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Evers touts transportation, apprenticeship in his final State of the State Address
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers detailed record apprenticeship enrollments and nearly $600 million in transportation funding in his final 2025 State of the State Address.
Two state building projects out to bid in December
Bids for two large state projects for the University of Wisconsin-Stout and Department of Health Services will be submitted in mid-December.
‘Get this damned thing done’: State commission votes on $700M in projects, including reform of Wisconsin prisons
The state building commission approved around $743 million for construction projects, including work on several corrections facilities and plans to shutter one of the state’s oldest corrections facilities.
Legislature seeking ways to extend stewardship program
Democrats and Republicans propose competing plans to renew Wisconsin’s Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program as its 2026 expiration approaches.
Wisconsin building trades touts Evers for his policies as governor
Wisconsin union construction last week awarded Gov. Tony Evers for his policy decisions affecting organized labor.
‘All of the Above’ state budget draws down balances to cut taxes, increase spending
Wisconsin leaders are trading years-long budget reserves for an “all of the above” state budget that cuts income taxes, increases special education aid to schools and boosts funding for transportation projects.
Environmental initiatives didn’t make it into Wisconsin’s $111 billion state budget
Two major environmental initiatives — reauthorization of the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund and increased funding for the PFAS trust fund created in the last budget cycle — failed to make it into the final budget.
Here’s what is in the new Wisconsin state budget
The incoming budget proposed increases to state highways, capital projects for the UW-System and funding for municipal water infrastructure.
Evers reaches budget deal with Republicans to cut taxes, fund university
Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans who control the state Legislature announced a deal on a new two-year budget that cuts income taxes, increases funding for the Universities of Wisconsin and raises taxes to pay for transportation projects.
COMMENTARY: State budget bright spots abound, but caution warranted to avoid future gaps
As Wisconsin’s next state budget debate begins, state finances appear stronger than at most points in the 21st century, buoyed by low unemployment and a balance in its main fund of more than $4 billion.
Evers’ proposed state budget includes major increases for transportation, lead pipe replacement
The governor also included investments for roads, lead service line replacements, energy and protections for organized labor in his address to lawmakers in Madison.
Gov. Evers signs biennial budget with some partial vetoes, funding for affordable housing and transportation
Governor's officicials said the state also made one of its largest investments in workforce housing, infrastructure, agriculture and tax relief for working families.
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- Wisconsin allocates nearly $50M in tax credits for housing projects
- Contractors eager to fill positions as open construction jobs tick up to 259,000
- Wisconsin awards $130,000 for construction and trade worker training
- Milwaukee manufacturer plans expansion with data center growth
- Megaprojects push Milwaukee construction costs above U.S. average
- Brown County drops data center moratorium proposal
- Cobalt Partners share North Shore Library development plans
- Zignego Co. scores $45M highway contract at start of construction season
- New Berlin residents cold on Rockwell Automations plan
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin | June 1
- WisDOT studying redesign of Walker’s Point interchange
- $2M outdoor improvements to begin at Appleton middle school
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)