Various places in Wisconsin with fewer than 50,000 residents will benefit from $35 million from the federal infrastructure bill for the reconstruction of local roads.

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is planning to study options for rebuilding Stadium Freeway North, possibly with a goal of turning it into at an at-grade boulevard.

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The list of retirements from the Wisconsin state Senate grew to six on Thursday, as the 24-year-veteran Sen. Jerry Petrowski, of Marathon, announced that he will not seek re-election.

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Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials announced Friday that an $11.3 million rail project in Janesville has won federal support.

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State officials marked the completion of a $1.1 billion, 45-mile reconstruction of Interstate 39/90 during an event in Janesville on Wednesday.

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The Wisconsin State Senate on Tuesday confirmed Craig Thompson as transportation secretary and Dawn Crim to lead the state's Department of Safety and Professional Services years after Gov. Tony Evers nominated them to lead the agencies.

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Wisconsin Department of Transportation Secretary-designee Craig Thompson said Friday that he and his colleagues are intent on maintaining the states’ existing infrastructure as it becomes clear how COVID-19 has already begun changing travel patterns for the long term. Thompson’s remarks ...

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Wisconsin officials are praising Canadian National's sale of its Wisconsin rail lines as a potential expansion opportunity after the company announced it had completed the deal this week.

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As the manufacturer Sub-Zero and biotech company Promega Corp. add to their operations in Fitchburg, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation has awarded a grant for a road reconstruction to support the projects.

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A state highway-planning panel on Tuesday recommended building interstate bridges over the Wisconsin River and a stretch of U.S. Highway 51 in Dane County while ending studies of two other projects.

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