Federal infrastructure investments can play a key role in establishing jobs and promoting a fuller economic recovery in the aftermath of our nation’s COVID-19 response — if we get the details right.

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Our country currently has the highest number of unemployed Americans since the Great Depression. While many of the 33 million workers who have filed for unemployment since the coronavirus crisis began expect to be rehired, many jobs will not come back.

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After an extensive search, the Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee has picked Mark Kessenich as its next CEO.

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Two hotels and a convention center are planned for a five-acre site south of Ikea in the Milwaukee suburb of Oak Creek under a deal city officials approved Tuesday.

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Gov. Tony Evers is convening a task force to recommend ways to combat the abuse of work misclassification.

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On the face of things, now would seem an odd time for Ken Kraemer to be stepping down from the top role at Building Advantage.

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Oak Creek officials are looking to spend more than $20 million on a new business park that officials expect to draw in suppliers of the massive factory complex Foxconn Technology Group is building nearby in Racine County.

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Oak Creek's growing pains threaten to become only worse following Milwaukee County officials' decision this week to not set aside money in the county's 2018 budget for various improvements to a busy commercial corridor.

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Already in the grips of a labor shortage, Wisconsin's construction industry will soon be brought under even more pressure to recruit good workers by the $10 billion factory the Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn plans to build in southeast Wisconsin.

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The leader of the Milwaukee Building & Construction Trades Council is seriously considering a bid to become the leader of the city of Oak Creek.

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