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Two parties, two visions
Listening to Republicans, a vote for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan is imperative to save the nation.
GOP hoping crossover voting effect recalls
Republicans might cast ballot for perceived weaker candidate By Scott Bauer Associated Press Madison — Republican leaders hope their supporters vote for fake Democrats in May 8 recall elections, a […]
Falk rallies union supporters
Union members and other backers of Democratic governor candidate Kathleen Falk say their get out the vote effort will spur her on to victory in the May 8 primary.
Senate race centers on Social Security
By Matt Pommer Republican Ron Johnson says most people now in their 20s, 30s and 40s don’t expect Social Security to be around when they retire. Johnson has been riding […]
Politics lurk behind lawsuit over stem cells
By Matt Pommer Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has ducked out of representing the state in a legal fight over a federal court ruling blocking the U.S. government from […]
Health care debate offers market medicine
By Matt Pommer “The miracles of modern medicine are simply outrunning the public’s ability to pay for them.” Almost a quarter-century has passed since then-Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm made that […]
State needs answers to health care costs
Matt Pommer The leading Republican gubernatorial candidates say they are opposed to the Health Care Reform Act recently passed by the Democratic Congress and signed by President Obama. That’s just […]
Hassett knew how to reach across the aisle
By Matt Pommer A half century ago, Jack Kennedy, campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination in western Wisconsin — then solid Hubert Humphrey country — ended up being driven around […]
Elections loom large for high-speed rail project
By Paul Snyder High-speed rail advocates are racing the state’s gubernatorial election cycle to line up support for an expanded track network to Green Bay and Minneapolis. “This is not […]
Entitlements are tough political targets
By Matt Pommer Ron Johnson, the Oshkosh businessman and likely Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate seat, says he is running to end America‘s “culture of entitlement.” Johnson will have […]
Schools face tough tax decisions
By Matt Pommer Which is worse: high property taxes or a growing federal deficit? The issue seems linked to the $23 billion education jobs bill pending in Congress. A total […]
Expect a line to form for Obey’s job
By Matt Pommer Strange events can have a long-range effect on government and politics. Consider the 42-year congressional service of U.S. Rep. David Obey, who has announced he won’t seek […]
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- Milwaukee Mayor’s $1.9B budget proposal has infrastructure boost
- As employers face labor shortages, Biden administration rolls out playbook for training workers
- Wisconsin Senate committee votes against confirmation for four DNR policy board appointees
- October proclaimed Architecture Awareness Month in Wisconsin
- Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of October 2, 2023
- Corn mill owners plead to federal charges in fatal explosion, will pay $11.25 million
- BUILDING BLOCKS: Second phase of Lower Yahara River Trail construction
- Sky-high mortgage rates leave homes unaffordable for more buyers, sending new home sales tumbling
- Forecast: Economic challenges ahead as rates rise and labor shortages remain
- CBRE opens office on 18th floor of Milwaukee BMO Tower
- Former inmate able to rebuild life through work in construction trades
- Zignego to lead $60M I-894 improvement project
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)
