By Paul Snyder

staff writer

As contractors struggle with the requirements for prevailing-wage reports, the state’s top officials overseeing the filing of those reports are not making time to speak to news outlets.

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By Tom Fetters

copy editor

Whenever I learn about safety problems – or potential safety problems – at nuclear power plants, I wonder again whether nuclear energy is the right choice.

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By Paul Snyder

staff writer

April 8 and 9 are going to be exciting days for anyone interested in the state’s use of eminent domain.

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By Sean Ryan

staff writer

The message in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s 2011 budget is clear: The agency is not playing nice.

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By Joe Yovino

web editor

Myself and some of the other regulars on Amtrak No. 340 headed from Milwaukee to Chicago had a toast from the beverage cart last night.

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By Chris Thompson

editor

Milwaukee wants banks and other lending institutions to have a little skin in the foreclosure game. Southeastern Wisconsin Common Ground wants the entire hide.

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By Tom Fetters

copy editor

Until the growing problem of foreclosed and vacant houses is stemmed, the big losers will be the people in the neighborhoods where these empty buildings are standing.

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By Paul Snyder

staff writer

Wednesday is Thomas Crapper Day, a particularly notable day because it marks the 100th anniversary of flush toilet developer’s death.

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By Sean Ryan

staff writer

A rare deep freeze in Ireland this month has highlighted the importance of infrastructure and water.

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By Joe Yovino

web editor

In the near future, residents of northeast Columbia County could see a skyline inhabited with large windmill-looking things spinning in the distance.

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