Amid the fiscal strains caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley delivered a capital budget Thursday that calls for spending more than $11 million less on construction projects next year than in 2020, even as a backlog of projects looms.
Read More »President Donald Trump appears to have canceled a planned appearance in western Wisconsin amid calls from the city's mayor and the state's governor, both Democrats, that he not hold a rally amid a surge in coronavirus cases.
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Read More »A construction worker was injured Wednesday when a driver changed lanes into a jobsite near Highway 31 and Braun Road in Mount Pleasant.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced a $500 million plan Thursday to improve drinking water and wastewater infrastructure in Michigan that includes actions such as replacing lead service lines and removing chemical pollutants.
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U.S. construction spending increased 1.4% in August, led by a surge in single-family homes.
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Read More »Wisconsin Republicans want the full 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear their appeal of a ruling by a three-judge panel of the court that allowed absentee ballots to be counted for six days after Election Day.
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Read More »The Dubai-based construction company that helped build the world's tallest building and other engineering marvels in the United Arab Emirates announced Thursday it would enter liquidation, the final step in a long collapse from the country's economic crisis a decade ago hastened by the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More »Marcus Theatres has temporarily closed 17 of the 72 cinemas it reopened this summer, citing a decline in audience demand and the limited number of new movie releases.
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Wisconsin set a new record for COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday as the surge in cases threatened to overwhelm some hospitals.
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Read More »Federal officials have awarded a $31.8 million federal grant to add a second daily round-trip on Amtrak's line connecting Chicago, Milwaukee and the Twin Cities.
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