The manufacturer Rite-Hite is planning to build five- and two-story buildings connected by a skywalk at the future site of its world headquarters in downtown Milwaukee.

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The rate of union membership in both the state of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee metro area trails the national average, according to a report released Wednesday.

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Joe Biden said Sunday that the Democratic National Convention, already delayed until August because of the coronavirus, may need to take place online as the pandemic continues to reshape the race for the White House.

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Prospective Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said he thinks his party's nominating convention will have to be pushed back from July into August because of the coronavirus threat.

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The building, originally The Blue and Reuss Federal Plaza, was built to house various government offices and private tenants but, over time, came to be about 75% vacant. The property was bought in 2017 for $19.5 million by Time Equities, which quickly move forward with plans to turn it into a class-A office and retail building.

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A bill being circulated in the state Legislature would set aside $40 million to replace lead service lines, a proposal that was once in the state budget but later stripped out.

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A Milwaukee committee voted on Tuesday both to pause plans to extend the city's streetcar and study proposed routes into north- and south-side neighborhoods, a decision that threatens to strain an already tight construction schedule calling for service to be added near the site of the Democratic National Convention by July 2020.

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Milwaukee is moving to force the owners of the dilapidated Northridge Mall to tear down the long-abandoned shopping center, a step officials hope would lead to redevelopment.

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The first phase of the project is to entail the construction of a tower with as many as 70 condominium units. The structure would stand near the Milwaukee River and have boat slips and boathouses. Two subsequent phases of the project could bring the unit count at the site as high as 250.

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A new report finds that construction costs increased at a slightly faster pace in Milwaukee than in five other big U.S. cities last year.

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