Wisconsin Pipe Trades Association launches PipeTradeCareers.com

November 10, 2020 3:38 pm Leave a comment

In celebration of National Apprenticeship Week, the Wisconsin Pipe Trades Association is formally introducing PipeTradeCareers.com.

Foxconn challenging WEDC on tax credits decision

October 30, 2020 12:43 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)

Foxconn Technology Group will challenge the decision by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. not to issue the company tax credits, Foxconn said Friday.

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Developer drops plans for large wind farm in Green County

October 27, 2020 8:43 am Leave a comment

The developer of a controversial wind farm in Green County has scrapped plans for the project.

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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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Analysis: Racial inequity in who takes career, tech courses

October 23, 2020 11:29 am Leave a comment

Alphina Kamara at Wesleyan University, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in Middletown, Conn. Kamara, a junior at Wesleyan University studying English and sociology, says she was never encouraged to explore options like an engineering course while in high school. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Alphina Kamara wonders what might have happened if she'd been introduced to science and engineering careers at her high school in Wilmington, Delaware.

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Opposition team criticizes Enbridge plans for oil tunnel

September 28, 2020 12:27 pm 1 Comment

This screen shot from June 2020 shows damage to anchor support EP-17-1 on the east leg of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline n the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan. Keeping a 64-year-old oil pipeline in operation by running one section through a proposed Great Lakes tunnel would protect Michigan jobs, supporters said on Monday while opponents described the project as an environmental risk that would contribute to global warming. (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy via AP File)

Enbridge's plans for drilling an oil pipeline tunnel beneath a channel linking two of the Great Lakes do not meet industry standards and pose significant hazards to workers and the environment, experts who reviewed project documents on behalf of opposition groups said Monday.

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SoFi Stadium videoboard first of its kind in many ways

September 14, 2020 3:35 pm Leave a comment

The playing field at SoFi Stadium, the future home for the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers football teams, is shown Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

SoFi Stadium is striking for many different reasons, but the signature element of the opulent new home of the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers hangs 122 feet above the playing field.

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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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New stewards for Yerkes Observatory offer expanded vision

June 29, 2020 6:00 am Leave a comment

Ed Struble, who has been the director of building and grounds at Yerkes Obervatory for nearly 30 years, controls the dome's movable roof panels with an electric control switch at the 1890's-era research facility in Williams Bay, Wis., Wednesday, June 10, 2020. Recently, the University of Chicago transferred ownership of the 123-year-old facility to the Yerkes Future Foundation, a preservation group that plans to restore, refurbish and reopen the research center. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

The round, wooden floor here has been a platform for some of the biggest names in science.

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Report: COVID-19 halts clean energy job growth in Wisconsin

June 26, 2020 3:20 pm Leave a comment

The coronavirus pandemic has dimmed Wisconsin's fast-growing green energy industry, costing the state some 11,000 clean energy jobs since the crisis begin in March, according to a report.

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