From massive manufacturing campuses to state budget showdowns, 2017 was a big year for the construction industry in Wisconsin. Here are highlights from some of the biggest stories of the past year:

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Foxconn's arrival. A fatal explosion. A late state budget. Sexual misconduct in the Legislature. Wisconsin saw another tumultuous year in 2017. Here's a look at the biggest stories in the state in the past 12 months:

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The comparison of lawmaking to sausage making is usually unfair… to the butcher. With Republicans controlling the governor’s office and both legislative houses, the 2017-2019 Wisconsin state budget was expected to be approved quickly. However, the governor, Senate Republicans, and ...

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School district officials say Wisconsin’s budget will severely limit their ability to raise money for construction and renovation projects and other priorities. Gov. Scott Walker put his signature to the state’s 2017-19 budget on Thursday afternoon. Although the spending plan ...

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Gov. Scott Walker vetoed a budget proposal on Wednesday aimed at taking away local officials’ power to regulate quarries in their backyards. The provision would have limited the ordinances and permit requirements that local governments can place on quarry operations and left much ...

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Back in April, we congratulated the Legislature’s finance committee for responsibly purging all non-fiscal policy from Gov. Scott Walker’s state budget request. Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, and other members of the Republican-controlled committee removed 83 ...

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Senate Republicans have enough votes to pass the state budget on Friday, a move that would end an 11-week delay and break a stalemate among the GOP that blocked a final vote, a member of the Legislature's budget committee told The Associated Press.

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One of five Wisconsin senators who refused to support the state budget said Thursday that he has changed his mind, leaving the Senate one vote short of adoption a day before the chamber plans to convene to take up the $76 billion spending plan.

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Local officials who don’t want gravel quarries in their backyards would lose some of their power to say “no” under a provision added to the state’s budget this week. Proponents of the change say their goal is to lower road-construction ...

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Wisconsin's $76 billion state budget, which sends more money to K-12 schools but does not come up with a long-term funding plan for dilapidated roads, cleared a legislative committee on Wednesday night after being more than two months late, setting the stage for swift adoption in the Republican-controlled Legislature.

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