A Pennsylvania man who allegedly misled customers pleaded guilty to a theft by contractor charge Friday.

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By Marie Rohde Wisconsin’s attorney general is asking an appellate court to overturn a contractor’s conviction on nine felonies of theft, fraud and embezzlement because the prosecutor secretly demanded the victims pay the cost of a key expert witness. “It’s ...

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By Marie Rohde Mike Riesner, a 31-year employee of The Jansen Group Inc., couldn’t make it to the auction Thursday when all of the contractor’s assets were sold. But he couldn’t resist stopping by a few days before the sale. ...

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By Sean Ryan An attempt to use a city property to lure a construction company to Milwaukee must overcome the business trends that push contractors away. A Milwaukee Department of Public Works proposal would free up a 2-acre lot at ...

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By Tom Fetters

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Why shouldn’t the “you break it, you bought it” rule apply to all construction companies?

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state board is expected to consider whether to award $1.7 million in damages to a contractor embroiled in a dispute over a University of Wisconsin-Madison residence hall project. The Department of Administration has asked the ...

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By Sean Ryan Two contractors are taking their fight against Milwaukee’s local preference law to a state agency after a judge Thursday rejected their arguments. Underground Pipeline Construction Inc., New Berlin, and American Sewer Services Inc., Rubicon, sued Milwaukee over ...

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Steve LeBlanc AP Writer Boston — A federal judge has postponed sentencing one of the Big Dig’s largest contractors in connection with work on the $15 billion Boston highway project, even though the company has filed for bankruptcy protection. U.S. ...

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Samantha Henry AP Writer Newark, NJ (AP) — Federal authorities couldn’t have picked a more fertile target than New Jersey’s Manhattan-facing waterfront towns for a fake cash-for-development undercover sting, longtime observers say. The majority of those arrested in a sweeping ...

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