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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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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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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The West Allis-West Milwaukee School District lost out on more than $800,000 last fall after someone pretending to work for the contractor CG Schmidt sent school officials an invoice for work on a new recreation center.

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Gov. Tony Evers called on the Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday to spend $250 million from a state budget surplus on public schools, roughly half of which would go toward lowering property taxes.

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Wisconsin's school-safety plans adequately cover most safety guidelines and procedures, according to an audit looking at a $100 million grant program.

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Bills in the state legislature would undo a thousand-year ban on a previous policy that had allowed school districts to raise cash without a voter referendum for energy-efficiency projects.

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A Madison Catholic school is accusing city officials of religious bias after they both prevented it from holding sporting events at an athletic complex and withheld an electrical permit needed for the installation of stadium lights.

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A judge in Minneapolis has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the Minneapolis School District’s use of certain collective-bargaining pacts, known as “project labor agreements,” on school projects.

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Madison is talking about a school referendum with a price tag as high as $280 million.

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