Gov. Scott Walker is hearkening back to a children's show that was popular when he was in elementary school with a campaign ad Tuesday blasting Democratic challenger Tony Evers over taxes.

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With only weeks to go before he tries for election to a third term in office, Gov. Scott Walker is coming forward with a plan that would increase by about 50 percent the amount of money Wisconsin counties get in the form of infrastructure aid.

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When it comes to reasons for not raising the state’s gas tax, lawmakers are fast running out of excuses.

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After a two-month break, the Legislature's budget-writing Joint Finance Committee plans to resume its work on the state's spending plan next week.

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Wisconsin's state budget impasse just got $51 million harder to solve thanks to the tax increases that Illinois enacted to finally pass its spending plan, state lawmakers learned Tuesday.

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Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin may have taken the unusual step last week of publicizing their differences over the state budget by deriding each other’s positions as “laughable.”

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If Wisconsin lawmakers don’t soon break their impasse over the state's road budget, the consequences for major highway projects could start showing up as early as WisDOT's August bid letting, an industry official is warning.

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Assembly Republicans say no progress was made on reaching a state budget deal following a brief, tense meeting with their Senate GOP colleagues.

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Wisconsin isn't getting its state budget done on time. That's largely because Gov. Scott Walker and the state Senate disagree with the Assembly on how to pay for transportation projects.

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New projections show Wisconsin's transportation budget is spiraling toward a $63.5 million deficit by mid-2015, leaving lawmakers groping for how to pay for building and repairing roads across the state over the next two years.

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