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U.S. long-term mortgage rates are near historically low levels this week with the average on the benchmark 30-year loan falling to its lowest level since November 2016.

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A “Pipes of All Types” bill circulating in the state Legislature would try to hold down project costs by preventing water utilities from specifying which types of materials must be used in pipe-installation jobs — setting up a fight with the engineers who usually make such decisions.

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A Wisconsin man is accused of threatening to open fire at a Menards distribution center.

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The project features a 10-foot wide sidewalk adjacent to the parking lot, which provides an elevated viewing area. To add depth and visual interest to the retaining wall, baseball bat and ball motifs have been cast into the concrete structure.

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The U.S. job market isn't quite as strong as originally believed; revised figures show the economy had 501,000 fewer total jobs this March than initially reported.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has won two America’s Transportation Awards, an initiative sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, the American Automobile Association and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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State regulators have approved a power line project in southwestern Wisconsin.

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If drywall and flooring could talk, it'd probably have a dark story to tell about Wisconsin's ongoing construction boom. Behind projects big and small, say people close to the industry, there thrives an underground economy made up of contractors who cheat their workers out of wages and benefits to deliver projects on time and under budget.

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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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Former House Speaker Paul Ryan is moving his family from his hometown of Janesville to a house in a Washington, D.C., suburb less than a year after he retired from Congress, saying he wanted to spend more time with his children.

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