LANSING - Gerber Construction Co. in Reed City was fined $2,000 for violating COVID-19 workplace safety requirements. The business was found in violation of a lack of social distancing, and lack of face coverings when workers could not consistently maintain six feet of social distancing. Total penalties including other workplace violations were $3,600. The inspection was initiated as a ... Read More

Mar. 2—Plans for construction of the 15-story mixed-use complex at the corner of Superior Street and Fourth Avenue East in Duluth are back on after several postponements. An environmental assessment worksheet submitted to the city by developer Northstar Development Interests LLC stated that demolition of the three buildings on the lot, site preparation and construction are scheduled to begin ... Read More

MADISON - Gov. Tony Evers wants to spend $2.4 billion on building upgrades across Wisconsin - nearly half of which would be spent on University of Wisconsin System campuses. The plan would give $1 billion to the UW System for building projects, spend $163 million on a new state office building in Milwaukee and create a $45 million juvenile correctional facility that would trigger the closure ... Read More

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers wants to spend $2.4 billion on Wisconsin building projects over the next two years, with nearly a half of that going toward projects across the University of Wisconsin System, $163 million for a new state office building in Milwaukee and plans to move the state historical society museum to a new location near the Capitol. Evers released his capital budget ... Read More

Feb. 17—Kansas City is moving forward with a plan to build a $37 million soccer complex in the Northland — but City Council members on Wednesday did not give it their full endorsement. For more than a year, Northland council members and city staffers have been working on a deal with Sporting Kansas City to build and manage a soccer park on the border of Platte and Clay counties, which ... Read More

OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) _ Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. (GLDD) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $10.6 million. The Oak Brook, Illinois-based company said it had profit of 16 cents per share. The provider of dredging and dock-contracting services posted revenue of $172.1 million in the period. For the year, the company reported profit of $66.1 million, or $1 per share. Revenue ... Read More

Feb. 17—After eight months of discussions, delays and amendments, a City Council committee again faces the question: Should Kansas City limit generous tax incentives long granted to developers? Many advocates and officials say it's time. But there's little agreement on the latest version of the plan. Kansas City Public Schools Superintendent Mark Bedell, whose district sees tens of millions of ... Read More

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday will propose rolling back several tax policies he agreed to in 2019 to win Republican support for his infrastructure plan and budget in his first year in office, according to sources familiar with the plan. The proposed tax policy changes, aimed at closing what Pritzker describes as $932 million in “corporate tax loopholes,” include: * Reversing a phaseout of ... Read More

LANSING — Though Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed no tax increases in her 2022 budget last week, the budget calls for increases to more than 140 fees for state government services, ranging from getting a traffic crash report from the Michigan State Police to getting a permit to develop areas designated as wetlands. The proposed fee increases, which are all double-digit or triple-digit in ... Read More