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Recently a spokesperson for Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce told the Wisconsin State Journal, “We don’t want to make it too comfortable to remain unemployed.”

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Dotted across our rural landscape are haunting vestiges of what once was.

Madison is talking about a school referendum with a price tag as high as $280 million.

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The nation's high court isn't going to rescue Wisconsin or any other states from gerrymandered voting districts.

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No matter how perfect a set of drawings may appear at the beginning of a project, the scope of the work will invariably change. The easiest and best way to deal with change, and its resulting effects on schedule and contract price, is through a change order mutually executed by an owner and a contractor.

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"The Silicon Valley of water." Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? Turning Wisconsin into just that is the goal of the University of Wisconsin System's Freshwater Collaborative, which would bring together the university's 13 campuses into a first-of-its-kind research hub specializing in water topics.

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Nearly 20% of jobs in the United States are now some form of non-traditional worker-company relationship, like independent contractor. Independent contractor work is appealing for both the worker and the company. The contractor has the benefit of setting prices, work hours, type of work and completion schedule. It also has the freedom and flexibility to staff to meet their needs and reduce training time and costs.

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To most people, the difference between a "fee" and a "tax" is semantics. You wind up paying for government services either way. Yet Republicans who control the statehouse are acting like fees are just fine, while taxes are terrible.

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In 2017, the construction industry saw 61,670 OSHA violations resulting in more than $87 million in penalties, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s website.

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You have a stable job and a solid nest egg. Time to buy a house, right? Not necessarily.

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