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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Mold found at DeForest Middle School forced the cancellation of some classes on Monday and Tuesday.

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Gov. Scott Walker and his Democratic challenger, Tony Evers, are tussling over tax increases.

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Gov. Scott Walker said Monday that if he's re-elected, he'll increase state spending on schools to two-thirds of their total costs, echoing a pledge made this summer by his Democratic opponent, Tony Evers.

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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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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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Students are back in school at a Manitowoc high school where classes were cancelled after a ceiling collapsed.

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Along with providing additional physical security, the state's second round of school-safety grants, totaling $45 million, will be used to set up school-safety intervention teams and to try to improve students' mental health, Attorney General Brad Schimel announced on Tuesday.

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