Dan Emerson BridgeTower Media Newswires MINNEAPOLIS, MN – As Wisconsin officials look to bring more people into the construction industry to help build Foxconn’s new plant in Mount Pleasant and other projects, their counterparts in Minnesota are trying to do ...

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Gov. Scott Walker’s administration announced plans in January for a $1 million marketing campaign to persuade young Chicagoans to move north to the Badger State.

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Robots that can weld, lift and bolt are being developed to help combat labor shortages at Japanese construction sites although safety and regulatory considerations will limit their use to night shifts when no workers are nearby.

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The president and CEO of Employ Milwaukee,the largest workforce board in the state, is stepping down for a new job.

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Weighing in on the country's construction-labor shortage, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari told a group of contractors last week that businesses are doing “extraordinary things” to attract more workers.

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Vashaun Morgan has been tinkering with electronics for about as long as he can remember.

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Training programs for trades careers will look a little more like high school classes that grant college credit, under a bill signed into law Thursday.

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With Wisconsin bracing for a flurry of development amid a worker shortage, two construction groups are reorganizing themselves in response to demand in southeast Wisconsin.

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When people hear mention of the Girl Scouts, their first thought is often of cookies. What many may not realize is the extensive programming that also comes as part and parcel of being a troop member.

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State officials on Thursday held what they deemed the Wisconn Valley Construction Resource Fair in Racine to help recruit workers for the $10 billion manufacturing plant Foxconn Technology Group is planning to build nearby, as well as related projects. About 250 people were expected to attend Thursday’s event. Here are some of their stories.

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