The U.S. Department of Labor last week announced more than $12.7 million in money through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is available to support health and safety training initiatives across the U.S.

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Community colleges are in trouble. Enrollment has fallen 37% since 2010, and their completion rates are dismal — nearly half of students drop out within a year.

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The construction industry in Wisconsin is poised to battle usual suspects in the new year, with labor availability and prices up with inflation among the biggest challenges ahead.

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The construction business is booming. Across the country, the industry is short 650,000 workers to meet current demand.

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When construction officials look back at the changes they’ve made in response to COVID-19, some of the most wide-ranging ones they see have no doubt been in the ways they provide training.

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As Wisconsin's long-running worker shortage continues to fester, lawmakers have begun to push for a group of bills they believe will help lower the cost of worker training.

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Gov. Tony Evers wants to place a priority on having the state's economic-development agency work with entrepreneurs and support innovation.

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Jotshua Vega Marcon typically arrives to work at a site where a house is being built on Milwaukee's South Side a full two hours before his shift starts. And the end of the day usually finds him packing up and going home a

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For recent high-school graduates, individuals interested in changing professions and those seeking a second chance at the American dream, there is no better time to join the construction industry.

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For more than 30 years, the Wisconsin Laborers’ District Council Apprentice and Training Center in DeForest has taught prospective workers a slew of jobs in construction — and how to do them safely.

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