With their city's ongoing building boom, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and other local officials have a lot to be happy about these days.

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Local industry organizations are telling the public that now is the time to secure a seat with the crews that will be building Milwaukee's streetcar project.

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To fight residential blight, Milwaukee County and workforce-development officials are looking to give prisoners a second chance by recruiting them to remodel often-dilapidated houses.

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The task taken on by WRTP/Big Step and its director of construction services, Tracey Griffith, is no small one.

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Milwaukee workforce-development officials are trying to make sure the 70 or so workers who will soon finish working on a curtain wall for the Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons project can continue their careers in construction.

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Trying to bolster the supply of skilled tradespeople who can work on large construction projects in Milwaukee, a local workforce-development organization is seeking help from independent groups that can provide training and job placement.

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A Milwaukee program that aims to connect unemployed or underemployed residents with construction work is not doing enough to lead many of its participants to lasting careers in the industry, argues a new study from a nonprofit organization.

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Workforce development officials say they are on track or ahead of schedule in meeting their hiring goals for the Northwestern Mutual Towers and Commons project in downtown Milwaukee.

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Marquette University’s $120 million Athletic Performance Research Center is just one of several planned major projects in Milwaukee that industry leaders expect will create a skyrocketing demand for workers down the road.

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A new report indicates an increasing shortage of talented labor. But more training programs hope to close the gap.

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