In trying to hold down the state’s borrowing for transportation projects, Republicans on the state’s budget committee have proposed a delay of at least two years in a planned reconstruction of an east-west running stretch of Interstate 94, as well as in various other projects.

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After saying for weeks that he doubts his fellow Republicans would support full elimination of the state’s prevailing wage laws, the top lawmaker in the state Assembly plans to allow a vote on at least a modified version of repeal.

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Republican leaders said Wednesday that they agreed on a plan to fund Wisconsin's road projects over the next two years, edging them closer to an elusive deal on a new state budget.

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Republican legislative leaders have reached a deal on a new state budget that drops a financing plan for a new Milwaukee Bucks stadium and changes to the prevailing wage law, co-chairs of the Legislature's budget committee said late Tuesday.

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Details of an agreement on major budget issues reached by Republicans on Tuesday include prevailing wage and a new Bucks arena.

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Some major issues have prevented the Republican-controlled Legislature from passing a budget on time.

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Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday he expects a deal to come together in the coming days to break a near-monthlong impasse on the state budget, while the Senate majority leader said he still does not have the votes to pass the two-year spending plan.

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Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said Wednesday he still does not have the votes to pass the state budget, and it seems likely that a $500 million financing plan for a new Milwaukee Bucks stadium will be debated separately.

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Republican legislative leaders met again Tuesday with a goal of finishing the state budget before the new fiscal year begins on July 1, saying they were making progress without being specific about what had actually been decided.

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Thirty-three of 63 Assembly Republicans sent a letter to Gov. Scott Walker and Senate GOP leaders on Monday saying they will not support cuts in transportation funding that aren't spread out equally across the state, highlighting the struggle to reach a budget deal and break a nearly monthlong impasse.

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