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Construction lobbying totals of 2025: See who spent the most last year
New and old faces spent time and money last year lobbying amid a busy legislative session.
Single-family home permits see modest rise in Wisconsin
There was a modest increase in single-family home permits issued at the end of 2025 compared to 2024, with new activity in the triple digits in three counties.
Construction lobbyists spent hundreds of thousands in Madison in 2024
One organization ramped its spending to six figures influencing lawmakers in the first half of 2024.
Wisconsin groups offer new ‘cookbook’ to spur affordable housing
Wisconsin has a new recipe to increase affordable-housing development thanks to a "cookbook" released in February.
Bills to put $20M in COVID aid into apprenticeships, revive tax breaks
Lawmakers are moving forward with bills that would direct $20 million in federal aid toward apprenticeship programs and provide a tax break for apprenticeships — a proposal similar to one previously vetoed by Gov. Tony Evers.
Evers vetoes bill to provide tax break for apprenticeship tuition
Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill on Friday that would have provided a tax break for apprenticeship tuition.
Panelists at Daily Reporter’s Builder Breakfast discuss materials prices, supply shortages
More than a year after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the construction industry is faced with unprecedented supply chain disruptions even as the economy at large shows signs of climbing back to where it was before the coronavirus.
Groups file formal objection to Madison’s bird ordinance
A group of construction and development trade groups filed a formal objection on Wednesday to rules the city of Madison enacted last summer to require that new high-rise buildings have features to protect birds.
At WBA, Boycks helps residential builders make sense of COVID-19 regulations
Long known as a liaison between state government and residential contractors, the Wisconsin Builders Association recently had to become an expert at interpreting rules and restrictions related to COVID-19.
LOST YEAR?: Housing industry staring down slow start to construction season
As homebuilders continue to work through the COVID-19 outbreak, some fear the virus could snuff out demand for new houses next year – if it hasn’t already.
New home construction falls in 2019 in sign of state’s housing crunch
Wisconsin's pace of new home construction and subdivision development dropped in 2019 from the previous year, a sign the state's housing supply is bottoming out amid strong demand last year.
Committee advances tax break for apprenticeship tuition
A state Assembly committee gave a favorable recommendation this week to a bill that would give workers and employers a tax break on apprenticeship tuition.
Today’s News
- $24M mixed-use development breaks ground
- Supervisor calls for referendum on Milwaukee County Courthouse revamp
- $19M mixed-use project tackles city’s biggest issues
- US existing home sales unexpectedly fall in June
- Milwaukee Water Street nightlife locations for sale
- Milwaukee mayor favors improving I-794 freeway over removal
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of July 13, 2026
- 200-unit apartment project wins 2nd city endorsement
- ON THE LEVEL: Josh Brown takes the torch at Bliffert Lumber
- BUILDING BLOCKS: Tom’s Drive In nears completion in Fond du Lac
- Computing facility dropped from Midtown Center redevelopment in Milwaukee
- Delayed Bay View development reaches Milwaukee Common Council
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)