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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that will require federal agencies to purchase products using more American components.
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Read More »Even as materials prices fall, contractors worry about tariffs
After a tumultuous year filled with trade disputes, contractors are on-edge about how tariffs could drive up the cost of doing business—even as materials costs fell in June.
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Read More »GOP: Trump headed to Milwaukee fundraiser this week
Republican Party officials say President Donald Trump will attend a fundraiser in Wisconsin this week.
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Read More »Crumbling roads, spotty internet trouble small businesses
Every hour that one of The Advance Group's trucks is stuck in highway or bridge traffic, it costs the moving company around $200. And with 40 trucks trying to get into Manhattan daily and contending with the New York metro area's deteriorating public property, the price of lost time runs up quickly.
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Read More »Pence coming to Eau Claire to tout trade agreement
Vice President Mike Pence is coming to Eau Claire on Thursday to promote the U.S.-Mexico trade agreement.
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Read More »Foxconn CEO meets with Trump, Wisconsin governor (UPDATE)
Foxconn Technology Group is moving forward with its plan to build a massive factory in Wisconsin and President Donald Trump has promised to visit when production starts next year, the top official at the Taiwanese company told reporters following a meeting at the White House.
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Read More »Nearly $1B in contracts awarded for border fence sections
The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded contracts totaling nearly $1 billion to replace short barriers with tall fences along two sections of the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Read More »Trump signs orders making it harder to block pipelines
President Donald Trump's support for shifting more power to states faded on Wednesday next to his affinity for oil and gas production, as he aimed to make it harder for states to cite environmental concerns as a reason to block pipelines and other energy projects.
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Read More »A look at the state of the wall on the US-Mexico border
The White House has said that a two-mile stretch of fencing President Donald Trump is visiting Friday is the first section of border wall built under his administration.
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Read More »Trump seeks $75.3M for work on new Great Lakes shipping lock
President Donald Trump's newly released budget calls for spending $75.3 million on a new Great Lakes shipping lock in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
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