The number of Hispanic-owned businesses in the U.S. is expected to nearly double this year from 2002.

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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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By Marie Rohde

staff writer

Everybody wants to be paid promptly. For some subcontractors, especially smaller businesses, it can be a life or death issue.

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By Marie Rohde Milwaukee can take its first step toward race and gender equity on projects simply by requiring prime contractors pay subcontractors more quickly, according to an alderman backing the payment change. “This is one of the easiest things ...

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Minority Contractor of the year Khary Penebaker, The Penebaker Enterprises LLC

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By Sean Ryan Minority contractors are asking how $8 billion in national high-speed rail grants were awarded without the same contracting goals that apply to highway projects. The rail grants awarded last month, including $822 million accepted by Wisconsin, did ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Harry Alford’s nationwide blitzkrieg of civil rights complaints on behalf of minority contractors should reach Wisconsin in about a month. “I’m going to raise hell,” said Alford, president of the National Black Chamber of Commerce. Alford said ...

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