Published: February 16, 2010
Tags: common council, energy, Ingeteam, jobs, Leinenkugel, manufacturing, Marcoux, Menomonee Valley, Menomonee Valley Industrial Center, Milwaukee, MSI General, MSI General Corp., PSC, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, renewable energy, solar, Sotes, Spain, wind, wind farm, Wisconsin Department of Commerce, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
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By Sean Ryan
Renewable energy requirements that will help Ingeteam Inc. thrive in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley are a threat to businesses already in Wisconsin, according to a statewide business group.
“Wisconsin’s not going to be able to attract businesses to our state if we continue to make electricity more expensive here than it is in other states [...]
Published: February 11, 2010
Tags: 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, Fitzgerald, global warming bill, Gunderson, Hiniker, Huebsch, jobs, Le Monds, Montgomery, power plant, PSC, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, renewable energy, Todd Stuart, Wisconsin Department of Commerce, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group
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By Paul Snyder
Critics of Wisconsin’s clean energy bill are calling for a sharper focus on specific job creation numbers and a detailed explanation of how much the proposal will cost.
“The cost is something we need to know and taxpayers need to know,” said state Rep. Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon. “I don’t think anybody’s against green jobs, [...]
Published: January 22, 2010
Tags: Assembly Committee on Labor, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., iron workers, Iron Workers Local 8, ironworkers, Jorgensen, journeyman, master, Mielke, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, safety, state licensure, Teska, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Commerce
By Paul Snyder
Backers of a bill requiring ironworkers to be licensed in Wisconsin say safety is at the core of their effort. But they lack evidence showing that the ironworkers or the public would be safer with state licensure.
Nationally, data show accidents among ironworkers declined during a recent five-year period despite more people working in [...]
The state on Friday awarded an $800,000 grant to the city of Milwaukee’s plan to clean contamination from the former A.O. Smith and Tower Automotive site.
The grant is from a Wisconsin Department of Commerce program that targets blighted properties.
The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee completed the purchase of the 84-acre property in December. [...]
Published: January 7, 2010
Tags: Barca, Kleinschmidt, Mell, Mendota Mental Health Institute, Menomonie, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Vinehout, Wisconsin Commerce Department, Wisconsin Department of Commerce, Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau, Wisconsin State Employees Union
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By Paul Snyder
A union leader’s call for a statewide audit of workplace safety enforcement may fall on deaf ears if he can’t gather more evidence of violations.
Saying he wants “to try to shake Commerce up a bit,” Martin Beil, executive director of the Wisconsin State Employees Union, is asking the state Legislature’s Joint Committee on [...]
Published: January 7, 2010
Tags: bonds, disaster, Doyle, flood, Foley & Lardner LLP, Gays Mills, Heartland Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2008, Leys, Mickelson, O’Connell, recovery, Ryan, Wisconsin Counties Association, Wisconsin Department of Commerce
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By Paul Snyder
A victim of the 2008 floods in southern Wisconsin, Steve Mickelson says the state’s proposed policy allowing anyone in the damaged region to apply for federal disaster-recovery bonds is wrong.
“They should prioritize it for those that were directly affected,” said Mickelson, the owner of Mickelson’s Market in Gays Mills.
The flood left 6 inches [...]
Published: January 4, 2010
Tags: Community Development Block Grant Emergency Assistance Program, Dudzik, flood, flood prevention, floodplain, Heling, Hozeny, Jefferson County Economic Development Consortium, Murphy, Wisconsin Department of Commerce
By Sean Ryan
The soggy furniture and waterlogged photo albums are long gone from basements swamped in 2008, but the threat of more flooding remains.
Dennis Heling, executive director of the Jefferson County Economic Development Consortium, said there is a storm cloud-shaped shadow hanging over businesses that flooded in summer 2008. It’s the fear of more flooding [...]
Published: December 30, 2009
Tags: asbestos, Bowman Hall, citation, Jarvis Hall, Mell, Steffen, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Wisconsin Department of Commerce, Wisconsin Science Professionals
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By Sean Ryan
The University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie might appeal seven asbestos-removal violations stemming from campus projects in 2009.
The violations were issued by the Wisconsin Department of Commerce, which originally charged the university with 50 counts of asbestos violations after state inspections of UW-Stout projects in May and June. The department revised its inspection report [...]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Telkonet Inc. is moving its Maryland headquarters and 50 jobs to Wisconsin, a move the energy-management company says will help cut costs.
The company said in a statement Monday it’s moving about 50 jobs from Germantown, Md., to its satellite office in Milwaukee by next year.
Telkonet President and Chief Executive Jason Tienor said [...]
Published: December 8, 2009
Tags: Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Black, Boullion, Boycks, Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming, Hozeny, International Energy Conservation Code, Miller, Nelson, Plale, Soletski, TimberLane Builders LLC, Vilstrup, Wisconsin Builders Association, Wisconsin Department of Commerce
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By Paul Snyder
A wary construction industry is watching closely as legislators consider automatically updating state building codes to match those set by the federal government.
“The fear is what we would have to adopt,” said Brad Boycks, director of government and political affairs for the Wisconsin Builders Association. “We have a good system of using national [...]
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