Training programs for trades careers will look a little more like high school classes that grant college credit, under a bill signed into law Thursday.

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A resource fair in Racine on Thursday marked the beginning of a hiring blitz to enlist construction workers for the $10 billion plant Foxconn Technology Group plans to build in southeast Wisconsin.

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With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Scott Walker gave his approval to legislation preventing more than one journeyman from ever being needed to oversee the work of an apprentice entering the trades.

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The Wisconsin Assembly has passed a bill that could curtail contractors' legal costs and liability in certain lawsuits.

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The state Senate approved a bill on party lines Wednesday meant to combat the construction industry's persistent labor shortage by preventing more than one journeyman from ever being required to oversee the work of an apprentice.

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A leading figure in construction and real estate law in Wisconsin has died following a battle with cancer.

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The Assembly was expected on Thursday to approve a proposal that would allow payments for apprenticeship training to be deducted from income taxes.

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Prevailing wages played a big part in both the highest high points and lowest low points of Jim Boullion’s lobbying career.

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Wisconsin's Senate District 10 special election was seen by many as a preview of things to come in the 2018 mid-term elections. It also appears to have served as a sort of proxy battle between union and non-union groups in the construction industry.

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State lawmakers gave favorable recommendations on Tuesday a trio of bills meant to draw more young people into apprenticeships and ultimately the trades.

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