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Low mortgage interest rates helped fuel an 11% increase in new home construction in northeastern and Central Wisconsin, even as the national economy endured its worst downturn in history.

U.S. construction spending fell again in June, marking the fourth straight monthly decline as the coronavirus outbreak continues to wreak havoc on the economy.

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Wisconsin Senate Republicans "stand ready" to strike down the statewide mask mandate that Gov. Tony Evers announced on Thursday, the GOP Senate leader said Friday.

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After enduring what was surely a record-shattering slump this past quarter, the U.S. economy is faced with a dim outlook as a resurgent coronavirus pandemic intensifies doubts about any sustained recovery for the rest of the year.

A recent survey of dozens of Foxconn Technology Group employees is shedding some light on day-to-day activities at the company's site in Wisconsin, but few details have emerged about its long-awaited production of display panels.

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The week’s fastest minute in construction.

Although the construction industry has generally continued working throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, new figures released Thursday show contractors are not immune to the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is seeking recommendations as it develops a 30-year master plan for transportation in Wisconsin.

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The state Department of Natural Resources board voted Thursday to revise antlerless deer quotas in some northern Wisconsin counties, hoping to defuse complaints that it violated open-meeting laws and ignored local recommendations when it tightened kill limits last month.

Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday issued a statewide mask mandate amid a spike in coronavirus cases, setting up a conflict with Republican legislative leaders who are opposed to such a requirement and successfully sued to kill the governor's previous "safer at home" order.

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