The Wisconsin badger statue that has served as a touchstone for so many Capitol building visitors that they've rubbed the finish off his nose could be headed to another den soon.

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State officials this week inked a $65.7 million contract with JP Cullen, of Janesville, to build a new gymnasium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison decided Monday to eliminate spring break next semester in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison is moving all classes online and quarantining students in two of its largest dorms as it deals with rising cases of COVID-19.

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Interim University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson said Tuesday that he'll ask Gov. Tony Evers to include a nearly $100 million boost for the system in the next state budget as the coronavirus pandemic bleeds revenue from campuses.

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison has received less than 1% of the money Foxconn Technology Group pledged to it two years ago. In August 2018, Foxconn committed $100 million to the university to help fund an engineering building and for company-related research. But Foxconn critics say the Taiwanese technology company has failed to live up to that pledge, giving the university $700,000 in the first of a five-year agreement and no money over the past year.

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The Wisconsin State Building Commission approved a $126 million plan for a new gymnasium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during a meeting on Wednesday.

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Plans for a $126 million gymnasium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus are on the agenda for a meeting of the Wisconsin State Building Commission on Wednesday.

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Gov. Tony Evers' call last weekend to spend $700 million to fight COVID-19 includes a grant program that could go turning existing facilities into treatment centers.

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Wisconsin's finances are stronger than before the onset of the last recession in 2007, but are about average when compared with those of other states, according to a new report released Monday by the nonpartisan Wisconsin Policy Forum.

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