A 65-year-old pipeline carrying crude oil beneath a delicate waterway connecting two of the Great Lakes could be replaced with pipes buried in a tunnel or partially enclosed in trenches that would pose virtually no leak risks but would require years and hundreds of millions of dollars to build, according to a report released on Friday.
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A new bill introduced this week by Senator Tammy Baldwin aims to bolster training programs as employers grapple with a shortage of skilled workers.
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Consultants are saying it will take between $247 million and $277 million to expand Milwaukee’s convention center, up from a previous estimate of $225 million to $275 million.
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Read More »The Milwaukee Building & Construction Trades Council and five Milwaukee-area school districts will embark next week on a first-ever summer training program for careers in the trades.
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Read More »Foxconn Technology Group announced Friday that it has bought a building in downtown Milwaukee to serve as its North American headquarters.
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Vowing to cut U.S. trade deficits and protect the nation's high-tech "crown jewels," President Donald Trump said Friday he's levying a 25 percent tariff on up to $50 billion worth of Chinese imports, instantly escalating a trade dispute between the world's two largest economies.
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Read More »Authorities say a natural-gas pipeline has exploded in a rural area in central Kansas, sending flames shooting more than 75 feet into the air.
Read More »South Dakota's Supreme Court dismissed an appeal this week from opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, saying a lower court lacked jurisdiction to hear their cases. But an attorney battling the project says the "fight is not over."
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Read More »A company that makes power equipment for outdoor use is closing its plant in southeast Nebraska and consolidating its operations in Wisconsin.
Read More »Foxconn Technology Group and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee are starting an internship program that will send engineering students to the company's headquarters in Taiwan for a semester.
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