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A Chinese firm is planning a $189 million expansion of a paper mill it purchased last year in Biron and will receive state tax credits to support the project.
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Read More »GOP Legislature circulating bills that would allow for design-build
Republican lawmakers on Wednesday began seeking sponsors for about a dozen transportation-related bills that could include an alternative to a gas-tax increase and allow for the use of the design-build system on highway projects.
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Read More »With clock ticking on streetcar extension, Milwaukee committee puts plans on hold
A Milwaukee committee voted on Tuesday both to pause plans to extend the city's streetcar and study proposed routes into north- and south-side neighborhoods, a decision that threatens to strain an already tight construction schedule calling for service to be added near the site of the Democratic National Convention by July 2020.
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Read More »GOP lawmakers move to intervene in Local 139 lawsuit over Act 10
Republican leadership in the state Legislature plan to intervene in a legal challenge of the state's well-known Act 10 law to contest arguments made by two labor unions that argue the law curtailing collective bargaining also limits their free-speech rights.
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Read More »Drunken driver busts through barricade into I-94 work zone in Racine County
Racine County officials say a drunken driver crashed through a barricade and drove the wrong way into a section of Interstate 94 that had been closed for construction early Monday morning.
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Read More »Bill would back solar, wind careers as lawmakers put more cash into worker training
As Republicans on the state's budget-writing committee voted last week to send more money to Wisconsin tech schools and worker training, a new bipartisan bill would support careers in two emerging industries: wind and solar.
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Read More »Driver killed after striking construction crane near I-94
A man died after crashing his vehicle into a parked construction crane near Interstate 94 in Racine County on Thursday morning.
Read More »NLRB ruling could further deflate unions’ use of ‘fat cat’ and ‘scabby’ figures
A recent National Labor Relations Board opinion could poke another hole in unions' use of "Scabby the Rat" and other inflatable displays commonly put up at picket sites.
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Read More »After years of delay, construction under way on new veterans residence in King
Construction is underway on a long-awaited $80 million overhaul of the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King, five years after money was first approved for the project.
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Read More »raSmith welcomes Chick as construction representative
Kyle Chick has joined raSmith’s Brookfield office as a construction representative to support the company’s construction services division. Chick will provide a variety of services for clients, including coordination assistance and inspection of construction projects and verifying that completed work complies ...
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