Citing spill risks, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) set a May 13 deadline to shut down the portion of the oil and natural gas line that runs through the straits of Mackinac between the state and Ontario, but Canada opposes closure.
After being delayed last year due to falling sales tax receipts, the 112,0000-sq-ft expansion of the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, the state's largest convention center, is back on.
STORM Act becomes law, authorizing FEMA to grant money to states for resilience revolving loan funds but $200-million appropriation to fund it doesn't start until 2022.
The city of Chicago's new five-year capital plan calls for road, sewer and Lake Michigan and Chicago river work, but requires $1.4 billion in new borrowing for the first two years alone.
Owners of Sonag Ready Mix of Milwaukee have been convicted or pled guilty to fraudulently reaping more than $260 million in government contracts intended to benefit minority and veteran-owned businesses.