wisconsin schools earmark cash for trades careers
Vashaun Morgan has been tinkering with electronics for about as long as he can remember.
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Read More »Voters to go to polls for 66 school referendums Tuesday
Schools around Wisconsin will ask voters to approve $667.2 million in building projects and spending Tuesday.
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Read More »Walker budget vetoes further limit school districts’ spending options
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 ...
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Read More »Vote on new Sun Prairie school buildings would come at time of referendum boom
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.
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Read More »Slinger School District gets its wish in two-question referendum success
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 ...
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