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As Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers prepares to release his proposed roads budget on Thursday, his counterpart in Minnesota was girding himself for an uphill fight over his plans to borrow $1.27 billion for transportation projects.

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When contractors need to move mounds of waste during a demolition project, it is easy to say waste management is top of mind. But a significant amount of waste — about 54 million tons according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — is generated in new construction and renovations. When waste management isn’t a priority, these materials are often sent to the landfill. Some might consider this the easiest route, but it’s also the most expensive and environmentally detrimental.

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On Jan. 14, the Milwaukee Common Council voted to freeze its deconstruction ordinance until 2020, once again allowing the demolition of homes and historic structures built in or before 1929. The substitute ordinance also requires the Department of Neighborhood Services to spend at least $1.2 million on the deconstruction of city-owned properties in 2019.

How does technology affect the cost of wind power? Advancements in technology — as well as the way new wind farms are built and operated — are making this renewable resource more economic for customers.

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New construction starts in October climbed 21 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $864 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics.

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It could hardly have been easier to watch the rise of the Alamo Drafthouse movie theater earlier this year on a lot just south of Interstate 94 in Woodbury, Minnesota.

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Polly Friendshuh became a union electrician in the 1980s because she wanted a well-paying job to support herself and her three young children. Beating the odds in a male-dominated industry, she found that and a lot more.

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The benefits from the Foxconn project in Racine County are having positive impacts across Wisconsin and are yielding measurable results in all parts of the state, even here in Jackson County.

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At first blush, the outcome of the Republican primary held in May for a special election this month in Wisconsin’s 1st State Senate District appears to be a victory for a state representative with solid conservative bona fides over a political newcomer.

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Three months after completing work on the Vikings practice facility and headquarters project in Eagan, Minnesota, two subcontractors are suing another contractor on the project, claiming they are still owed a combined $88,000 for their services.

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