The Association of Equipment Manufacturers released details Monday of a non-partisan nationwide poll about voter attitudes on the economy, manufacturing and transportation infrastructure. When asked how much of the $800 billion economic stimulus package was used to create jobs by ...

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By Paul Snyder Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said Thursday during a press conference in Verona he wants to jump start more construction work in Wisconsin if elected governor. During a campaign stop at the Verona headquarters of Full Compass Systems ...

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By Sean Ryan Municipal officials facing backlogs of roadwork are waiting on a Wisconsin attorney general’s opinion that could give them a new source of construction money. The idea of using tax-incremental financing to rebuild deteriorating roads started in the ...

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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law a package of tax breaks and spending designed to give the nation a jobs boost by encouraging the private sector to start hiring ...

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By Joe Yovino

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Look no further than the recent earthquakes in Chile and Haiti to underscore the importance of construction infrastructure.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker is offering a bold promise of jobs for the state if he’s elected governor. The Republican said the state’s business climate is hurting because of too much government interference. He said ...

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By Sean Ryan Franklin can afford to wait as its neighbor to the north scrambles for money to deal with a growing roster of water pipe replacement projects. “We really don’t have old water mains, so we just don’t have ...

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By PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is promoting help for highways and small businesses, bridges and energy-efficient homes in a broad pitch to get Americans back to work and roll back the double-digit unemployment ...

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The 2009-11 state budget for transportation infrastructure and remaining federal stimulus projects will support more than 28,500 jobs in the state over the next year, according to Pat Goss, executive director of the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association. State and federal ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Dane County supervisors are sparring with the executive’s office over expenses for roadwork and land acquisition more than a month before the 2010 budget is due for review. “Our ability to get new money is already very ...

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