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In halting Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise goals, Mayor Cara Spencer cites new Trump administration rules that could withhold or cut funding for cities that offer such programs.

Hausmann Construction of Lincoln, Neb. is seeking $5.7 million for work it did on the Woodbury County Law Enforcement Center. 

Indiana-based ERMCO has evolved from a small, family-run electrical maintenance business into a thriving, employee-owned enterprise specializing in electrical, systems, and automation services.  

Intel Corp. is again slowing the speed of construction of two $28-billion semiconductor fabrication plants in central Ohio.

Developer Tom Liravongsa is using social media to create interest and support for his plan to convert a nearly 100-year-old office tower to residential apartments. 

Joe Cunningham, 48, a member of Laborers union Local 310, was trapped under a forklift and died at the project site, with federal OSHA now investigating the accident.

Iowa and Wisconsin are moving up demolition of the bridge that connects the two states as it is being replaced by a new span under construction just 75 ft away.

There is also a $750,000 fine for bribery related to investigation of the former Illinois House Speaker. 

The Luxembourg-based steel producer is currently the only company in the world producing steel columns of this jumbo size and shape.

A $2.2-billion patient care tower to be built in Iowa City is expected to be the most expensive project in Iowa history.