By Caley Clinton and Bob Geiger, Dolan Media Wisconsin is on pace to meet its goal of weatherizing 23,243 homes by the end of June, but it could always do more, according to officials from the state’s Division of Energy ...

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By Garance Burke AP Writer Fresno, Calif. — After a year of crippling delays, President Barack Obama’s $5 billion program to install weather-tight windows and doors has retrofitted a fraction of homes and created far fewer construction jobs than expected. ...

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By Paul Snyder James Westring is getting a lot of phone calls about weatherization work, but not much follow through. “Interest is steady,” said Westring, the owner of Madison-based Westring Construction LLC. “I get people calling me up about weatherizing ...

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By Paul Snyder Contractors disagree over what federal stimulus money will mean to the industry in 2010. “Most contractors are feeling the pain right now,” said Bob Barker, executive vice president of the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin Inc. “Some ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com A federal prevailing-wage requirement for stimulus-backed weatherization projects is drawing fire from labor and management. Labor wants the pay rate to go higher. Management wants the rate to go away. Both sides realize they have little chance ...

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Nate Jenkins and Sam Hananel AP Writers Lincoln, NB — Jackie Harpst expected a busy summer at her nonprofit housing agency, as work crews backed by Nebraska’s share of $5 billion in federal stimulus money headed out to seal windows ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com People who train workers in the construction trades worry their  program graduates will suffer if development does not recuperate before stimulus money runs out. The city of Milwaukee is getting money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment ...

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AIA billings index shows decline in work from May to June The economic outlook provided by the Architecture Billings Index went from bad to worse as architects reported less work in June. The billings index, created by the American Institute ...

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Phillip Rawls AP Writer Montgomery, AL — Ready or not, states are getting a tenfold boost in federal money to weatherize drafty homes, an increase so huge it has raised fears of waste and fraud and set off a scramble ...

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Minnesota to get $52 million from in federal stimulus money for weatherization Minneapolis (AP) — Federal stimulus money will be funneled to weatherization work on thousands of Minnesota homes. Congressman Jim Oberstar said Tuesday the state Department of Commerce will ...

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