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WisDOT outsourcing costs taxpayers millions
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is paying contractors millions of dollars for work that could be done cheaper by state employees. Through the end of last […]
Legislature passes transportation amendment (UPDATE)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A constitutional amendment designed to prevent lawmakers from raiding money from the state transportation fund to pay for other items has passed the Legislature. Both the […]
Walker’s budget boosts money for highways
By James Briggs In the volatile aftermath of Gov. Scott Walker‘s budget address, which he delivered Tuesday to a joint session of the Legislature, transportation builders are among the few […]
Views from around the state: Congress: Clean up after ‘orphaned earmarks’
Don’t you love moving the couch cushions and finding loose change? That happens to Congress when it uncovers old earmarks. It has happened 7,374 times over, according to one report. […]
Republicans propose ban on fund raids
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A constitutional amendment that would prohibit the Wisconsin Legislature from raiding segregated state funds to pay other bills is being circulated by Republican lawmakers. Before the […]
Governor-elect Walker targets high-speed rail, road projects
By Marie Rohde Gov.-elect Scott Walker, hoarse from his election night celebration, was optimistic on Wednesday that Wisconsin‘s high-speed rail project could be stopped and that highway construction projects will […]
GOP wish list includes more road money, fewer regulations
By James Briggs In the final hours before Tuesday‘s midterm elections, Wisconsin Republicans had all but scheduled a group Lambeau Leap to celebrate their not-yet-attained takeover of the state Legislature […]
Land mines fill path to road revenue
By James Briggs As Wisconsin‘s two major gubernatorial candidates take turns bashing outgoing Gov. Jim Doyle for his handling of the state’s transportation fund, Doyle is flashing the grin of […]
Tough logic is behind the transportation referendum
By Paul Snyder
staff writer
Racine County Executive Bill McReynolds on Tuesday added his name to the growing list of people who want an advisory referendum this fall to protect the state’s transportation money.
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- Groundbreaking set for $16M NeuVue mixed-use development in Milwaukee
- Architecture billings score low, but Wisconsin firms remain busy
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of June 29, 2026
- 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
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)