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By Tony Anderson Special to The Daily Reporter An Illinois law requiring the use of state residents on public projects has Wisconsin contractors gauging the potential damage to their bottom lines. The amended law requires contractors use a work force ...

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By Matt Pommer A watchdog group is blaming large legislative campaign donations for what the group calls a tepid approach to tightening drunken driving laws. In the last decade, the booze industry — including manufacturers of alcohol products, distributors and ...

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Standards for professional engineers in Wisconsin were raised in a new law signed Thursday by Gov. Jim Doyle. The previous law requires standards to attain a professional engineer license, including an accredited college degree, specified on-the-job experience and passing a ...

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By Darryl Enriquez A bill that authorizes communities to extend the amount of time debt obligations of financially distressed tax incremental districts can be retired was signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Jim Doyle. TID law allows taxes to be ...

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By Matt Pommer Never watch the making of sausages or laws, according to the old quip. The admonition especially applies in the final days of the Wisconsin legislative session as legislators and the 751 licensed lobbyists worry about keeping their ...

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By Sean Ryan D.C. Burbach Inc. could become the first paving contractor to lose a job because of Milwaukee’s preference for city-based bidders. Waukesha-based Burbach submitted a low bid of $497,143 to repave West Tower Avenue. But, based on the ...

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By Sean Ryan A proposal to wipe out a five-year-old development law in a Milwaukee neighborhood is reigniting an argument over the best way to govern growth. The city in 2005 limited development in a lower east side neighborhood in ...

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By Paul Snyder A bill that would repeal every prevailing wage law change enacted in last year’s state budget faces long odds in the Democrat-controlled Legislature. State Rep. Mary Williams, R-Medford, has drafted a bill that would reinstate a threshold ...

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By Paul Snyder The state’s new prevailing wage threshold slipped the minds of Waupaca County planners, leaving them with no choice but to postpone an estimated $151,000 worth of projects. Roger Holman, director of the Waupaca County Parks & Recreation ...

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