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Feb 22, 2013

The Oscars of Wisconsin’s construction industry

While it may not boast the star power of the Oscars, The Daily Reporter’s upcoming Top Projects awards event is the closest thing to the Academy Awards for Wisconsin’s construction industry.

Jan 2, 2013

Fracking decisions loom as study declaring it safe is withdrawn

A study hailed as clearing the reputation of the oil-extraction method known as fracking has ended up muddying the reputation of the scientist who oversaw it, and thrown a shadow on optimistic forecasts about the nation’s energy prospects.

Dec 27, 2012

‘Active Design’ aims to turn workers into walkers

The day many Americans start working full-time is the day their health begins to deteriorate.

Nov 20, 2012

Economic effect of Hurricane Sandy to touch construction industry

No natural disaster is complete until it touches off a debate among economists.

Nov 19, 2012

Budgetary warfare on the edge of a ‘fiscal cliff’

The debate over the approaching “fiscal cliff,” the overworked term for the drastic belt-tightening imposed by the federal Budget Control Act of 2011, has misleadingly centered on raising taxes on the wealthiest 2 percent of wage-earners.

Nov 8, 2012

Decrying the loss of ‘industrial commons’

When government invests in a company that goes bankrupt, critics haul out the predictable indictment: Politicians don’t understand business, and shouldn’t try to pick winners and losers in the competition that is capitalism.

Oct 25, 2012

Public opinion, budget woes drive Romney ‘switcheroo’ on foreign policy

The return of the man former President Bill Clinton nicknamed “old moderate Mitt” to this week’s foreign policy debate reflects the climate of public opinion and the realities of a $16 trillion debt load as much as it demonstrates Mitt Romney’s pres[...]

Oct 22, 2012

Benghazi attack: Ready for a replay Monday night

The last presidential debate of 2012 was supposed to be a sideshow.

Oct 18, 2012

A fact-checker joins the debate

The toil fact-checking requires is paying off.

Oct 16, 2012

Middle class: This campaign is for you

As they prepared for Tuesday night’s presidential debate, President Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney no doubt have had an image seared onto their brains, and perhaps onto their note cards: The scowling American middle class is sitting there, restlessly watching, drumming fingers on the table, waiting to hear the next class-saving promise.

Oct 15, 2012

The debates: Voters weigh candidates’ demeanor and ‘likability’

After two of the four debates of the 2012 presidential season, what is most striking is how much of the response, as expressed in mainstream news coverage and social media, focuses on body language, demeanor, matters of etiquette, and whether a candidate was likable.

Oct 11, 2012

This just in: Candidates lie in debates

In the aftermath of the first 2012 presidential debate, President Obama and his supporters took every opportunity to explain that while the president admittedly had an off-night, the debate’s real story was that his opponent, Gov. Mitt Romney, was untruthful about his own proposals, particularly his tax cut plan.