Published: August 25, 2010
Tags: accident, crane, Doyle, Miron Construction, Tyco Fire Suppression & Building Products
Miron Construction Co. Inc. is still investigating the cause of a crane collapse at the Marinette building site of a new office for Tyco Fire Suppression & Building Products.
None of the 15 workers at the site were injured in the accident that occurred late Monday morning.
Marinette Assistant Fire Chief Jerry Plansky said work the crane [...]
Published: August 19, 2010
Tags: blog, Doyle, expansion, Hot Topics, I-39/90, Lanane, TPC, Transportation Projects Commission
By Joe Lanane
staff writer
Despite the news this week that Gov. Jim Doyle will convene the Transportation Projects Commission in, this, his final year in office, advocates of Interstate 39/90 expansion may not want to pop the cork just yet.
Published: August 18, 2010
Tags: border, Doyle, expansion, I-39/90, Kevin Traas, Madison, Sheridan, Stephen Nass, TPC, Transportation Projects Commission, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, WisDOT, WTBA
By Joe Lanane
The resurrection of the state’s Transportation Projects Commission is reviving the debate between those who want money for road maintenance and the backers of new construction.
State Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, who will help select TPC members this week to review eight proposed highway projects, said he believes the $1.02 billion Interstate 39/90 [...]
Published: August 12, 2010
Tags: Ashanti Hamilton, Doyle, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, flood, Grant County, Lipscomb, Milwaukee County, storm
By Joe Lanane
The office of Gov. Jim Doyle clarified Thursday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has not yet ruled on whether to offer individual assistance to disaster victims in Milwaukee and Grant counties.
FEMA announced Wednesday morning that money would be allocated to both county governments to reimburse clean-up efforts after a series of late-July [...]
Published: August 11, 2010
Tags: Doyle, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, Grant County, Milwaukee County, storm, Wisconsin Emergency Management
By Joe Lanane
A Wisconsin Emergency Management spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday afternoon that Gov. Jim Doyle will appeal a decision that denied individuals federal disaster relief.
Lori Getter said Doyle will attempt to claim as much assistance money as possible after the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Wednesday morning that only government agencies in Milwaukee and Grant counties [...]
Published: August 11, 2010
Tags: Doyle, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, floods, Grant County, Milwaukee, Waukesa County
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Milwaukee and Grant counties have been declared disaster areas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency due to flooding.
The declarations announced Wednesday by Gov. Jim Doyle make local units of government in those counties available for federal assistance as they clean up from the July floods. The counties did not qualify for [...]
Published: August 6, 2010
Tags: Craig Thompson, Department of Transportation, Doyle, infrastructure, Joint Committee on Finance, Local 139, McGowan, Neumann, Pat Goss, Scott Walker, TDA, toll roads, tolls, Tom Barrett, transportation budget, Transportation Builders Association, Transportation Development Association, WisDOT, WTBA
By Justin Kern
Special to The Daily Reporter
Supporting toll roads in the state could mean doom to an office seeker’s campaign.
But advocates for tolls and other revenue sources say avoiding tolls altogether could mean worse for the roads used by millions of drivers in the state.
The three gubernatorial candidates — Republicans Mark Neumann and Milwaukee County [...]
Published: August 4, 2010
Tags: Citizens for Responsible Government, Department of Commerce, Doyle, Talgo, Zach Brandon
Comments: 1
By SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press Writer
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin officials on Wednesday released a previously missing file containing correspondence with a Spanish train maker that was awarded a controversial $47 million contract.
Patentes Talgo was given the no-bid contract a year ago, drawing the ire of Republicans who questioned Gov. Jim Doyle’s awarding it without receiving [...]
Published: July 29, 2010
Tags: Doyle, high-speed rail, LaHood, Rail, Watertown
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood say they’ll make a major announcement in Watertown on Thursday about the state’s planned high-speed rail line.
Doyle and LaHood will be joined by Watertown Mayor Ron Krueger and other officials at Watertown City Hall for a 10 a.m. news conference.
Wisconsin has been [...]
Published: July 9, 2010
Tags: 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ARRA, Brett Davis, Doyle, high-speed rail, Hiniker, lieutenant governor, Neumann, Rail, Scott Walker
Comments: 8
By Paul Snyder
A state lawmaker is calling on Gov. Jim Doyle to stop the state’s planning for the Milwaukee-to-Madison high-speed rail line.
State Rep. Brett Davis, R-Oregon, said Friday that GOP gubernatorial candidates Scott Walker and Mark Neumann committed to stopping work on the project if they are elected in November, and Wisconsin should pull the [...]
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