School referendums approved by voters in Wisconsin this year have broken records for the total amount and percentage passed.

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A quiet trend may be emerging after the midterm election on Tuesday: Wisconsin municipalities, hampered by years of slow revenue growth, are passing referendums in record numbers to raise cash for road projects and pay for services.

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Wisconsin voters approved more than $1.2 billion worth of school-construction projects around the state on Tuesday as part of a flurry of spending that was embraced in nearly all cases.

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Wisconsin voters will have a chance on Tuesday to set a record for school referendum spending in 2018, with $1.4 billion worth of requests on the ballot.

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Last week, The Daily Reporter posted an article about school districts’ referendum requests heading into the Nov. 6 election. The article, with no attribution or data to support its claim, stated: “Construction companies have also become more aggressive about pushing for higher school spending.”

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Less than a month before election day, Gov. Scott Walker and his Democratic challenger Tony Evers are back in a statistical dead heat, according to a new Marquette University Law School poll released on Wednesday.

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With a prominent Wisconsin lawmaker irked that a record could be set for approvals of school projects this year, a lobbying group has emerged to block legislation that could upend the state's school-referendum system.

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Wisconsin voters are being asked their permission for more than $1 billion worth of spending on buildings and other priorities, putting them in a position to approve a record amount of school-related referendum requests this November.

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When voters went to the polls on Tuesday and approved more than $500 million worth of school-construction projects, most no doubt believed school officials would have to let the work out to the lowest bidders.

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Voters approved more than $500 million worth of new construction projects in school districts around the state in a series of referendums on Tuesday.

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