Published: March 25, 2011
Tags: ABC, Associated Buildings and Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., Berken, Construction Business Group, Mary Williams, Mielke, prevailing wage, Robb Kahl
By James Briggs A bill targeting the state’s prevailing wage law could begin circulating within weeks. The legislation not only would seek to roll back the most recent changes made under the previous Democratic-controlled Legislature, but also would soften the law beyond its 2009 version, said Nathan Berken, a spokesman for state Rep. Mary Williams, [...]
Published: March 11, 2011
Tags: AGC, apprenticeship, Associated General Contractors, Boullion, Doyle, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, Joel Allen, Mielke, Rhandi Berth, Scott Walker, unions
By James Briggs Gov. Scott Walker‘s rollback of an apprenticeship requirement for certain state projects removed an unnecessary burden from companies struggling to put people to work, according to several construction representatives. Walker has rescinded Executive Order 108, a directive established in 2005 under former Gov. Jim Doyle that required contractors use apprentices on state [...]
Published: February 21, 2011
Tags: ABC, AGC, Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin, Associated General Contractors, Boullion, collective bargaining, Greer, Mielke, Miron Construction, Nation Consulting, prevailing wage, Scott Walker, Traas, unions, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, WTBA
By James Briggs As large-scale protesting runs into a second week, the state Capitol remains consumed with Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill. That means other issues — some of them time-sensitive — are stuck on the back burner. “There’s no doubt this has consumed all the oxygen in the room,” said John Mielke, vice [...]
Published: January 4, 2011
Tags: ABC, AGC, Boullion, economic development, Kleefisch, legislation, lobbyists, Mielke, reform, regulatory, Scott Walker, tax credit
Comments: 8
By James Briggs Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday released drafts of five bills meant to create jobs. The legislation won’t directly help contractors, but industry lobbyists said any pro-business legislation would be a productive first step. “There’s good stuff in there, and we’re supportive,” said Jim Boullion, director of government affairs for the Associated General [...]
Published: January 4, 2011
Tags: ABC, Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin, blog, Hot Topics, Mielke, Rohde
Comments: 7
By Marie Rohde
staff writer
Last week, industry representatives offered advice to Gov. Scott Walker on regulations that need to be ditched as he considers all that are enforced by the soon-to-be-abandoned Department of Commerce.
Published: December 30, 2010
Tags: ABC, Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin, Briant, Clean Water Construction Coalition, local preference, Mielke, Milwaukee, MJ Construction, ordinance, Rawson Contractors, Tomasini, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association, WUCA, Zielinski
By Marie Rohde A Milwaukee law favoring city-based contractors is among the targets of state and national construction associations trying to ban local preference ordinances. “If the idea catches on and spreads, you’ll have islands where only a few contractors can bid,” said John Mielke, vice president of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin. [...]
Published: December 28, 2010
Tags: ABC, AGC, Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Boullion, Brunner, Department of Commerce, Deschane, Mielke, Revenue Department, Schooff, Scott Walker, WBA, Wisconsin Builders Association, Wisconsin Economic Development Association, Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, Wisconsin State Employees Union, WSEU
Comments: 7
By Marie Rohde Construction industry leaders want Gov.-elect Scott Walker to trim the regulatory fat from the state Department of Commerce while remaking the agency into a partly private board. “This is the perfect time to look at all of Commerce’s regulations,” said Jim Boullion, director of governmental affairs for the Associated General Contractors of [...]
Published: November 18, 2010
Tags: Department of Neighborhood Services, Didier, Greenfield, Grisa, Kevin Shafer, Lena Taylor, Mielke, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, Richard Sokol, sewage
By Marie Rohde “Walk, don’t run” was the advice community leaders gave the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District in spending more than $151 million to prevent sewage from backing up into basements. The district wants to spend the money repairing leaky laterals on private property. According to the district, the water leaking from the laterals enters [...]
Published: November 3, 2010
Tags: 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, ABC, Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., Hiniker, Mielke, Reihl, Scott Walker, Traas, Wisconsin State Council of Carpenters, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, WTBA
By James Briggs In the wake of Tuesday’s midterm election, the 2011 state legislative agenda has become a little clearer — and in many cases, more promising than the past two years — for construction lobbyists. Republicans gained majorities in both chambers of the state Legislature and took control of the governor’s mansion. Pending recounts, [...]
Published: October 12, 2010
Tags: AGC, Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee, Associated General Contractors, Barrett, Boullion, constributions, Green and Abrahamson, Hammel, HNTB Co., Hutchison, Mielke, Republican Assembly Campaign Committee, Vukmir, Walker, WBA, Wisconsin Builders Association, Zipperer
Comments: 1
By James Briggs The construction industry will have financed much of the takeover if Republicans gain power in the Wisconsin Legislature and governor’s office in January. Special interest groups with ties to construction have contributed more than $70,000 — only about $14,000 to Democrats — to candidates running for state offices in next month’s election. [...]
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