State officials are hitting pause on a plan to convert Madison's Alliant Energy Center into a site for the treatment of patients with mild cases of coronaviurus patients.

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More than 200 union tradespeople worked on the project, which entailed the installation of 500 hospital beds, temporary restrooms, dressing rooms and showers in one of the fairground’s exhibition halls. State and local officials enlisted the Army Corps of Engineers for the project, which is meant to give COVID-19 patients with relatively mild symptoms have a place to recover while hospital space is being reserved for people with the worst cases.

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Most people know supplies are running short of the sorts of protective masks often used to shield nurses, doctors and first responders from the deadly coronavirus. But what about the small aluminum strips that, when attached to the part of masks meant to go over a person’s nose, help to ensure there is a good seal?

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Foxconn Technology Group has awarded more than $31 million to four companies for work related to the massive factory that's under construction at its campus in Mount Pleasant.

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J.F. Ahern is suing an Illinois contractor to recover more than $600,000 it contends it is owed for building parts used on a West Virginia construction project.

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Largest winning bids in Wisconsin from the previous week, according to The Daily Reporter’s JobTrac bidding service.

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Largest winning bids in Wisconsin from the previous week, according to The Daily Reporter’s JobTrac bidding service.

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A weekly compilation of the largest winning bids in Wisconsin, according to The Daily Reporter’s JobTrac service.

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A weekly compilation of the largest winning bids in Wisconsin, according to The Daily Reporter’s JobTrac service.

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Thirteen additional contractors have filed more than $19 million more in construction liens against the $98 million Edgewater Hotel since March. Since last year, the Madison project has been slapped with nearly 40 liens worth more than $27 million by 20 contractors.

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