State’s 5 percent preference for minority builders could help others
By Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Steve Ristow was the low bidder on a state project and lost the job because Wisconsin offers a preference for minority-owned companies. Ristow said he expects...
View ArticleWHEDA pursues hiring, contracting law
By Sean Ryan The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority is trying to prevent its hiring and contracting standards from disappearing when control of state government changes hands. A bill...
View ArticleAmerican Indian group files to join lawsuit against Milwaukee
The American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin Inc. is suing Milwaukee in U.S. District Court to end an ordinance that sets race-based preferences and goals for city construction contracts.
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Minority conference shows government’s swifter side
Government, especially in recent times, has been pegged as slow and all but useless – much like a sloth.
View ArticleEntrepreneur brings company back to Minneapolis
Desperation drove Richard Copeland into business. Newly married and with a baby on the way, Copeland found himself unemployed — booted from his father's trucking business after an argument. It was...
View ArticleIn Sonag case, defense argues jury formed using voter rolls could have bias...
Lawyers for the indicted company Sonag Construction are arguing that a trove of non-public voter information that could be used to assemble a federal jury in their client's case was drawn from a...
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