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Senators, White House in talks to finish infrastructure bill
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.
Dems eye $6T plan on infrastructure, Medicare, immigration
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."
Highlights of Republican-authored Wisconsin state budget
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.
Bipartisan infrastructure group swells to 21 senators
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.
Biden ends GOP infrastructure talks, but new group emerges
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.
White House gives GOP 1 week to reach deal on infrastructure
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.
ABC forecast: Economic rebound may include ‘short, sharp’ recession in 2021
The construction industry may be faced with another recession brought on by a resurgence of the coronavirus in 2021.
‘BUSINESS AS USUAL’: Most contractors, cities plowing ahead with projects amid outbreak
A week after Gov. Tony Evers declared a state of emergency in response to the outbreak of COVID-19, it's business as usual for most public construction work.
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- Unemployment remains at all-time lows as Wisconsin job market cools
- Feds award $8M grant to Milwaukee airport concourse redevelopment
- Truck driver moves barrier, runs into wet concrete in Milwaukee County interchange
- Tosa’s new TIF district poises 92 apartments on Mayfair Road
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of May 25, 2026
- Industry chips in for Wauwatosa high school trades program
- Feds announce $94M for Wisconsin to replace lead pipes
- Bob Uecker mural going up in downtown Milwaukee
- Contractor teaches Milwaukee middle school students about construction careers
- Construction begins on Milwaukee’s 373-unit 100 East apartment conversion
- Wisconsin worker deaths slightly decline but remain high
- After neighbor concerns, Milwaukee alderwoman delays apartments review
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)