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Evers touts transportation, apprenticeship in his final State of the State Address
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers detailed record apprenticeship enrollments and nearly $600 million in transportation funding in his final 2025 State of the State Address.
Here’s what is in the new Wisconsin state budget
The incoming budget proposed increases to state highways, capital projects for the UW-System and funding for municipal water infrastructure.
First general transportation aids of 2025 announced
The state will give $540 million to local governments for road repairs this year.
Study urges new funding options for Wisconsin transportation
Paying for roads, highways and bridges is coming to a breaking point and the stagnating gas tax and inflation are the main culprits, according to a report.
The future of Milwaukee’s transportation fund
The durability of changes to travel patterns during and after the pandemic have left the city of Milwaukee’s transportation fund at a crossroads, a new Wisconsin Policy Forum report finds.
Report: Walker would borrow money for transportation projects
Gov. Scott Walker plans to rely on borrowing rather than a gas tax increase to increase the money available for transportation projects over the next two years.
Critics misunderstand transportation amendment
Talk about misreading the outcome of an election.
Voters approve transportation amendment
Wisconsin voters have agreed to change the state constitution to prevent the state transportation fund from being siphoned to pay for other needs.
Voters weigh transportation fund amendment
Wisconsin voters are deciding whether to change the state constitution to prevent transfers of money from the state transportation fund.
GOP weighs removing public transit from transportation fund
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos suggested Tuesday the state could cut a chunk out of a looming $680 million transportation fund deficit by removing public transit from that part of the budget.
View from around the state: On Nov. 4, put road money in lock box
Government spending at the federal level is fairly easy to understand.
Lawmakers consider ways to raise money for roads (UPDATE)
Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Friday that he's open to using money from Wisconsin's general fund to shore up the state's transportation budget while lawmakers seek other ways to raise money for roads.
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- Meta, ABC partner on construction career academy amid data center boom
- The Gund Co. plans 110,000-square-foot expansion in Waukesha
- Milwaukee airport Amtrak project cost doubled since groundbreaking
- Tech giant sues Wisconsin regulator over data center restrictions
- World’s most powerful supercomputer project completed in Wisconsin
- Waukesha to consider final site plan for INNIO expansion
- New Land Enterprises proposes 25-story Milwaukee condo tower
- Civil engineering firm moves into new Cedarburg office
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin | June 23
- Missy Hughes drops out of governor race, endorses Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez
- Miron to host its 10th ‘Build Like a Girl’ event
- Milwaukee domes redevelopment on track to start in 2027
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)