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January 3, 2024

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Wisconsin’s ‘Smart Growth’ law requires planning to meet housing needs, but enforcement is lax

PBS Wisconsin

“There have been no reported appellate court cases in Wisconsin dealing with the issue of how housing is addressed in local comprehensive plans,” said Brian Ohm, a retired professor in the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture at UW-Madison, calling the lack of legal challenges “a surprise to a lot of people.”

Obituaries

James “Jim” R. Leu

Wisconsin State Journal

Jim worked as a Network and Systems Engineer in various locations, most recently at the University of Wisconsin Department of Information Technology.

Jon O. Baldock

Wisconsin State Journal

At his core, Jon was always a farmer and a statistician, vocations he passionately pursued throughout his life. He became an Assistant Professor of Agronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1976.