WisDOT: Proposed debt would not exceed recommended limit (UPDATE)

Published: March 20, 2013
Tags: Hoan Bridge, Lake Interchange, Mark Gottlieb, Mike Huebsch, Scott Walker, WisDOT, Zoo Interchange

The amount of bonding called for in Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget would not cause the state to surpass a borrowing limit recommended in a report commissioned by the legislature.

Block grant program moving out of WEDC

Published: December 18, 2012
Tags: Mike Huebsch, Peter Barca, WEDC

A block grant program will no longer be administered by Wisconsin’s semi-private economic development agency after concerns were raised by the federal government.

Governor’s mansion kitchen remodel will be privately funded

Published: December 12, 2012
Tags: kitchen, Mike Huebsch, state Building Commission

The Wisconsin Department of Administration said Wednesday the nonprofit Wisconsin Executive Residence Foundation will seek private donations for the project.

Report recommends no changes to Wis. pensions

Published: July 2, 2012
Tags: Alberta Darling, Fred Risser, Mike Huebsch, pension, Robin Vos, Scott Walker

A highly anticipated report ordered by Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-controlled Legislature and released Monday recommended no changes to Wisconsin’s $77 billion pension system.

State agency thumbs nose at law

Published: June 29, 2012
Tags: Bill Lueders, contractos, Julie Lassa, Mark Pocan, Mike Huebsch, Robert Cowles, Scott Walker, unions, Wisconsin Professional Employees Council

The law hardly could be clearer or more unequivocal: Wisconsin state statute 16.705(8) requires the state Department of Administration to file a report by Oct. 15 of each year regarding the hiring of outside contractors to perform services for state agencies.

Editorial cartoon

Published: March 16, 2012
Tags: Alberta Darling, Antonio Perez, cartoon, Joint Finance Committee, Jon Richards, Lena Taylor, Mike Huebsch, Rail, Robin Vos, Talgo, train, Wisconsin Department of Transportation

Lawmakers kill Milwaukee train shop project (UPDATE)

Published: March 14, 2012
Tags: Alberta Darling, Antonio Perez, Joint Finance Committee, Jon Richards, Lena Taylor, Mike Huebsch, Rail, Robin Vos, Talgo, train, Wisconsin Department of Transportation

The state’s Joint Finance Committee on Wednesday rejected a motion to build a Milwaukee train shop, a move Democrats say clears the way for a lawsuit from a Spanish train manufacturer.

State’s contract spending transparency still lacking

Published: March 13, 2012
Tags: Bruce Speight, contracts, Mike Ellis, Mike Huebsch, Mike McCabe, Rob Cowles, Scott Walker, Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group, Wispirg

Wisconsin residents have waited a long time to get a good look at the state’s checkbook.

WisDOT pushing for train maintenance building in Milwaukee (UPDATE)

Published: March 9, 2012
Tags: Amtrak, DOA, Intermodal Station, John Oimoen, Joint Finance Committee, Marc Magliari, Mark Gottlieb, Mike Huebsch, Rail, Talgo, train sets, WisDOT

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will seek $2.5 million for the final design of a Milwaukee train maintenance building rather than using an Illinois station for the service.

Anxious engineers await budget’s fate

Published: June 15, 2011
Tags: Bill Sturtevant, budget, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Mark Klipstein, Mike Huebsch, Robin Vos, Scott Walker, SEA, State Engineering Association, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

By James Briggs State workers again are facing uncertainty as measures originally passed in March to eliminate collective bargaining rights are set to become law. After the state Supreme Court‘s ruling in favor of Gov. Scott Walker’s bill, Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch announced Wednesday that the law would take effect June 29 and [...]