Published: July 9, 2009
Tags: bonding, deficit, gas tax, oil franchise fee, roadwork, state budget, tolls
Comments: 1
Paul Snyder
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The state’s road map to paying for highway construction during the next two years will drive up the budget deficit the Legislature spent months trying to close.
Jon Dyck, a fiscal analyst with the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, said the state will be on the hook for 10 to 20 years paying off the $204.7 million [...]
Published: June 29, 2009
Tags: budget, Jim Doyle, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee Commuter Link, oil franchise fee, Regional Transit Authority, road building, unions
Paul Snyder
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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: June 18, 2009
Tags: brownfields, competitive bidding, contractor registration, design/build, high-speed rail, lowest responsible bidder, misclassification of workers, oil franchise fee, prevailing wage, Regional Transit Authority, stimulus, tax-incremental financing, tipping fees
Paul Snyder
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The state Legislature’s budget conference committee has a long to-do list before striking a compromise between the Senate and Assembly versions of the spending package.
The following list breaks down, according to budget topics, construction-related items that appear in one version of the budget but not the other.
Building program
Assembly budget
Delete the $28.1 million University [...]
Published: June 10, 2009
Tags: Assembly, Doyle, oil franchise fee, Senate, state budget
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Paul Snyder
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The debate will continue over a hotly contested oil-franchise fee no matter which way the state Assembly leans Thursday when it votes on the proposed budget.
Assembly Democrats on Wednesday were scheduled to discuss in closed caucus session possible amendments to the controversial oil fee. Under the budget proposal, oil companies doing business in Wisconsin [...]
Published: June 5, 2009
Tags: Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., budget, Joint Committee on Finance, liability, oil franchise fee, prevailing wage
Paul Snyder
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State Assembly members are preparing for a round of amendments to remove controversial state budget items such as prevailing wage requirements and the joint and shared liability motion.
Assistant Assembly Minority Leader Mark Gottlieb, R-Port Washington, did not predict the specific targets but said there will be amendments to remove nonfiscal policy items from the [...]
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
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Paul Snyder
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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: May 21, 2009
Tags: Doyle, Joint Committee on Finance, liability, oil franchise fee, state budget
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Gov. Jim Doyle and legislative leaders Thursday night announced the first steps toward reducing the state’s multibillion-dollar deficit by more than $1.6 billion.
Doyle also remained committed to some controversial budget proposals.
The state will cut shared revenue to cities and counties by 2.5 percent, and state agencies will experience cuts reaching as much as 5 [...]
Published: May 7, 2009
Tags: Big Oil, gas tax, Joint Committee on Finance, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, oil franchise fee, state budget, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Opposition to Gov. Jim Doyle’s proposed oil franchise fee grows louder as the state’s budget deficit grows larger.
“As far as it goes, most of us have already realized we’ll be looking at years’ worth of legal fees if we choose that direction,” said state Rep. Robin Vos, R-Racine, and member of the Joint Committee [...]
