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AFSCME Wisconsin names new executive director
AFSCME Wisconsin has named Patrick Wycoff as its new executive director.
AFSCME Wisconsin endorses Democrat Evers in November governor’s race
The labor union AFSCME Wisconsin announced on Tuesday that it will back the Democrat Tony Evers in his race against Gov. Scott Walker this fall.
AFSCME backs Mitchell in governor’s race
Mahlon Mitchell has picked up another endorsement from a prominent union group this week in a crowded field of Democratic candidates for Wisconsin governor.
Badger named to lead merged union council
A veteran Wisconsin union leader will head the newly merged councils of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
AFSCME leader says beating Walker top priority (UPDATE)
The leader of the nation's largest public sector union said Wednesday that defeating Gov. Scott Walker is its top priority this fall, a pledge that the Wisconsin Republican's campaign dismissed as a sign that unions were bitter over his success.
Walker-backed union law hits AFSCME hard
The 2011 state law that all but ended collective bargaining for most public workers has hit Wisconsin's second largest union particularly hard.
Unions sapped, other lobbying strong
Special interest groups in Wisconsin spent less trying to sway state law and policy in the first half of 2013 than in comparable past periods. But it’s still a whole lotta moolah.
Lobby spending drops in 2011-12
During the past two years, money has played an unprecedented role in Wisconsin politics.
Federal appeals court upholds collective bargaining limits (UPDATE)
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's contentious law stripping most public workers of nearly all of their collective bargaining rights in a decision hailed by Republicans but not undoing a state court ruling keeping much of the law from being in effect.
Unions plan new offensive after Michigan loss
Blindsided by a new law weakening union rights in Michigan, organized labor is preparing to target Republican governors in politically important states up for re-election in 2014 - part of a renewed offensive against perceived anti-union policies.
Unions shift political might to state, local races
Unions are shifting more of their political resources to state and local races this year as they try to head off passage of laws that could undermine bargaining, make it harder to organize or reduce their political muscle.
Madison, public employees consider new contract
The city of Madison could save $2 million under a proposed contract with its largest municipal employees union that is set to go before the workers and City Council this week.
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- Kraus-Anderson will deliver first phase of $175M Big Bend sports complex
- Long-delayed Milwaukee boutique hotel plans show signs of life
- I-794 bridge improvements starting in Milwaukee
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of May 4, 2026
- Construction worker killed in lumber pile collapse in West Bend
- Milwaukee to Madison train line to cost $200M with state help
- I-794 removal could see $500M in development, but more crashes
- Cobalt Partners changes up its Third Ward moving plans
- State program releases $135M for local roads
- Eau Claire approves $270M biomanufacturing facility deal
- Manitowoc port development gets $20 million boost
- Mark Hammond, Wauwatosa development director, will leave for nonprofit job
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)