A Milwaukee Common Council committee gave initial approval Wednesday to spend $9,049,000 on sewer and water main construction.

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Rawson Contractors Inc. is claiming Michels Corp. failed to pay up after a 2012 sewer project.

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A case involving hundreds of Milwaukee residents whose homes were damaged during floods in 2008 continues to inch closer to conclusion, though it’s still unclear when the end will come or if the case will be appealed.

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A jury’s verdict will stand granting 181 Milwaukee residents $1.49 million for sewage backups despite errors in the process, Circuit Judge Christopher Foley ruled Friday.

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Pewaukee-based Rawson Contractors Inc. could settle a roughly $60,000 lawsuit over a Milwaukee sewer project.

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A Pewaukee subcontractor is suing Brownsville-based Michels Corp. and the city of Milwaukee for more than $60,000 related to a 2012 sewer project.

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Increasingly popular bathroom wipes — pre-moistened towelettes that are often advertised as flushable — are being blamed for creating clogs and backups in sewer systems around the nation.

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Federal programs designed to make headway on some of the Great Lakes' most longstanding ecological problems, from harbors caked with toxic sludge to the threat of an Asian carp attack, would lose about 80 percent of their spending under a spending plan approved Tuesday by a Republican-controlled U.S. House panel.

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The possible termination of Milwaukee’s no-bid contract with a pipe warranty company also could renew a debate over whether the city should trade its logo for royalties.

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All around the country, water and sewer pipes laid 50 to 100 years ago are cracked and breaking.

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