A newly released poll suggests opposition is growing to a central part of Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed transportation budget: higher gas taxes for more roadwork.

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A Republican legislator is introducing a bill that would require state officials to post the gas-tax rate on fuel pumps.

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The two largest sources of concern related to America’s highway system are: the need to rebuild and modernize the aging Interstate highway system and the need to start replacing per-gallon fuel taxes with per-mile charges.

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As Wisconsin lawmakers debate whether drivers should pay more at pumps in this state, their counterparts in Ohio raised their gas tax by 10.5 cents a gallon more for gas and 19 cents a gallon more for diesel fuel under a long-awaited compromise deal reached on Tuesday.

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More than 60% of Wisconsinites think the state does not put aside enough money to maintain roads in their current condition, according to a recent survey by the American Automobile Association.

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Find a road to agreement. That's the challenge for new Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, and the GOP-controlled state Legislature.

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who campaigned on a bold promise to "fix the damn roads" in the capital of the U.S. auto industry, will propose nearly tripling the state's per-gallon fuel tax, her office said this week.

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A tax on hybrid vehicles that has been in limbo for more than a year could finally go into effect under a provision included in the budget proposal Gov. Tony Evers released last week.

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Gas taxes would increase but the cost to fill up could actually drop, Wisconsin's right-to-work law would be repealed and its former prevailing-wage requirements reinstated and income taxes would be cut for the middle class, all under Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' first budget.

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Gov. Tony Evers' first budget, to be unveiled this week, will surely please his Democratic supporters by fulfilling campaign promises to legalize medical marijuana, expand Medicaid and spend more money on public education.

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