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A top official for concrete contractor Sonag Ready Mix will pay more than $600,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of exploiting a program to help small businesses.
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Read More »Sonag official to pay $629K in civil case over DBE program abuse
MnDOT seeks to raise bar for diversity on public projects 
By BRIAN JOHNSON BridgeTower Media Newswires Contractors on Minnesota state highway and small mass-transit projects that receive federal money may have to stretch a little farther in the next few years to meet goals meant to ensure women- and minority-owned companies ...
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Read More »Three more charged in connection with Sonag scheme
Three more people have pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with a Milwaukee-area contractor's scheme that bilked the federal government of more than $200 million by exploiting a program set up to help minority- and disabled-veteran-owned contractors.
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Read More »Indictment: Milwaukee’s Sonag bilked $200M from federal contracts (UPDATE)
A Milwaukee-area construction firm and its officials are accused of cheating the federal government out of more than $200 million by exploiting a program set up to help minority- and disabled-veteran-owned contractors.
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Read More »Common Council passes budget plan with disparity study intact
Four years after being forced by a lawsuit to abandon goals meant to direct public works contracts to minority- and women-owned businesses, local officials took a step toward re-establishing the program. Deliberating on Friday on the city’s 2018 budget plan, ...
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Read More »Agencies studying need for DBE programs
As projects like the St. Croix Crossing bridge between Minnesota and Wisconsin fall short of goals for hiring businesses owned by women and minorities, Minnesota officials are embarking on a study of whether such preferences are still needed.
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Read More »Milwaukee County to take up expanded DBE definitions … again
A committee of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors will again consider proposed changes to the county’s definition of disadvantaged business enterprises.
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Read More »Two Milwaukee firms to help Bucks meet workforce, small business benchmarks
The Milwaukee Bucks have hired two local consulting firms to help ensure that disadvantaged businesses and workers are employed in the construction of the team's new arena and related developments.
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Read More »Expanded Milwaukee County disadvantaged business definition gets committee nod
Local officials are showing support for giving a leg up to specially designated "targeted enterprises" that try to win Milwaukee County contracts.
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Read More »Minority impact statements now required on certain Milwaukee County contracts
Milwaukee County contracts of $300,000 or more will now be required to include a minority impact statement.
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