A proposal that would make the approval of state building projects easier is just one step away from becoming law.

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Among the dozens of bills on its plate Wednesday, the Wisconsin Senate will be taking up Legislation that would make approvals of state projects easier.

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With the encouragement of various construction groups and the UW System, state lawmakers could vote as early as this month on a bill meant to ease the way for approvals of state building projects.

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Even while scrapping much of Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to give the University of Wisconsin System more autonomy from state government, lawmakers want to keep intact a proposal that would make it easier to get certain university building projects underway.

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An Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin letter is bringing to light a discrepancy between the surety-bonding coverage construction companies can get and the maximum dollar amount of projects the state will let them undertake.

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Even though the state’s new single-prime contracting system of managing construction projects has taken effect, industry officials say some fundamental questions still need answers.

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In signing the state’s 2013-15 budget bill Sunday, Gov. Scott Walker left unchanged a tax increase that is estimated to cost construction companies and other heavy users of the state’s unemployment fund millions of dollars in the coming years.

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The state Assembly approved an amendment Wednesday to the state budget that would slightly alter proposals to make single-prime contracting the default method of awarding state building contracts and to allow state assets to be put up for sale, among other things.

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The state’s budget committee voted Thursday to make single-prime contracting the state’s default method of awarding and overseeing most construction projects.

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It’s easy to understand why Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to change Wisconsin’s primary method of awarding and overseeing state construction projects has been the subject of little debate among lawmakers.

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