Body removed months after hotel collapsed under construction

August 10, 2020 4:02 pm Leave a comment

FILE - This Oct. 12, 2019, file aerial photo shows the Hard Rock Hotel, which was under construction, after a fatal partial collapse in New Orleans. Crews on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, recovered the body of one of two construction workers that had been trapped in the collapse nearly 10 months ago of a Hard Rock Hotel under construction in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Crews on Saturday recovered the body of one of two construction workers that had been trapped nearly 10 months ago in the collapse of a Hard Rock Hotel under construction in New Orleans.

Construction hiring slows in June

August 10, 2020 3:52 pm Leave a comment

FILE - In this May 5, 2020 file photo, a help wanted sign shows at Illinois Air Team Test Station in Lincolnshire, Ill. U.S. employers advertised more jobs in June 2020 compared with May, but overall hiring fell, painting a mixed picture of the job market. The number of jobs posted on the last day in June jumped 9.6% to 5.9 million, the Labor Department said Monday, Aug. 10 a solid gain but still below the pre-pandemic level of about 7 million. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

U.S. employers advertised more jobs in June compared with the previous month, but overall hiring fell, painting a mixed picture of the job market.

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Road worker dies in machinery accident

August 10, 2020 3:45 pm Leave a comment

A road construction worker has died after becoming pinned under a concrete spreader in eastern Iowa, authorities said.

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New Madison bird-friendly ordinance could drive up development costs

August 7, 2020 12:28 pm Leave a comment

A Stevens Construction employee secures windows on the exterior of The Lyric Apartments in Madison in 2017. Under a rule approved by the Madison Common Council, new office construction must use glass designed to prevent bird collisions, starting Oct. 1. (File photo by Kevin Harnack)

Big projects in Madison better be bird-friendly under a new ordinance city officials adopted on Tuesday.

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ON THE LEVEL: Head of Reason Foundation sees future of road funding in tolling

August 6, 2020 10:47 am Leave a comment

Robert Poole (Photo courtesy of the Reason Foundation)

Most think-tank pundits are well aware of the likelihood that their best recommendations are likely to take years, if not decades, to bear fruit. So Robert Poole of the Reason Foundation, an organization that seeks to apply free-market answers to ...

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Building Commission to consider money for $50M addition to La Crosse Center

August 5, 2020 3:25 pm Leave a comment

A rendering of a planned addition to The La Crosse Center convention center (Rendering courtesy of ISG Architects of La Crosse)

The Wisconsin Public Service Commission will meet next week to consider spending at least $40 million on various projects throughout the state.

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Zignego gets $44M road project; Market & Johnson to build UW-La Crosse fieldhouse

August 4, 2020 11:08 am Leave a comment

A rendering showing plans for the fieldhouse state officials are planning to have built at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse campus. On Tuesday, the state awarded a $29.5 million contract for that project to Market & Johnson, of La Crosse. (Rendering courtesy of UW-La Crosse)

Zignego Co. is the official winner of a nearly $44 million contract to rebuild a county highway near Foxconn Technology Group’s massive factory complex in Mount Pleasant.

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Graffiti on Wisconsin Veterans Museum to be removed

August 4, 2020 8:47 am Leave a comment

Graffiti spray painted on the outside of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum standing directly across the street from the state Capitol will be removed starting this week, the state Department of Veterans Affairs said Monday.

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WisDOT seeking input on 30-year statewide master plan

July 30, 2020 2:12 pm Leave a comment

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

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Court ruling raises questions about state grants for transit, other projects

July 28, 2020 3:54 pm Leave a comment

Milwaukee County buses pass each other at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Fourth Street in Milwaukee in January 2015. A recent state Supreme Court ruling has raised questions about grant money the state recently awarded to the county’s transit system. (File photo by Kevin Harnack)

Transportation officials are still trying to ascertain the likely effects of a recent Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that could throw into question grants for new buses in Milwaukee County and a bike and pedestrian trail in Ozaukee County.

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