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Environmental regulators in Wisconsin voted Wednesday to table rules setting new restrictions on firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals.
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Read More »Evers gives up on virus restrictions amid GOP opposition (UPDATE)
Gov. Tony Evers' administration on Monday withdrew its outline for a new emergency rule to manage the coronavirus pandemic after it came under attack by Republicans.
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Read More »Regents OK $32.6 million in UW-Madison construction overruns (UPDATE)
A state senator is crying foul over roughly $33 million in cost overruns on two University of Wisconsin System buildings projects.
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Read More »GOP lawmaker vows to kill rules to reduce farm manure smell
A powerful Republican lawmaker vowed Wednesday to block new state restrictions designed to protect farmers' neighbors from the stench of manure following a flurry of complaints from the Wisconsin agricultural industry.
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Read More »Wisconsin passes budget after Tesla proviso woos key senator
Wisconsin Republicans passed a state budget Wednesday after winning a key legislator's support with a provision to allow Tesla to open dealerships in the state — a goal long pursued by the lawmaker, who sells rebuilt Tesla vehicles and parts.
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Read More »GOP senator vows to vote against state budget (UPDATE)
A Republican Wisconsin state senator says he will vote against the state budget proposal written by his fellow Republicans, leaving the GOP with only one vote to spare in the Senate.
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Read More »Design-build in Republican transportation plan (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Republicans scrapped Gov. Tony Evers’ transportation budget Thursday and replaced it with a plan that would pay for road work using a combination of title- and registration-fee increases, an infusion of general tax dollars and new borrowing. The proposal also would allow the design-build delivery system to be tested out and make various other far-reaching changes to transportation policy.
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Read More »Senators still pushing to exempt local governments, schools from wage laws
A day after Assembly Republicans announced proposed changes to the state’s prevailing wage laws, their fellow party members were planning to meet behind closed doors to discuss possibly exempting local governments from the minimum-compensation requirements.
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Read More »Senator shops alternative plan on prevailing wage
Even as state Republicans continue to discuss plans to overhaul the state’s prevailing wage laws, at least one GOP senator has been shopping around an alternative that would exempt all local governments from the compensation requirements.
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Read More »Arena deal hits obstacles
Among the obstacles a proposed new Bucks arena will have to overcome in the state Legislature are prevailing wages and local hiring requirements.
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