The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate called on Thursday for a veto override after Gov. Tony Evers' administration announced $75 million worth of transportation grants to make more money available for public-transportation projects like Milwaukee's streetcar.

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Wisconsin Republicans scrapped Gov. Tony Evers’ transportation budget Thursday and replaced it with a plan that would pay for road work using a combination of title- and registration-fee increases, an infusion of general tax dollars and new borrowing. The proposal also would allow the design-build delivery system to be tested out and make various other far-reaching changes to transportation policy.

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Republican lawmakers are assembling a proposal that could scrap a gas tax increase — a key aspect of Gov. Tony Evers' transportation budget — and revive a policy allowing design-build firms to perform infrastructure projects.

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The state of Wisconsin may be stuck with a $27 million tab to cover cost overruns on the St. Croix Crossing project — and that’s just part of a settlement that could be eventually twice that much or more, according ...

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Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials want to pick up where the state's transportation policies were left off — four years ago.

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has approved a single-bid contract that drew criticism from lawmakers for coming in $20 million higher than officials expected.

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Bids are in for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's whopper of a March bid letting, which advertised nearly $500 million worth of highway projects, and the highest number of projects in any March letting in at least a decade.

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Republican legislators are preparing to question two key members of Gov. Tony Evers' Cabinet as they weigh confirmation votes.

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A recently assembled transportation task force set itself on a crash course this week with Republicans in the state Legislature over road spending.

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A task force convened to solve Wisconsin's transportation woes had yet to begin its work on Thursday when the state's transportation chief suggested tax increases could be on the table.

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