Published: March 9, 2010
Tags: Balistreri, Bruskewitz, Chequamegon Bay, Chippewa Valley, Craig Thompson, Dennis Osgood, Graef-USA, Jim Doyle, John Kissinger, Kathleen Falk, La Crosse, La Crosse County Highway Department, Merritt, Regional Transit Authority, roadwork, Robin Vos, RTA, Shilling, southeastern Wisconsin, Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin, Willie Hines
By Paul Snyder
Roadwork deserves a share of the money raised by regional transit authorities, according to a lawmaker who argues spending should match the realities of transportation.
“It’s silly to think that 99 percent of the people that use a car to get to work or the store are going to give that up because a [...]
Published: February 12, 2010
Tags: A&A Environmental, Ahern Gross, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Badger Well Drilling, Ballwanz, Construction Business Group, DWD, Forrer, Gassman, Jim Doyle, Kahl, Masonry Restoration, Mielke, prevailing wage, Sopha, spreadsheet, Steffes, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Comments: 2
By Paul Snyder
Construction companies are disputing the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s claim it adequately prepared the industry for changes to the state’s prevailing wage law.
The changes require contractors file monthly reports on prevailing-wage payments on public works projects valued at $25,000 or more. DWD first made the 50-field reporting spreadsheet available in January, weeks [...]
By Matt Pommer
The media love a contest whether it involves the Green Bay Packers, the Milwaukee Brewers or politicians.
But while spring training or coach chatter gets some attention in the media, midsummer speeches in lightly contested political races are played far inside newspapers, if at all.
That’s why Mark Neumann’s candidacy for his party’s gubernatorial nomination [...]
Published: October 9, 2009
Tags: Barbara Lawton, Gaylord Nelson, Jim Doyle, McCain-Feingold Act, Pommer
Matt Pommer
Republicans have been frustrated this year, but history suggests next year will be filled with bright hopes.
Democrats now control the federal and state governments. They have majorities in the Legislature and Congress. And they hold the White House and the governor’s mansion in Madison.
President Obama has dominated coverage in the traditional news media. The [...]
Published: August 17, 2009
Tags: Construction Business Group, Jim Doyle, prevailing wage, state budget, Wisconsin Realtors Association
Comments: 1
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Opponents of the state’s new prevailing-wage law spot a chance to renew the fight with Gov. Jim Doyle’s announcement Monday that he will not seek a third term.
Doyle, in the 2009-11 state budget, approved such changes to Wisconsin’s prevailing-wage law as applying the standardized worker payments to private projects that receive at least $1 [...]
Published: August 7, 2009
Tags: Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Jim Doyle, Scott Walker, Tommy Thompson
Matt Pommer
Maintaining open government and reducing special interest politics requires enforcement of a system of checks and balances.
The restoration of the independence of the state’s Department of Natural Resources is one way to achieve this balance.
The agency is responsible for implementing state and federal laws that protect and enhance Wisconsin’s natural resources, including air, land, [...]
Published: June 29, 2009
Tags: budget, Jim Doyle, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee Commuter Link, oil franchise fee, Regional Transit Authority, road building, unions
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Gov. Jim Doyle spent three days with the state Legislature’s proposed budget before putting away his veto pen and signing the bill into law Monday.
Doyle put his signature on a 2009-11 state budget that deletes more than 80 amendments added to the bill by the Joint Committee on Finance, state Assembly, state Senate and [...]
Published: May 29, 2009
Tags: Concrete Structures Inc., gas tax, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, Jim Doyle, Joint Committee on Finance, oil franchise fee
Comments: 1
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
The oil-franchise fee is on its way to the state Assembly with waning support from lawmakers and a road-building industry wondering how the state will pay for projects.
“We thought (the transportation fund) was safe in the past, but ever since they took (gas-tax) indexing away, it’s been a question,” said Mike Ryan, president of [...]
Published: April 24, 2009
Tags: Barack Obama, election, governor, Jim Doyle, protest, rally, Republican Party, taxes
Matt Pommer
The anti-tax rally earlier this month at the state Capitol, encouraged by conservative radio talk show personalities, may be pushing the Republican Party to the far right.
The tone of the rally indicated what any Republican Party candidate will face in 2010. Given the anger at the rally, will it be possible for the party [...]
Published: April 21, 2009
Tags: Jim Doyle, Lee Sensenbrenner, R.J. Pirlot, Russ Decker, Scott Fitzgerald, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Replacing the state budget’s proposed oil-assessment fee with a 3-cent gas tax increase will do nothing to ease the political battles brewing over transportation project money, lawmakers said Tuesday.
“It’s just the worst timing for a tax increase,” said Senate Minority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau. “You’re going to tell a guy just getting by on [...]
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