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: June 2, 2010
Tags: Busalacchi, Dan Cunningham, Doyle, Federal Highway Administration, Forward Janesville, I-39/90, Interstate 39, Interstate 39/90, Interstate 90, Sheridan, Traas, Transportation Planning Commission, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, WisDOT, WTBA
By Darryl Enriquez
State Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, said he wants money for the planned $1.02 billion expansion of Interstate 39/90 from the Illinois border to Madison approved before Gov. Jim Doyle leaves office this fall.
If the money isn’t approved, Sheridan said he would introduce a bill in the Legislature during its next session to [...]
Published: April 26, 2010
Tags: Democrats, Doyle, economy, Fitzgerald, Jeff Fitzgerald, jobs, Legislature, Mercury Marine, Pocan, Republic Airways, Scott, Sheridan
By SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press Writer
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jobs and the economy.
That’s what Democrats who control the Legislature promised they would focus on this year as Wisconsin deals with high unemployment and a general malaise about the direction of the state.
But at the end of the legislative session, Democrats left town under a fog of [...]
Published: April 18, 2010
Tags: Clean Energy Jobs Act, energy, renewable energy, Senate, Sheridan
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State lawmakers will get more time to debate a massive bill that lays out sweeping renewable-energy goals for Wisconsin.
The Clean Energy Jobs Act would make a number of broad changes. For example, it would require the state move toward greater use of renewable energy.
Opponents say it would be too expensive to [...]
Published: March 23, 2010
Tags: Dan Cunningham, Forward Janesville, Schmitt, Sheridan, State Rep. Jeff Stone, Tom Walker, Traas, Transportation Projects Commission, Vos, Wisconsin Assembly, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
By Paul Snyder
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, is lining up with a coalition pushing for expansion of Interstate 39/90 between Madison and the Illinois border.
But getting the project on the state’s construction calendar may require approval from a commission that hasn’t met for eight years.
“We need jobs,” said Dan Cunningham, vice president of Forward [...]
Published: March 4, 2010
Tags: Assembly, Department of Commerce, jobs, Kristen Dexter, National Federation of Independent Business, Seidel, Sheridan, small business
By SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press Writer
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats in the Wisconsin state Assembly said bills passed on Thursday will help bolster the state’s struggling economy, while Republicans argued not enough was being done to create jobs.
“Wisconsin is open for business,” Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, said at a news conference before voting on the [...]
Published: February 9, 2010
Tags: Asain carp, Sheridan
Marinette man gets 25 years for crash deaths
MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — A Marinette man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for driving drunk and causing a crash that killed five family members in northeastern Wisconsin.
WLUK-TV reports that Richard Powell was sentenced Tuesday in Marinette County court. The 40-year-old man had pleaded guilty in [...]
Published: February 5, 2010
Tags: Amtrak, Sheridan
Politician dating lobbyist gets angry e-mails
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin residents angry about Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan’s relationship with a lobbyist sent him insulting and hate-filled e-mails this week calling for his expulsion from his leadership position, messages released Friday to The Associated Press show.
There were also a handful of encouraging e-mails, which were released [...]
By SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press Writer
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s economy hit rock bottom in 2009, with unemployment reaching 26-year highs and the state budget facing its deepest hole ever.
There are signs that 2010 won’t be as bad.
Even so, dealing with the economy and trying to find ways to put more people back to work is [...]
140 Frontier Airlines employees leaving Denver
DENVER (AP) — About 140 more Frontier Airlines employees in Denver will be moving to Indianapolis by the first half of next year.
Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings, which acquired Frontier on Oct. 1, said Tuesday that it is adding up to 300 full-time positions in its home city, including the 140 [...]
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