Wisconsin’s new system of awarding construction contracts has left minority and disabled-veteran business owners in danger of losing their advantage when bidding for state projects.

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A resolution to repeal portions of Milwaukee’s minority contracting ordinance has stalled while business groups and city officials debate whether eligible companies must have an address in one of four counties.

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An ordinance repealing the race- and gender-specific provisions of the city of Milwaukee’s minority hiring policies passed in committee Tuesday.

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It took Milwaukee’s Common Council no more than 15 minutes to discuss and unanimously approve a lawsuit settlement that reverses the city’s most recent minority contracting set-asides.

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Conflicting opinions about whether Milwaukee should have contract set asides for specific minorities has left the city’s policymakers at a standstill.

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Milwaukee’s decision Tuesday to repeal the minority hiring requirements that had sparked a lawsuit might land the city back in court.

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Milwaukee and two chambers of commerce are asking for another week to settle their dispute over 2012 changes to the city’s minority contracting practices.

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Minority contractors and the city of Milwaukee won’t meet their Friday deadline to settle a lawsuit over hiring practices. But they aren’t giving up.

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Shortly after HKS Sports & Entertainment was selected to design the new Minnesota Vikings stadium, Eden Prairie-based EVS and other companies talked about how they could get involved with the $975 million project.

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The Milwaukee branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Tuesday filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice against Milwaukee alleging the city has failed to comply with civil rights and equal-opportunity laws in its procurement system.

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