Transportation budget hits pothole

Published: August 25, 2009
Tags: budget, shortfall, Transportation, Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin Inc., Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Wisconsin Joint Committee on Finance, WisDOT

Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com

Wisconsin’s transportation budget faces the latest in a long line of blows — a $49.1 million budget shortfall for 2009.
The state’s Joint Committee on Finance on Thursday will discuss a Wisconsin Department of Transportation plan to help cope with the shortfall: lapsing $33.3 million in major highway development and state highway rehabilitation money for [...]

Development not enough for Milwaukee’s budget

Published: July 16, 2009
Tags: budget, cutting services, development, fees, Milwaukee, pension system, shortfall, taxes, TIF, Tom Barrett
Comments: 1

Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
New development is a long-term solution to balancing a city budget but unlikely to fix Milwaukee’s money trouble in the next year.
The city is facing an $85 million to $90 million gap between costs and revenue in the 2010 budget because of payments to Milwaukee’s pension system. As city officials contemplate cutting services [...]