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State takes bigger interest in WEDC (UPDATE)
The state legislative budget committee Friday assumed more oversight of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. following its failure to spur as much job creation as promised in return for millions of dollars in potential tax credits to businesses.
Solar panel prices may heat up on rays of U.S. tariff
Solar power installation companies have spent the past two years benefitting from Chinese manufacturers driving down the price of panels.
Mayville Engineering to buy new plant with economic grant
Mayville Engineering Co. Inc., Mayville, will benefit from a $1.5 million grant from the Department of Commerce’s Community Development Block Grant–Economic Development program. Gov. Scott Walker announced Thursday that Waushara […]
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery to start on infrastructure expansion
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery in Pierce County has received $407,000 from the Community Development Block Grant-Economic Development Program administered by the Department of Commerce. The grant will enable the city to […]
Lawmakers question Walker’s local cuts
By James Briggs The state’s Department of Administration secretary faced sharp scrutiny Tuesday as he began more than a week of state budget testimony from state officials. Mike Huebsch was […]
Microorganism turns pipe dreams into nightmares
By Marie Rohde When Door County’s $30 million Justice Center opened in 2005, civic officials were aglow with pride. Within five months, center inmates took on a glow of their […]
Nardelli named Safety and Buildings division manager
Thomas Nardelli, a close ally of Gov. Scott Walker, has been appointed division manager for Safety and Buildings at the Department of Commerce under Secretary Paul Jadin. From August 2007 […]
Loans to help Racine County companies create jobs
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker announced Thursday that BRP US Inc. and DeltaHawk Engines Inc. have received $1.72 million in loans from the Department of Commerce to assist job-creating projects in […]
Walker signs bill to reorganize Commerce Department
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a measure that will replace public employees at the Department of Commerce with private workers in a dramatic reorganization […]
State inches closer to international building code
By Marie Rohde Wisconsin is on the verge of adopting the 2009 international building code, leaving some to wonder why the state took so long to embrace the construction standards. […]
Walker to sign Commerce Department bill
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says he will sign the bill reorganizing the Wisconsin Department of Commerce into a public-private hybrid on Wednesday. The Republican-controlled Legislature passed the […]
Commerce Department starts shifting divisions
By James Briggs Plans are under way to move the regulatory divisions of the state Department of Commerce to a new home, even though the transition lacks final approval from […]
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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)
