Wisconsin Republicans say a proposed gas tax is dead-on-arrival and have introduced a set of transportation bills calling for a funding alternative and a number of department overhauls meant to cajole skeptical lawmakers into assenting to a revenue increase.

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Minnesota transportation advocates and supporters of an off-year bonding bill are in wait-until-next-year mode after walking away from their state's 2019 legislative session empty-handed.

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Even as Wisconsin lawmakers struggle to break out of an impasse on the state's next budget, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders found a way to work together on a deal that avoids an increase in gas taxes.

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Republican lawmakers on Wednesday began seeking sponsors for about a dozen transportation-related bills that could include an alternative to a gas-tax increase and allow for the use of the design-build system on highway projects.

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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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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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