By Jack Zemlicka and Brian Johnson Though the state is thousands of miles from the epicenter of the 9.0-magnitude offshore quake that shook Japan on March 11, Wisconsin could see changes to its building code result from the overseas disaster. ...

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By James Briggs The Madison Development Corp. is planning a 31,000-square-foot research center to lure high-tech businesses to the city’s southeast side. But the first drawings of the building startled Alderwoman Judy Compton, whose district includes the proposed building. “Right ...

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By Matt Pommer Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has ducked out of representing the state in a legal fight over a federal court ruling blocking the U.S. government from spending money on stem-cell research. A weak excuse, offered by ...

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By Sean Ryan A four-month redesign of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee engineering campus in Wauwatosa has delayed the project but calmed environmental opposition. The most vocal opponents of the campus plan have been environmentalists trying to protect a butterfly habitat ...

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By Sean Ryan Wauwatosa residents hungry for information stand between a proposed $250 million engineering campus development and a planned 2010 construction start. The developers of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Innovation Park in Wauwatosa are ready to start answering questions. ...

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By Sean Ryan Cleanliness comes before construction for those planning a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences project. But money comes first. “We have to find the money,” said state Rep. Pedro Colon, D-Milwaukee, “and we have to make ...

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