Contractors may be able to expect even more work on Milwaukee’s bridges and streets in the near future, if the preliminary capital-budget requests made by individual departments are any sign.

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Spending on public infrastructure relative to gross domestic product has fallen faster in Wisconsin than in all but six other states, according to a report this week from a national research group.

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Gov. Scott Walker promised during his State of the State speech Tuesday to help more people find work and attain college degrees faster as he works to bolster approval ratings that sank after his failed presidential bid.

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Brian Wallace, a security researcher, was on the trail of hackers who had snatched a California university's housing files when he stumbled onto a larger nightmare: Cyberattackers had opened a pathway into the networks running the United States power grid.

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Public-private partnerships are vital as cities scramble to accommodate a fast-rising urban population and shifting infrastructure needs, but parties on both sides need to be more innovative when it comes to working together.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature’s budget-writing committee will vote on borrowing $350 million to pay for road construction projects over the next two years, rather than just $200 million this year as requested by Gov. Scott Walker’s administration. Rep. ...

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Seventy percent of the state's roads are rated mediocre to poor by the U.S. Department of Transportation. How do we rate nationally? Only two states — Illinois and Connecticut — rank lower.

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The problem is clear: Traffic congestion will become significantly worse and more widespread without big changes in how people and products get around. Build more roads. Build more public transit. Rely on new technology. The possible solutions are many, but none is easy or cheap.

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A tangle of unresolved issues swirled around the Republican-controlled Legislature on Tuesday as lawmakers rushed to complete deals by the end of the week on some of the biggest pieces of Gov. Scott Walker's two-year state spending plan — including cuts to the University of Wisconsin, roads funding and paying for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena.

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Gov. Rick Snyder and lawmakers will be forced to consider another alternative to address Michigan's deteriorating roads after voters' resounding rejection of a ballot measure that would have increased taxes to pump $1.2 billion a year more into transportation infrastructure.

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