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Jan 22, 2021

Biden cabinet: Buttigieg urges big spending on transportation

President Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of transportation, Pete Buttigieg, was headed down a smooth path to quick confirmation, pledging to senators on Thursday to work with them to carry out the administration's ambitious goal of rebuilding the country's infrastructure.

Dec 22, 2020

COVID-relief bill has $10B to help state DOTs offset pandemic-related shortfalls

The massive COVID-19 relief bill passed by Congress on Monday promises to help Wisconsin's transportation fund cope revenue shortfalls brought on by the pandemic even as it provides tax relief to businesses that took out a Paycheck Protection loan earlier this year.

Aug 6, 2020

ON THE LEVEL: Head of Reason Foundation sees future of road funding in tolling

Most think-tank pundits are well aware of the likelihood that their best recommendations are likely to take years, if not decades, to bear fruit. So Robert Poole of the Reason […]

Jun 25, 2020

ON THE LEVEL: At WTDA, Jackson sees coronavirus putting stress on already strained transportation system

As is true for so many aspects of modern life, the coronavirus pandemic hasn’t so much revealed weaknesses in the state’s transportation as made long-recognized faults even more apparent.

May 12, 2020

Data: Virus-weary Americans slowly return to the road (UPDATE)

Americans are slowly getting back on the road after hunkering down in response to the coronavirus, although traffic numbers are still well below what they were before many states issued stay-at-home orders.

Apr 17, 2020

Highway funding, which relies on gas tax, will be hard hit as fuel sales decline

As people hunker down at home, with few places to go but the grocery store, congestion has all but disappeared from our highways and freeways.

Dec 19, 2019

Mich. Gov. works on new roads plan, warns of budget pressures

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that she is working on an alternative roads plan to promote in her second year in office after the Legislature rejected a proposed 45-cents-a-gallon fuel tax increase, but she did not release details.

Sep 9, 2019

Michigan GOP leaders will proceed on budget without road proposal

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican legislative leaders announced Monday that they will work to enact a state budget without including a long-term funding plan to repair the state's deteriorating roads.

Aug 29, 2019

Michigan Dem: 45-cent tax hike is dead, other options must be in mix

A top Democratic lawmaker says Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's proposed 45-cents-a-gallon fuel tax increase is dead, and proposals such as raising the corporate income tax and taxing heavy trucks must be considered.

Jul 3, 2019

WHAT’S IN, WHAT’S OUT: Evers cuts Kaukauna bridge, tolling study from budget; keeps design-build

In signing his first biennial budget on Wednesday, Gov. Tony Evers tossed out a number of GOP-sponsored infrastructure provisions, including a bridge project in the district of a key Republican lawmaker and rules that would make it easier for gravel quarries to operate in Wisconsin.

Jun 26, 2019

Tesla provisions win Wisconsin Senator’s budget vote

Wisconsin Republicans won a key legislator's support for the state budget Wednesday by inserting provisions in the spending plan that would allow the electric-car manufacturer Tesla to open dealerships in the state.

Jun 26, 2019