Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle has signed legislation allowing heated sidewalks, stairs, entryways and pedestrian walkways.
Wisconsin had the nation's only prohibition against such devices, passed in 1980 as a response to the 1970s energy crisis.
No doubt this will be good news for Wisconsin residents, who just suffered through their snowiest winter on record.
They're just probably wishing the new law had come a little sooner.
Zach Patton -- Executive Editor. Zach has written about a range of topics, including social policy issues and urban planning and design. Originally from Tennessee, he joined GOVERNING as a staff writer in 2004. He received the 2011 Jesse H. Neal Award for Outstanding Journalism
E-mail: zpatton@governing.com 
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