I recently spent a morning at the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services attending a meeting of the Uniform Dwelling Code Advisory Council.

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Among the bills lobbyists and lawmakers have spent the most time discussing in 2013 was one that would take away the operation licenses of companies that are on unemployment insurance payments.

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There was a time when Neumann Co. Inc. would build a subdivision with more than 200 lots.

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A bill that would require reviews every three years of the state’s construction code for one- and two-family dwellings is on its way to Gov. Scott Walker for his signature.

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The Wisconsin Builders Association predicts 14,000 new houses will be constructed in the state this year, but with land development still in a slump, contractors might as well be building castles in the air.

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Conservationists and researchers are urging the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to reconsider the removal of a protected turtle from the endangered species list.

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The economic downturn hammered carpenter Scott Sommer’s residential finishing business.

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In conjunction with Gov. Scott Walker naming April as New Homes Month, the Wisconsin Builders Association is touting home ownership, saying now is the right time to build.

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It was an easy conclusion to leap to. A recent Wisconsin State Journal report on Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal, since aborted, to deep-six building codes requiring electrical safety devices prompted immediate allegations of pay-to-play.

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Gov. Scott Walker has dropped plans to remove mandatory fire safety requirements from the state electrical code.

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