By Joe Lanane The resurrection of the state’s Transportation Projects Commission is reviving the debate between those who want money for road maintenance and the backers of new construction. State Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, who will help select TPC ...

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By Darryl Enriquez State Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, said he wants money for the planned $1.02 billion expansion of Interstate 39/90 from the Illinois border to Madison approved before Gov. Jim Doyle leaves office this fall. If the money ...

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jobs and the economy. That’s what Democrats who control the Legislature promised they would focus on this year as Wisconsin deals with high unemployment and a general malaise about the ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State lawmakers will get more time to debate a massive bill that lays out sweeping renewable-energy goals for Wisconsin. The Clean Energy Jobs Act would make a number of broad changes. For example, it would require ...

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By Paul Snyder Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, is lining up with a coalition pushing for expansion of Interstate 39/90 between Madison and the Illinois border. But getting the project on the state’s construction calendar may require approval from ...

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats in the Wisconsin state Assembly said bills passed on Thursday will help bolster the state’s struggling economy, while Republicans argued not enough was being done to create jobs. “Wisconsin ...

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Marinette man gets 25 years for crash deaths MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — A Marinette man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for driving drunk and causing a crash that killed five family members in northeastern Wisconsin. WLUK-TV reports ...

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Politician dating lobbyist gets angry e-mails MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin residents angry about Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan’s relationship with a lobbyist sent him insulting and hate-filled e-mails this week calling for his expulsion from his leadership position, messages released ...

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s economy hit rock bottom in 2009, with unemployment reaching 26-year highs and the state budget facing its deepest hole ever. There are signs that 2010 won’t be as bad. ...

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140 Frontier Airlines employees leaving Denver DENVER (AP) — About 140 more Frontier Airlines employees in Denver will be moving to Indianapolis by the first half of next year. Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings, which acquired Frontier on Oct. 1, said ...

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