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Like many people, Mike Abuls can now say he was unprepared for how hard and quickly the coronavirus outbreak has hit the state and national economy.

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Tuesday that Michigan will have a mobility officer to coordinate all initiatives related to self-driving and connected cars, an effort she said will ensure the state is the go-to place for testing and producing vehicles of the future.

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Describing windows rattled by industrial blasts and windowsills covered in toxic ash, a black resident of Texas' oil hub joined Democratic lawmakers, state officials and others Tuesday in urging the Trump administration to drop a proposed rollback that they said would silence disadvantaged people battling big polluters.

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Dan Zignego, a long-time executive at Waukesha roadbuilding contractor Zignego Co., has died at the age of 62.

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A state Senate committee has given a favorable recommendation to legislation that would ensure contractors get the same tax breaks when they buy materials for UW hospital projects as they now receive for other sorts of nonprofit work.

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The two leaders of Milwaukee's host committee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention have been placed on leave pending an investigation into allegations that they oversaw an acrimonious work setting, according to a letter sent to staff employees working on planning the event.

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An energy company sees no reason to remove a narrow 270-foot rod from the Straits of Mackinac in northern Michigan, telling regulators that it poses no risk to the Great Lakes by being embedded in the lake bottom.

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The family owners of Riv/Crete Ready Mix announced on Wednesday that they have severed all ties with the scandal-plague construction executive Brian Ganos and his companies by buying out his ownership stake in their business.

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Another longtime Democratic Wisconsin state senator announced Tuesday he won't seek re-election this fall.

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The center will have a medical office building, specialty surgery center and an orthopedic and spine hospital. The orthopedic and spine hospital will have operating suites for orthopedic and spine surgery, 25 inpatient beds and space for imaging equipment, labs, a pharmacy and dining.

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