Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin announced on Friday a dramatic increase of enrollees in their apprenticeship program, and now the program faces its highest enrollment in its 35-year history. 

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More than two dozen construction industry groups spent $1.7 million in total lobbying state lawmakers this past year.

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Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill on Friday that would have provided a tax break for apprenticeship tuition.

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Dewey Westra, a longtime construction executive and a founding member of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin has died. He was 92.

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Rebecca Kleefisch, a former lieutenant governor and jobs ambassador at the ABC of Wisconsin, launched her campaign for Wisconsin governor on Thursday by likening herself to former President Donald Trump and deriding the Democratic incumbent as a weak failure.

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Rebecca Kleefisch, a former Republican lieutenant governor and current jobs ambassador for the mostly nonunion ABC of Wisconsin, took another step toward a run for governor Tuesday, releasing dozens of policy proposals a week after she filed paperwork for a campaign committee.

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Officials on Tuesday rescinded an $80,000 no-bid contract to remodel the Racine County city of Burlington's city hall after trade groups questioned the project.

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The workplace has been radically changed by the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving a critical gap that must be dealt with during America’s comeback: the mass exodus of women from the American workforce.

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About one in 10 Wisconsin construction workers are improperly classified as independent contractors or paid in cash, abuses that deprive the state of about $40 million worth of tax revenue every year.

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Wisconsin's State Senate move forward on Tuesday with a revised COVID-19 relief bill in attempt at reaching a compromise with Gov. Tony Evers and shielding businesses from lawsuits over their handling of the virus.

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