A requirement passed last fall for new construction and expansions in Madison, Wis., to include bird-safe designs and materials has been formally challenged by an advocacy group representing several Wisconsin construction and real estate industry associations. 

Proposed budget calls for funding of 28 projects within the University of Wisconsin system.

Leaders of Generation Now, a PAC created to funnel money to politicians that supported an energy-reform bill that saved FirstEnergy's plants, has pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy.

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.

Ohio's infrastructure earns a C- from the American Society of Civil Engineers.

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.