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View from around the state: The complicated dark-store issue
Last week, for 90 minutes, the Racine County Government Services Committee heard arguments on both sides of the "dark store" loophole issue.
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Read More »A CONCRETE POUR FOR THE AGES: How the foundation was laid for the BMO Harris Tower
Your challenge: Tear down a reinforced-concrete parking garage to make way for a new 25-story office tower.
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Read More »View from around the state: Foxconn water deal must advance
The city of Racine saw the largest unemployment decrease in the state over the past year, according to data from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
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Read More »LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Honoring the men and women who build Wisconsin
On Labor Day, we honor the men and women who build our cities, villages and towns. From roads to bridges, schools and municipal buildings, Wisconsin’s construction industry has contributed to our local development, advancement and strength for decades.
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Read More »VIEW FROM AROUND THE STATE: Warning about lakes was prophetic
The State Journal asked an unsettling question just three weeks ago, as part of the reporter Steven Verburg's five-part series on the importance and vulnerabilities of Madison's lakes: "Would a massive rain flood the Isthmus?" asked a headline in the Aug. 5 edition of our newspaper.
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Read More »EDITORIAL: Don’t prop up coal mining. Instead, retrain workers for solar industry
The Trump administration has announced new pollution rules meant to keep existing coal power plants operating and save American coal-mining jobs.
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Read More »A dose of reality for Wisconsin employers: Contractors not immune to opioid epidemic
By now, most of the state is well aware of the current drug epidemic brought on by the widespread abuse of opioids.
Read More »View from around the state: Foxconn looking into solar power is more welcome news
Only a month ago we were lauding the developers of the $10 billion Foxconn manufacturing campus under construction in Mount Pleasant for committing to a cutting-edge water recycling system.
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Read More »OP-ED: New rule may soon solve joint-employment dilemma
You know who your employees are. Or do you? Because of some expansive National Labor Relations Board cases and aggressive government investigators, union officials and plaintiffs’ attorneys, you may be employing people and not even know about it.
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