Voters to consider more than $900M in school construction on Nov. 3

October 23, 2020 2:07 pm Leave a comment

FILE - In this April 7, 2020, file photo voters line up at Riverside High School for Wisconsin's primary election in Milwaukee. Advocates for the disabled and minority voters in Wisconsin filed a sweeping federal lawsuit Monday, May 18, 2020, asking a judge to order that more poll workers be hired, every voter in the state receive an absentee ballot and a host of other changes be made to ensure the August primary and November presidential elections can be held safely amid the coronavirus pandemic.(AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Wisconsin voters will consider more than $900 million in school construction work across the state when they head to the polls on Nov. 3.

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State budget office memo casts doubt on Foxconn project

October 22, 2020 2:55 pm Leave a comment

: Work continues on the High-Performance Computing Data Center Globe at the Foxconn Technology factory in Mount Pleasant. The globe will house the Network Operations Center, where Foxconn employees can “control the computing power” of the company’s technologies such as the industrial 5G network, cloud computing and industrial artificial intelligence. According to Foxconn, the company has spent about $750 million in Wisconsin on salaries, capital expenditures and other expenses. (Mike Di Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Days before the state declined to give the Foxconn Technology Group tax credits for work done in 2019, officials wrote that the company’s Mount Pleasant factory "may be better suited for demonstration purposes rather than as a viable commercial glass fabrication facility."

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Wage theft task force pushes back on federal independent contractor rule

October 22, 2020 2:48 pm Leave a comment

A state task force on worker misclassification is questioning a proposed federal rule it argues would make it easier for employers to wrongly label workers independent contractors.

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Two years after Trump put a shovel in the ground, Wisconsin still waiting on Foxconn to come through

October 20, 2020 11:24 am Leave a comment

In 2020, Foxconn will continue to reshape the area around Racine. The technology giant’s squabbles with Gov. Tony Evers over tax credits appears to have had no effect on plans for building construction at the company’s Mount Pleasant site or the reconstruction of nearby roads. (Photo by Kevin Harnack)

The Foxconn Technology Group project in Mount Pleasant was billed as an economic miracle worker for Wisconsin.

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TOP BIDDERS: Biggest winning bids from around the state this past week

October 20, 2020 11:11 am Leave a comment

See the biggest winning bids from around the state this past week, from our JobTrac online bidding service.

Fast Company honors COVID care units designed by HGA, Boldt

October 16, 2020 1:52 pm Leave a comment

The national publisher Fast Company has recognized the prefabricated intensive-care units built by Appleton's Boldt Co. and designed by HGA Architects as an innovative way to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

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40 years after Ice Age Trail became a national scenic trail, it still isn’t complete. Will it ever be?

October 16, 2020 12:38 pm Leave a comment

Bob Pecher walks his dog Indigo while his wife, Lauren Pecher, walks their dog Iris. The couple are on part of the Ice Age Trail at Lapham Peak in the Southern Kettle Moraine State Forest. near Delafield (Michael Sears / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

For more than 60 years, the Milwaukee attorney and conservationist Ray Zillmer dreamed of having a national park in his city’s backyard.

Building Commission approves $73M worth of projects

October 15, 2020 2:40 pm Leave a comment

A rendering showing plans for a proposed $20 million remodeling of the National Guard Readiness Center in Appleton. (Rendering courtesy of Bailey Edward Architecture)

The Wisconsin State Building Commission on Wednesday approved more than two dozen projects, worth $73 million, throughout the state.

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KPH suing Kahler Slater over Hotel Northland fallout

October 13, 2020 3:50 pm Leave a comment

The historic Hotel Northland in Green Bay was recently developed. One of the contractors that worked on the project, KPH, is suing the architecture firm Kahler Slater over allegations that it was improperly kicked off the job. (File photo by Kevin Harnack)

After emerging from bankruptcy, the Milwaukee contractor KPH Construction is suing the architectural firm Kahler Slater in the latest dispute to arise from the redevelopment of the Hotel Northland property in Green Bay.

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