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To speed up commercial-plan approvals, state regulators are planning to make permanent a policy change that would no longer allow contractors and architects to schedule specific dates for plan reviews.

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In the 40 years that Jeff Niesen has been at The Boldt Co., many of the biggest changes he’s seen have been meant to make the industry more efficient.

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Despite a pandemic, an economic downturn and a polarizing presidential election, a report released on Tuesday has found that Wisconsin voters approved school referendums at the second-highest rate in state history since 1993 on Nov. 3.

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The utility contractor Michels Corp. and Port Milwaukee officials have signed a lease agreement that gives the company 17.5 acres of land in the port that would be used by a new Michels subsidiary.

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Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley signed an annual budget on Thursday that calls for spending about $11 million less next year on construction projects than this year.

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A developer planning to convert three former industrial buildings in Milwaukee into luxury apartments is suing its previous owners over environmental contamination found at the site.

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Responding to outcry from Wauwatosa residents, a local committee on Monday unanimously rejected a developer's plans to build a 25-story luxury apartment tower — a project that would have been the tallest building in the city.

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Lawmakers on Friday extended a series of rules enacted during the COVID-19 outbreak to waive a job-search requirement for people receiving unemployment benefits, freeze employer unemployment payments and postpone some in-person fire and electrical inspections.

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Matthew Tadisch knows that old companies don’t get that way by moving slowly.

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