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Forget about politics. If you're looking for a fight in Wisconsin, start talking about roundabouts.

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Terry McGowan doesn't expect COVID-19 — and it's many ripple effects on Wisconsin's construction industry — to subside any time soon. The president and business manager of Wisconsin's largest construction union, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, said his members have adapted quickly amid a spate of job site restrictions aimed at keeping Wisconsin's essential construction crews safe at work.

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A new survey from the Associated General Contractors of America suggests contractors in many parts of the country are bouncing back from the coronavirus pandemic, although long-term difficulties may be emerging.

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The project will be the product of collaboration among the Milwaukee School of Engineering, We Energies, Rockwell Automation and American Family Insurance. The center is meant to be a place where K-12 students can receive instruction in science, technology, engineering and mathematics – collectively known as the STEM subjects.

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is adding projects to a pilot program meant to lessen the administrative burden entailed by local projects by simplifying the delivery of so-called low-risk road and bridge works.

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

The Wisconsin Public Service Commission last week dismissed an attempt to block the proposed construction of a 65-watt wind farm in Green County, siding with local officials who had approved the project.

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The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. will provide $2,500 to 30,000 businesses to help them recover from the coronavirus pandemic, the agency announced in a news release Monday.

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The coronavirus is threatening to delay Foxconn Technology Group's receipt of millions of dollars in state tax credits.

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A man died Friday morning after being struck by a telehandler on the site of a $500 million Green Bay Packaging paper mill under construction in the city.

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