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The Daily Reporter's weekly digest of companies that have been cited for OSHA violations during work around the state.

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Waukesha County is seeking bids for a study to help it determine whether to renovate its 1959-built courthouse or build a new one.

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Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. plans to replace a building on its downtown campus with a high-rise that could stretch as tall as 35 stories and cost $350 million to build.

Tagged with: Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Tom Barrett

A six-mile project to extend the Lake Parkway from Edgerton Avenue to Highway 100 has been added to the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission’s Year 2035 Regional Transportation Plan.

Tagged with: General Mitchell International Airport Highway 100 Pat Jursik Port of Milwaukee SEWRPC

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. plans to build a high-rise tower on its downtown Milwaukee campus, replacing its east building.

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A side project to the Zoo Interchange reconstruction will save Milwaukee County the effort and cost of demolishing greenhouses that are crumbling after years of neglect.

Tagged with: greenhouse Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory Pat Jursik Wisconsin Lutheran College WisDOT Zoo Interchange

A Milwaukee County panel on Wednesday gave Jim Burton initial approval to take over as director of the Facilities Management section of the Department of Administrative Services.

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A group of 150 families has sued Buckeye Partners LP, Houston, and West Shore Pipeline Companies, Arlington Heights, Ill., due to groundwater contamination at their Washington County homes resulting from a gasoline pipeline rupture in July. Additional families have expressed interest in joining the suit, according to a news release, and related entities were also named as defendants.

Stevens Point-based Lexton Properties LLC and HH Condos LLC will pay $5,000 in fines and court costs after a Portage County Circuit Court ruled they failed to control erosion at three properties.

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With the Federal Housing Administration on shaky fiscal ground, the likelihood of a taxpayer bailout has some in the housing industry concerned about potential fallout.

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