The debates: Voters weigh candidates’ demeanor and ‘likability’
After two of the four debates of the 2012 presidential season, what is most striking is how much of the response, as expressed in mainstream news coverage and social media, focuses on body language, demeanor, matters of etiquette, and whether a candidate was likable.
The mild winter: 2012’s economic powerhouse
What has had the biggest influence on business so far in 2012? One strong contender was the mild winter.
Realtors hope $25B foreclosure settlement will spark housing revival
With the residential real estate industry shell-shocked from years of a moribund market, its spokespeople can be forgiven for taking a cautious attitude toward Thursday’s announcement of a $25 billion settlement with five of the nation’s biggest mortgage lende[...]
Fracking debate begins to draw heat
The spectacle of protesters descending on New York’s capitol to pressure Gov. Andrew Cuomo to support a ban on fracking earlier this week has prompted various interested parties to revisit the question of what lies ahead for the controversial natural gas drilling technique.
A new tool in the fight against pothole-pallooza
By Joe Yovino
Web editor
Meet the Pothole Killer -- it can fill a hole in 60 seconds with a much smaller crew.
Local rail focus a streetcar to nowhere
By Joe Yovino
Web editor
This week's scorecard: Streetcar 1, common sense 0 (regional rail forfeited).
‘Open for business’ doesn’t cut it for Milwaukee developer
By Marie Rohde
staff writer
Milwaukee developer William Orenstein would like to see policy makers move past catch phrases like “Open for Business” and have a meaningful discussion of what it takes to make Wisconsin attractive to business[...]
Some brats, a couple six packs and White House admission
By Marie Rohde
staff writer
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett says jokingly that when he got his invitation to a Super Bowl party from the White House, he asked, “What should I bring? Some brats? A couple of six packs?”
SnO-M-G: State weathers snowmageddon
By Joe Yovino
Web editor
As one of apparently only eight people working Wednesday in Milwaukee, the trip into work on the morning of snowmaggedon (or the Ground Hog Day blizzard or snowpocalypse, or SnO-M-G or any other cool name a TV produ[...]
Are urban areas at a development disadvantage?
By Marie Rohde
staff writer
Eaton Corp., now located in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods, is being wooed to move to the Milwaukee County Research Park in Wauwatosa using both tax incremental financing and $20 million in federal New [...]
What to do with O’Donnell Park?
By Joe Lanane
staff writer
Proposals to demolish O’Donnell Park came and went last year. Milwaukee County officials initially praised the suggestion to redevelop the valuable lakefront property, but once budget season came, the focus i[...]
Contractor quick pay: Will it compute?
By Marie Rohde
staff writer
Everybody wants to be paid promptly. For some subcontractors, especially smaller businesses, it can be a life or death issue.
Today’s News
- $700M Brewers stadium overhaul proposal comes with new contracting language
- Wisconsin unions, businesses rally support for Line 5 relocation project
- Biden uses executive power to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps
- Wisconsin’s starting fixed fee for engineering services gets a bump
- BUILDING BLOCKS: Caroline Heights Apartments turns historic structures into living space
- Wauwatosa Common Council greenlights $400M Barrett Lo apartments at Mayfair Mall
- Kenosha Common Council unanimously passes contractor requirements for public bids
- Old church finds new purpose as St. John’s Lutheran Church converts to affordable housing
- Indoor farms are shutting down as their businesses struggle. So why are more being built?
- Low Mississippi River limits barge traffic
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids around the state
- Wisconsin contractors urge Kenosha council to delay vote over bidding ordinance
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)