Allies of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have released $750,000 worth of TV ads to support her plan to borrow $3.5 billion to roughly double construction spending on state-owned roads and bridges over five years.

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A Michigan state panel on Thursday authorized borrowing $3.5 billion to roughly double spending on state road and bridge construction over five years, hours after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the plan in her State of the State speech.

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As Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers prepares to release his proposed roads budget on Thursday, his counterpart in Minnesota was girding himself for an uphill fight over his plans to borrow $1.27 billion for transportation projects.

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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday recommended an $842 million state bonding bill that would help pay for everything from a new greenhouse at the University of Minnesota to additional state Capitol repairs.

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Remove $250 million in borrowing from Wisconsin’s construction budget, Republican lawmakers told the state's Building Commission on Thursday.

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Gov. Mark Dayton said Tuesday that Minnesota could create thousands of new jobs by issuing $775 million in bonds for construction projects around the state.

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By Eric Grasberger Dolan Media Newswires Portland, Ore. — There is a world of difference between bidding on public projects and on private ones. Public projects and those paid for with stimulus money will provide at least some relief to ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Gun-shy administrators might undermine a federal stimulus program that encourages school construction by helping districts pay down debt. Some district leaders say they gladly are accepting a piece of $125 million in no-interest bonds but are reluctant ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Debt-shy Wisconsin counties are cautiously considering federal stimulus-backed bonding for projects on land that qualifies as a recovery zone. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act lets counties and municipalities declare economic recovery zones, which are areas dealing ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] 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, ...

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