The legal battle over bird-safe façades for new Madison projects continued after city attorneys responded on Friday to an appeal from construction trade groups. A Dane County judge decided in August to uphold a city ordinance requiring new projects over 10,000 square feet to include designs to mitigate bird collisions.

An industry group is praising a U.S. District Court decision to block the Obama Administration's so-called "persuader" rule.

A Texas judge has placed a temporary injunction on an Obama Administration rule that, starting next month, would have required contractors and other employers to disclose the identities of outside consultants who might have been hired to help disrupt union organizing and other labor-related activities.

The Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin is throwing its support behind state Supreme Court incumbent Justice Rebecca Bradley, whose seat is being challenged by Appeals Court Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg in the April 5 election.