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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
Tomah schools pause plans for construction referendum
The Tomah Area School District has paused plans for a massive construction referendum after a survey showed voters would reject the request.
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Read More »Bill to give Wisconsin cities new way to clean up contamination in blighted buildings
Lawmakers held a public hearing Wednesday on a bill that would give Wisconsin municipalities a new means of tearing down blighted buildings that contain asbestos and other contaminants.
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Read More »COVID-19 has spurred investments in air filtration for K-12 schools – but these technologies aren’t an instant remedy
COVID-19 has brought increased attention to indoor air quality and the effect that ventilation has on reducing disease transmission in indoor spaces.
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Read More »Voters turn down building referendums at unusually high rate (UPDATE)
Voters rejected school building referendums at an unusually high rate in elections held throughout the state on Tuesday, including some ballot questions seeking permission for multi-million-dollar construction projects.
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Read More »Scammer impersonating CG Schmidt employee robs clients of more than $1M
Two CG Schmidt clients lost more than $1 million in total when a cyber criminal impersonating company employees intercepted invoices intended for the contractor in 2018.
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Read More »Report: Wisconsin school property taxes increase 3.3%
Property taxes levied by schools in Wisconsin will go up 3.3%, a smaller increase than in 2019 but still larger than any other year over the past decade, a report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum released on Thursday showed.
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Read More »Report: Voters ignore pandemic, partisanship to pass school referendums
Despite a pandemic, an economic downturn and a polarizing presidential election, a report released on Tuesday has found that Wisconsin voters approved school referendums at the second-highest rate in state history since 1993 on Nov. 3.
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Read More »Voters OK more than $700M in school-construction work
Voters overwhelmingly approved a series of school referendums during Tuesday's election, giving the go-ahead to more than $700 million in construction projects to districts throughout the state.
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Read More »Racine’s $1 billion school referendum appears to pass by 5 votes
Wisconsin voters approved about $1.7 billion in construction-related school referendums last week despite a spring election muddled by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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