Milwaukee airport seeing record traffic, but don’t grab your shovels just yet

Published: December 15, 2010
Tags: airport, Barry Bateman, blog, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, General Mitchell International Airport, Hot Topics, Lanane, Milwaukee, Mitchell airport, Petri, Scott Walker

By Joe Lanane

staff writer

More passengers may not necessarily equal more money for construction projects at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee.

Highway bill extensions keep money flowing 

Published: December 1, 2010
Tags: Bureau of Structures, Cannestra, Gebhardt, Pat Goss, Petri, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, WisDOT, WTBA

By Joe Lanane The merry-go-round of congressional extensions for the federal transportation spending law is working just fine for Wisconsin, which is drawing nearly $100 million annually based on a policy that no longer exists. The federal law was last approved in 2005. It expired last year, but Congress has granted five extensions, each lasting [...]

Wisconsin’s Petri easily wins re-election to House

Published: November 2, 2010
Tags: 6th Congressional District, Joseph Kallas, Petri, vote

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin voters have sent U.S. Rep. Tom Petri back to Washington for the fourth straight decade. The moderate Republican easily won re-election representing the 6th Congressional District in eastern Wisconsin. He has been in the House since 1979. The 70-year-old Petri is expected to be influential on spending issues related to transportation, [...]