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Jobs up 290,000 in April, yet jobless rate rises to 9.9 percent
By JEANNINE AVERSA AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — More confident employers stepped up job creation in April, expanding payrolls by 290,000, the most in four years. The jobless rate […]
Fed: Super-low rates could fuel speculative bubble (2:41 p.m. 11/24/09)
By JEANNINE AVERSA AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve doesn’t expect the recovery will be strong enough to quickly drive down the jobless rate, and acknowledged its […]
Evidence indicates worst of recession is over
Jeannine Aversa AP Economics Writer Washington — Evidence is piling up that the worst part of the recession has ended. But that doesn’t mean the pain is over. A better-than-expected […]
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Wisconsin employers who discriminate will be met with pay penalties Madison (AP) — Wisconsin employers who discriminate against their workers will face stiffer penalties under a plan state lawmakers approved […]
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- Milwaukee Mayor’s $1.9B budget proposal has infrastructure boost
- As employers face labor shortages, Biden administration rolls out playbook for training workers
- Wisconsin Senate committee votes against confirmation for four DNR policy board appointees
- October proclaimed Architecture Awareness Month in Wisconsin
- Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of October 2, 2023
- Corn mill owners plead to federal charges in fatal explosion, will pay $11.25 million
- BUILDING BLOCKS: Second phase of Lower Yahara River Trail construction
- Sky-high mortgage rates leave homes unaffordable for more buyers, sending new home sales tumbling
- Forecast: Economic challenges ahead as rates rise and labor shortages remain
- CBRE opens office on 18th floor of Milwaukee BMO Tower
- Former inmate able to rebuild life through work in construction trades
- Zignego to lead $60M I-894 improvement project
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)
