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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 ...
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Court cases show Bentley closing shop
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 ...
Read More »Milwaukee mayor seeks state cash for local roads
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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Read More »Failed pipe is culprit in collapse
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 ...
Read More »Engineering firms, big and small, feel hit of economy
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 ...
Read More »Citizens group sues, saying annexation illegal
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, ...
Read More »Edgwater to get second vote on Tuesday
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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