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Highlights of the $2.2 trillion legislation to help businesses, workers and a health care system staggered by the coronavirus that President Donald Trump signed into law Friday after the House voted final congressional approval.

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Working in an industry that state officials have deemed essential, Wisconsin construction crews haven't got the luxury of watching the COVID-19 outbreak unfold from home like many state residents.

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Wisconsin state Sen. Fred Risser, the longest-serving legislator in the nation's history, said Thursday that he plans to retire.

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The week’s fastest minute in construction.

Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. chief Missy Hughes says her employees are “working through the process” of deciding which businesses are essential after seeing a rapid increase web traffic contributed to a crash of organization’s site.

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As an outbreak of COVID-19 is throttling the U.S. economy, Congress advance a giant stimulus package to give employers tax breaks, unemployed workers cash and pump trillions into efforts to withstand a shutdown of public life.

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Waukesha County Technical College is donating thousands of personal protective equipment and medical supply items to local and state agencies to protect healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Wisconsin's Republican legislative leaders said Wednesday they want to understand what's in the $2 trillion federal stimulus package before they take any action at the state level in response to the coronavirus, and that they're considering temporarily waiving the one-week waiting period to receive unemployment benefits.

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A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a full environmental review of the Dakota Access pipeline, nearly three years after the line began carrying oil despite protests by people who gathered in North Dakota for more than a year.

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The U.S. Senate has passed an unparalleled $2.2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and health care systems engulfed by the coronavirus pandemic.

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