President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats' push for a 10-year, $3.5 trillion package of social and environmental initiatives has reached a turning point, with the president repeatedly conceding that the measure will be considerably smaller and pivotal lawmakers flashing potential signs of being open to compromise.

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President Joe Biden's "build back better" agenda is poised to be the most far-reaching federal investment since FDR's New Deal or LBJ's Great Society — a prodigious effort to tax the rich and shift money into projects and programs touching the lives of nearly every American.

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James Peterson Sons is the low bidder on a $6.2 million project on Highway 51 in Stoughton as part of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's August letting.

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Senators and the White House are locked in intense negotiations to salvage a bipartisan infrastructure deal, with pressure mounting on all sides to wrap up talks and show progress on President Joe Biden's top priority.

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Democrats are eyeing a $6 trillion infrastructure investment plan that goes far beyond roads and bridges to include core party priorities, from lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 60 and adding dental, vision and hearing benefits to incorporating a long-running effort to provide legal status for certain immigrants, including "Dreamers."

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The Wisconsin Legislature's budget-writing committee planned to complete its work Thursday on the state's next two-year spending plan, paving the way for the Senate and Assembly to vote on it later this month.

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A bipartisan senators' group working on a $1 trillion infrastructure compromise more than doubled in size to 21 members Wednesday, a key threshold that gives momentum to their effort as President Joe Biden returns from overseas at a pivotal time for his big legislative priority.

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President Joe Biden ended talks with a group of Republican senators on a big infrastructure package on Tuesday and started reaching out to senators from both parties in a new move toward bipartisan compromise, setting a summer deadline for Congress to pass his top legislative priority.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday time is running short for a bipartisan deal on infrastructure, suggesting that President Joe Biden will look to act without Republican support if there is no consensus when Congress returns from its Memorial Day break.

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The construction industry may be faced with another recession brought on by a resurgence of the coronavirus in 2021.

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