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A Madison-based nonprofit called Maydm plans to ramp up growth after being selected for a five-year, $500,000 grant award.  The organization aims to support girls and youth of color in 6th grade through high school as they pursue education in STEM fields, offering workshops, summer programs and paid internships.  Maydm recently...

-- A Madison-based nonprofit called Maydm plans to ramp up growth after being selected for a five-year, $500,000 grant award.  The organization aims to support girls and youth of color in 6th grade through high school as they pursue education in STEM fields, offering workshops, summer programs and paid internships.  Maydm...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) urges youth ATV/UTV operators and their parents to operate responsibly. Over the last five years, 70% of fatal crashes involving operators or passengers under the age of 18 occurred on private lands. Lack of helmets, not using seatbelts in UTVs and inexperience are among...

MADISON, Wis - Painters & Allied Trades, District Council No. 7 would like to thank U.S. Attorney Timothy O'Shea for joining other prosecutors from red and blue states that criminally prosecute construction labor brokers for payroll fraud. Gustavo Reyes was sentenced on August 18, 2023, for federal tax evasion in connection with his operation of a number...

MILWAUKEE – Block Build MKE 2023, the signature annual project of Revitalize Milwaukee, will transform 18 homes in Milwaukee’s Muskego Way Neighborhood. The neighborhood rehabilitation project will take place on Saturday, Aug. 19, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The houses will receive free repairs and upgrades, collectively valued at more...

MADISON, WIS. – To honor the life and legacy of the late Annette Ostrom, a prominent World Dairy Expo exhibitor as a member of Milk Source Genetics and La Femme Fatale, a philanthropist, youth enthusiast and leader in the dairy industry, the Ostrom family will dedicate more than $120,000 to World Dairy Expo’s Youth Showmanship Contest over...

– Lawrence University and the Trout Museum of Art are pleased to announce an expansion of their partnership, which will revitalize nearly an entire city block in downtown Appleton. A new four-story mixed-use building slated for the southeastern section of the 300 block of E. College Avenue – between S. Drew and S. Durkee Streets –...

“Labor brokers who pay construction workers in cash (often less than what they agreed to pay), fail to pay federal and state taxes, fail to remit unemployment insurance payments, and fail to claim all employees on their worker’s compensation insurance policy are a drain on all law-abiding taxpayers and have seriously eroded the Wisconsin construction industry. We...

(Appleton, Wis) – Home field advantage has a new meaning for Chilton Public Schools athletics. On Thursday, Aug. 17, District officials, students, community members, and representatives from Hoffman Planning, Design & Construction, Inc. cut the ribbon on the District’s new athletic complex, completing phase one of the $19.3 million project approved by voters in the April 2022 referendum.

MADISON — Today, the Wisconsin Building Trades Council released the following statement regarding the conviction of Gustavo Reyes, an operator of several Wisconsin drywall companies known to routinely exploit and misclassify workers: “The sentencing of Gustavo Reyes underscores the critical importance of collaboration between labor, industry, and law enforcement in upholding the principles of a responsible...

MADISON, Wis – Construction Business Group applauds the conviction of Gustavo Reyes, who operated several drywalling businesses in Wisconsin. Reyes, who was known to routinely misclassify workers, was convicted in U.S. District Court Thursday on tax evasion charges and was sentenced to 18 months of incarceration, 2 years of probation and ordered to pay $557,907 in federal...

Milwaukee, Wis. – You’re too excited to think about expenses. And why wouldn’t you be? You’ve just chosen to go into business for yourself – realizing a likely years-long dream. Your opportunity to build a better product or bring a unique service to the public has finally arrived. Worrying about costs now would only kill momentum.