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The Oscars of Wisconsin’s construction industry

Published: February 22, 2013
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While it may not boast the star power of the Oscars, The Daily Reporter’s upcoming Top Projects awards event is the closest thing to the Academy Awards for Wisconsin’s construction industry.

Fracking decisions loom as study declaring it safe is withdrawn

Published: January 2, 2013
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A study hailed as clearing the reputation of the oil-extraction method known as fracking has ended up muddying the reputation of the scientist who oversaw it, and thrown a shadow on optimistic forecasts about the nation’s energy prospects.

‘Active Design’ aims to turn workers into walkers

Published: December 27, 2012
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The day many Americans start working full-time is the day their health begins to deteriorate.

Economic effect of Hurricane Sandy to touch construction industry

Published: November 20, 2012
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No natural disaster is complete until it touches off a debate among economists.

Budgetary warfare on the edge of a ‘fiscal cliff’

Published: November 19, 2012
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The debate over the approaching “fiscal cliff,” the overworked term for the drastic belt-tightening imposed by the federal Budget Control Act of 2011, has misleadingly centered on raising taxes on the wealthiest 2 percent of wage-earners.

Decrying the loss of ‘industrial commons’

Published: November 8, 2012
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When government invests in a company that goes bankrupt, critics haul out the predictable indictment: Politicians don’t understand business, and shouldn’t try to pick winners and losers in the competition that is capitalism.

Public opinion, budget woes drive Romney ‘switcheroo’ on foreign policy

Published: October 25, 2012
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The return of the man former President Bill Clinton nicknamed “old moderate Mitt” to this week’s foreign policy debate reflects the climate of public opinion and the realities of a $16 trillion debt load as much as it demonstrates Mitt Romney’s presidential ambitions.

Benghazi attack: Ready for a replay Monday night

Published: October 22, 2012
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The last presidential debate of 2012 was supposed to be a sideshow.

A fact-checker joins the debate

Published: October 18, 2012
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The toil fact-checking requires is paying off.

Middle class: This campaign is for you

Published: October 16, 2012
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As they prepared for Tuesday night’s presidential debate, President Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney no doubt have had an image seared onto their brains, and perhaps onto their note cards: The scowling American middle class is sitting there, restlessly watching, drumming fingers on the table, waiting to hear the next class-saving promise.

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