By Paul Snyder A union leader’s call for a statewide audit of workplace safety enforcement may fall on deaf ears if he can’t gather more evidence of violations. Saying he wants “to try to shake Commerce up a bit,” Martin ...

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By Sean Ryan The University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie might appeal seven asbestos-removal violations stemming from campus projects in 2009. The violations were issued by the Wisconsin Department of Commerce, which originally charged the university with 50 counts of asbestos ...

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Janine Anderson Special to The Daily Reporter There is a dark side to being a bright spot in the state’s construction market. There are buildings to build in northwest Wisconsin, but intense competition from companies based outside of the region ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Wisconsin beat its minority contracting goal in 2008 for the first time because a Minnesota contractor won the $29.5 million University of Wisconsin-Stout Jarvis Hall project. The contractor, Shaw-Lundquist Associates Inc., St. Paul, Minn., won the job ...

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