The short-term solution for better Wisconsin roads is a modest increase in the gas tax, which hasn't been raised in more than a decade.

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A recently assembled transportation task force set itself on a crash course this week with Republicans in the state Legislature over road spending.

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Republican legislative leaders are advocating again for tolls to help fund Wisconsin road repairs.

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Gov. Scott Walker, seeking to become only the second governor in Wisconsin history elected to a third term, and the Democrat Tony Evers, the state superintendent, meet on Friday night for the first of two debates. Walker and Evers are locked in a tight battle for governor with the election just over two weeks away.

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If you want good roads, you have to pay for them.

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Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced plans on Tuesday to pump an additional $1 billion into infrastructure projects throughout his state, money that will be raised through massive fee increases on heavy-duty commercial vehicles that use the Indiana Toll Road.

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Allowing open-road tolling on Wisconsin's interstates is the only plausible way to raise state money to match whatever federal funding could be coming for transportation, Republican state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald told county officials on Wednesday.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin business leaders say a plan to introduce highway tolling to help pay for road work could hurt the economy. Some members of the state’s business lobby and members of the tourism, hospitality and manufacturing sectors ...

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Gov. Scott Walker says he's open to the idea of tolling Wisconsin interstates, but only if the revenue helps reduce the state's gas tax, which is nearly 31 cents a gallon.

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The biggest question in the Statehouse is how Gov. Scott Walker and fellow Republicans will resolve a dispute over how to pay for roads.

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