The state is providing a grant for training in the solar industry as part of its latest distribution from its Wisconsin Fast Forward program.

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Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday announced more than $6.6 million to support youth apprenticeship opportunities, job training and upskilling in advanced manufacturing and scholarships for students pursuing careers in education in grants through the second round of the Workforce Innovation Grant Program.

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The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development announced Thursday that it has awarded three construction groups grants that will help train nearly 200 unemployed workers.

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A job-training center that has served hundreds of disadvantaged youths is closing in northern Wisconsin.

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With many construction jobs winding down as the weather gets colder, officials in charge of training workers for the next season are just getting going.

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A recent letter to the editor from John Mielke of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin made the argument that Gov. Scott Walker has been the biggest cheerleader for apprenticeship throughout Wisconsin, and he closes his piece by claiming “we should not distort reality.”

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When Ezzard White started One Hope Made Strong, a free skilled-trades training program for young men and women living in central Milwaukee, he had no workshop, little equipment and no staff.

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A new bill introduced this week by Senator Tammy Baldwin aims to bolster training programs as employers grapple with a shortage of skilled workers.

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Gov. Scott Walker's first television ad of his re-election campaign draws attention to his efforts to bolster the state's working-training programs.

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Sarah Schultz, 11, pulled the welding helmet over her pink hair.

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