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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Supporters of hiring and wage requirements for Milwaukee construction projects say they see a way to counter the city’s rising unemployment and help union companies compete for private projects. But detractors in the development and construction industry ...

Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Business associations are meeting opposition in their push for municipalities to cap the amount their private consultants charge developers for plan reviews. Many municipalities hire private engineering firms to review traffic changes and environmental effects and design ...

Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Municipalities on Friday learned they will have another opportunity to submit projects for federal stimulus cash and will have one year, rather than 75 days, to prepare to bid the work. City officials said the extension will ...

Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Lawyers representing The Bentley Co. are dropping out of two lawsuits because the company is closing. Bentley, Milwaukee, lost a $93,000 lawsuit Feb. 23 because the company closed Dec. 29 and did not want to pay attorney ...

Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Milwaukee officials this week amplified their call for the state to spend more money on local roads and less on highway expansion projects. But pushing for the redirection of state money away from state and interstate highway ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com The city of Milwaukee may never know why a five-year-old sewer pipe collapsed underneath Locust Street. It’s uncommon for combined sewer pipes to collapse. The two most recent cases involved 100-year-old brick sewers that caved in after ...

Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Somewhere between many and most of Wisconsin’s engineering firms have been forced to lay off workers due to the slumping economy. Kevin Hagen, vice president of Graef, Milwaukee, and director of the American Council of Engineering Companies ...

Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com The Highway J Citizens Group on Friday sued the village of Richfield for annexing a business park because the group is worried the move will lead to more development. Richfield annexed the Helsan Business Park in November, ...

By Sean Ryan The Madison Common Council will take a second look at the Edgewater Hotel project beginning at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Alderman Michael Schumacher requested the council take a second look at overturning the city Landmarks Commission decision ...

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