By Paul Snyder [email protected] Dane County’s regional transit authority lacks money, members and timelines. But there is plenty of skepticism over the way in which the RTA, which will govern transit projects in the Madison metropolitan area, was formed and ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin of Madison may have a Democratic challenger next year. Dane County Supervisor Dave de Felice announced Monday that he is forming an exploratory committee to challenge Baldwin in the state’s 2nd ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Madison-area developers, cautious of government’s slow-turning wheels, are waiting for Dane County to set a regional transit course before they buy into the promise of prime real estate. “Transit lines create value in particular areas, and if ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] A proposed $15 vehicle registration fee could funnel $10 million into Dane County’s transportation budget and not a dime into area road projects. “We have all kinds of projects that are being delayed because of budget problems,” ...

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Dane County working on Black Earth Creek area master plan Dane County planning staff members are preparing a master plan for a 292-acre property within the Black Earth Creek Natural Resource Area. The county needs a master plan to identify ...

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Flooded Wisconsin village prepares to move to high ground Gays Mills (AP) — Gays Mills is finally ready to move to high ground. Flooding in 2007 and 2008 devastated the village on the banks of the Kickapoo River. Village leaders ...

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Matt Pommer The president of the United States made it clear what he saw as a deepening health crisis. “We face a massive crisis in this area,” the president told reporters. “Unless action is taken within the next two or ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Road builders hungry for work will find little to sustain them in Dane County’s proposed 2010 budget. “With the downturn in commercial work, a lot more road builders have been relying on public works projects,” said Chris ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Madison’s development community is at odds over the effect new projects have on traffic congestion in the city’s downtown. “The reality is that on the isthmus, there is no more room for new roads,” said Dick Wagner, ...

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