Stories tagged: "infrastructure"


Kilah Engelke, a Milwaukee area cement mason, appears in a new ad from the Biden-Harris campaign that promotes the jobs created through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
‘Look at All the People That Are Working’: New Biden-Harris Ad Centers on Wisconsin Jobs

Kilah Engelke, a Milwaukee mom and cement mason, highlights the jobs being created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the rest of President Biden’s legislative agenda.

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VP Kamala Harris Visits Wisconsin to Highlight New Broadband Manufacturing Jobs

The Biden administration is investing $1 billion to expand high-speed service in Wisconsin. The work could be getting done faster, but Republicans dropped the state’s funding commitment to $0.

What started out as a summer job has turned into a fulfilling career in the skilled trades for Kilah Engelke. “We have the best health care available and a pension that will last my entire lifetime and allow me to retire with dignity at an early age,” she said. “The wages are great too.” (Graphic by Francesca Daly)
Her Summer Construction Job Became a Career—Now She’s Recruiting More Women Into the Field

As federal investments pour into the construction sector, Kilah Engelke is working to recruit more women into the industry. “We have the best health care available and a pension that will last my entire lifetime and allow me to retire with dignity at an early age,” she said. “The wages are great too.”

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Wisconsin Getting $1 Billion for High-Speed Internet Expansion from Biden’s Infrastructure Law

Senator Baldwin and Congressman Pocan helped push the FCC to update its coverage map so that Wisconsin gets what’s needed to bring affordable high-speed service to all.

(Graphic by Morgaine Ford-Workman)
Wisconsin’s Infrastructure in Need of Repair, but GOP Blocks Funding

We elect leaders who will spend our tax dollars wisely. Throwing billions toward tax cuts for the super-rich does nothing to keep roads and bridges from crumbling and tumbling.

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Biden Announces 2024 Presidential Re-Election Run

President Biden has announced his plans to run for a second term in 2024, an election where Wisconsin will likely play a pivotal role once again, as it has in the past two elections.

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White House Infrastructure Coordinator Visits Wisconsin, Touting Infrastructure Upgrades

The Biden administration likes to use the Badger State to highlight how the bipartisan law is upgrading bridges, water lines, internet speeds, and electric vehicle charging stations.