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: May 12, 2010
Tags: BidBlog, blog, Joint Committee on Finance, Knoedler, Marshfield Clinic
By Ann Knoedler
If the Marshfield Clinic can come up with at least $10 million in just over five years, the state of Wisconsin will provide the other $10 million in the form of a grant, and a rural dental education outreach facility will be built in Marshfield.
On April 7, the Wisconsin Joint Committee on Finance [...]
Published: April 8, 2010
Tags: Building Commission, dental, dentist, Jauch, Joint Committee on Finance, Marshfield Clinic, Robin Vos
By Paul Snyder
Republican lawmakers insist a proposal for the state to kick in $10 million for construction of a nonprofit dental school is a pet project when Wisconsin can least afford it.
“We are clearly seeing the politics of pork coming to the front of the debate,” said state Rep. Robin Vos, R-Caledonia. “It’s lawmakers saying, [...]
Published: March 30, 2010
Tags: Amtrak, Brett Davis, Department of Transportation, high-speed rail, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, Joint Committee on Finance, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Lehman, Rail, Traas, WisDOT, WTBA
Comments: 6
By Paul Snyder
A state lawmaker wants Wisconsin to tap the brakes on high-speed rail between Milwaukee and Madison.
State Rep. Brett Davis, R-Oregon, announced Tuesday he will introduce a bill that would prohibit the Wisconsin Department of Transportation from spending federal, state or local money on planning or building high-speed rail until the full Legislature approves [...]
Published: March 3, 2010
Tags: Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security, Bartell, bill, Brothers Bar & Grill, eminent domain, Godfrey & Kahn SC, Joint Committee on Finance, Kessler, state Assembly, state Senate, UW System, UW System Board of Regents, Vruwink, Wittenwyler
By Paul Snyder
A bill that would increase legislative oversight of the University of Wisconsin System’s use of eminent domain lacks enough votes to make it to the Assembly floor.
State Rep. Fred Kessler, D-Milwaukee, said the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security will not vote on the bill before the legislative session ends next [...]
Published: February 16, 2010
Tags: Colon, Craig Thompson, high-speed rail, Joint Committee on Finance, LaLonde Contractors, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Mike LaLonde, Milwaukee to Madison, stimulus, Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin, Vos
Comments: 8
By Paul Snyder
Wisconsin will accept $810 million in federal stimulus money to build high-speed rail between Milwaukee and Madison despite the annual drain on a crippled transportation budget.
The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance on Tuesday voted 12-4 along party lines to accept the money. The committee unanimously accepted $12 million for track upgrades between Chicago [...]
Published: February 10, 2010
Tags: Alberta Darling, Doyle, high-speed rail, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, Joint Committee on Finance, Klein, Kliewer, Madison to Milwaukee, McGowan, Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission, operating cost, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Comments: 5
By Sean Ryan
State legislators want hard figures on the annual cost of running a Madison-to-Milwaukee high-speed rail line before approving construction.
That is unlikely to happen.
People around the country are asking the same question about operating costs for rail lines, said Laura Kliewer, director of the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission. There really isn’t an answer, [...]
Published: January 26, 2010
Tags: Anderson, Breske, freight, Joint Committee on Finance, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Lucht, Miller, Montgomery, Schmitt, tracks, train, upgrade, Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co., Wisconsin Department of Transportation
By Paul Snyder
Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co. will struggle to improve the state’s freight rail service until it gets money for track upgrades, which will be difficult to do until the company improves service.
“It’s a chicken-egg thing,” said state Rep. Phil Montgomery, R-Green Bay, and a member of the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance. “I’ve [...]
Published: December 21, 2009
Tags: 2010, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Barker, Dennis Lynch, John Mielke, Johnson Controls Inc., Joint Committee on Finance, Mark Wagner, Miron Construction Co. Inc., road construction, stimulus, weatherization
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Contractors disagree over what federal stimulus money will mean to the industry in 2010.
“Most contractors are feeling the pain right now,” said Bob Barker, executive vice president of the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin Inc. “Some are doing better than others and have been able to take advantage of opportunities with renovating multifamily [...]
Published: December 17, 2009
Tags: Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Barker, contractors, Goss, James Peterson Sons, Joint Committee on Finance, Peterson, stimulus, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
By Paul Snyder
The Joint Committee on Finance Thursday got its first report from the construction industry on the effects of stimulus money in 2009.
Bob Barker, executive vice president of the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin; Pat Goss, executive director of the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association; and Jim Peterson, co-owner of Medford-based James Peterson Sons Inc., [...]
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