By Karl Oles Dolan Media Newswires Portland, Ore. — Here is an early-in-the-year to-do list for contractors and project owners. Are your corporate and business licenses up to date? Many companies rely on someone to look after “corporate maintenance,” including ...

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Milwaukee’s clumsy law favoring local bidders already has trampled on too many contractors.

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By Hafez Daraee Dolan Media Newswires Portland, Ore. — Exposure to lead-based paint is harmful to everyone, especially children. Before the 1978 ban, harmful lead-based paints were used in more than 38 million homes across the country. In response to ...

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By Paul Snyder The Joint Committee on Finance Thursday got its first report from the construction industry on the effects of stimulus money in 2009. Bob Barker, executive vice president of the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin; Pat Goss, executive ...

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The U.S. House of Representatives last week voted 241-181 to pass the Tax Extenders Act of 2009 that included state and local sales tax deductions, a 15-year straight-line cost recovery for qualified leasehold and restaurant improvements, and the research and ...

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By Sean Ryan The battle contractors are waging against Milwaukee’s preference for local bidders has sparked nationwide opposition to similar laws across the country. “This isn’t just in Milwaukee,” said Elaine Middleton, executive director of the Associated Utility Contractors of ...

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By David Winzelberg Dolan Media When Long Island was shortchanged by a lack of federal stimulus dollars for transportation projects, local roadway contractors and elected officials complained bitterly. And that’s no surprise, since cash from projects paid for with public ...

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Nate Jenkins and Sam Hananel AP Writers Lincoln, NB — Jackie Harpst expected a busy summer at her nonprofit housing agency, as work crews backed by Nebraska’s share of $5 billion in federal stimulus money headed out to seal windows ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Trainers at Fort McCoy are living through a logistical nightmare as they search for space for soldiers while contractors overrun the base. “We’re literally operating on a situation where we’re managing right down to bed spaces rather ...

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Brendan Farrington AP Writer Jacksonville, FL — When homebuilder Bob Liddell noticed the decline in the housing market more than three years ago, he supplemented his business with home remodeling. But he ran into a different problem — competing with ...

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