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., [...]
Published: December 15, 2009
Tags: AGC, Associated General Contractors, Barker, Goss, hearing, Joint Committee on Finance, Molepske, Montgomery, stimulus, Transportation Builders Association
By Paul Snyder
The Joint Committee on Finance on Thursday will hold an informational hearing on the effects of the federal stimulus package on Wisconsin’s construction industry.
Pat Goss, executive director of the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, and Bob Barker, executive vice president of the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, are expected to provide testimony on how [...]
Published: November 25, 2009
Tags: job reporting, Joint Committee on Finance, Montgomery, ORRI, Patton, stimulus, Zipperer
State Reps. Rich Zipperer, R-Pewaukee, and Phil Montgomery, R-Green Bay, on Wednesday announced they are seeking letters on stimulus job reporting from the state’s Office of Recovery and Reinvestment.
The lawmakers sent a letter to ORRI Director Chris Patton seeking answers on data relating to private sector job creation and reporting accuracy.
Montgomery and Zipperer last week [...]
Published: November 25, 2009
Tags: board of regents, Brothers Bar & Grill, condemnation, eminent domain, Godfrey & Kahn SC, Joint Committee on Finance, Madison, Miller, UW System, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
The UW System’s use of eminent domain to acquire a downtown Madison building is prompting a legislative call for more oversight of the process.
But the bill that would create that oversight focuses only on the UW System and its use of eminent domain, or condemnation.
“I think our real question is that there’s a [...]
Published: November 20, 2009
Tags: Assembly Committee on Jobs, Colon, Economy and Small Business, federal stimulus program, Joint Committee on Finance, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Miller, Molepske, Montgomery, Pocan, stimulus, Wisconsin Office of Recovery and Reinvestment, Zipperer
By Paul Snyder
Two Wisconsin lawmakers, skeptical of claims about jobs created by federal stimulus money, are calling for public hearings on how the state is spending its share of the stimulus.
State Rep. Rich Zipperer, R-Pewaukee, and state Rep. Phil Montgomery, R-Green Bay, said they are not satisfied with the job creation and retention numbers Wisconsin [...]
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