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Largest winning bids in Wisconsin from the previous week, according to The Daily Reporter’s JobTrac bidding service.

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Foxconn Technology Group announced Monday it has picked two contractors to turn a property it owns in Green Bay into a so-called Innovation Center — more than a year after first seeking proposals for the job.

Joe Colossa is eager to show off the Al. Ringling Mansion. Its four floors and 40 rooms have seven fireplaces, 14 chandeliers and 67 original stained-glass windows.

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Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill meant to clean up a law that has led some local governments to require contractors to file applications for building permits in both paper and electronic forms.

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The lead Wisconsin misclassification investigator says he'd like more authority to issue stop work orders when officials find evidence that wage theft, payroll fraud and other abuses are taking place at a job site.

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Enbridge says it has completed sediment and rock sampling in preparation for building a Michigan oil pipeline tunnel that some state leaders and environmentalists hope to block.

Doug Speedling isn't the sort of person who would strike anyone as an agitator. Sporting a neatly trimmed mustache, the owner of Speedling Construction in St. Paul comes off as a businessman who just wants to do what he does best: build things.

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A recently introduced bill in the Legislature would prevent lawmakers from adopting new occupational licenses without state officials first having weighed the proposed credentials' likely costs and benefits.

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The mansion’s ballroom – which dates to 1948, is big enough for 300 people and has a six-lane bowling alley – is being turned into a brewpub. The featured beer served there will be made according to a recipe discovered in a small box hidden under part of the mansion’s floor. The brewpub will also have a seven-barrel brewhouse, a 40-foot-long bar and a taproom.

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Largest winning bids in Wisconsin from the previous week, according to The Daily Reporter’s JobTrac bidding service.

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