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Wisconsin construction industry reacts after Protasiewicz wins State Supreme Court swing seat
Dan Knodl won the seat for the state 8th Senate District and Sarah Geenen won the Wisconsin Court of Appeals District 1 seat.
Republican union busting sends endorsements to Democrats, COVID lockdowns sending endorsements to Republicans
Trade associations and labor unions will endorse either left-leaning Janet Protasiewicz or Republican Dan Kelly ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race.
Time running out for proposed workers’ comp changes
Buffeted on one side by objections from medical professionals and on the other by concerns raised by a business group, proposed changes to the state’s workers’ compensation system likely will go nowhere this year.
Labor chairman wants Feb. hearing for workers’ comp bill
Proposed cost controls on what the state’s workers’ compensation system pays for medical treatments could get a hearing next month.
Upcoming elections could weigh on unemployment insurance
Members of a state advisory board agree restoring the health of the state’s unemployment benefits system requires big changes that are unlikely before an election year.
Tensions rise as workers’ comp changes approach
A top union official scolded medical providers Tuesday for seeking one deadline extension after another amid attempts this year to make changes to Wisconsin’s workers’ compensation system.
Council seeks goal for unemployment changes
State policy advisors agree big changes are needed to shore up Wisconsin’s system of doling out unemployment.
Advisory councils survive political changes
Christine Pehler says she appreciates Wisconsin’s tradition of deferring to nonelected boards for workers’ benefits policies because the alternative gets messy.
Lawmakers urge more time for workers’ comp deadline
A pair of Republican lawmakers is calling for medical providers to have a little bit more than an additional month to recommend ways to tamp down workers’ compensation costs.
Construction industry could catch break with proposed tax increases
The higher taxes that some lawmakers want to impose on construction companies to pay for the state’s unemployment insurance system could be a lot worse.
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- Wisconsin allocates nearly $50M in tax credits for housing projects
- Contractors eager to fill positions as open construction jobs tick up to 259,000
- Wisconsin awards $130,000 for construction and trade worker training
- Milwaukee manufacturer plans expansion with data center growth
- Megaprojects push Milwaukee construction costs above U.S. average
- Brown County drops data center moratorium proposal
- Cobalt Partners share North Shore Library development plans
- Zignego Co. scores $45M highway contract at start of construction season
- New Berlin residents cold on Rockwell Automations plan
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin | June 1
- WisDOT studying redesign of Walker’s Point interchange
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)