The Wisconsin Department of Transportation plans to use about $210 million worth of federal aid to close a budget deficit caused by COVID-19 and spend more on local roads and highway rehabilitation.

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Wisconsin Republicans won a key legislator's support for the state budget Wednesday by inserting provisions in the spending plan that would allow the electric-car manufacturer Tesla to open dealerships in the state.

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The Wisconsin Senate is expected to give final approval to the state budget on Wednesday.

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Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is signaling he doesn't support Republican moves to raise car registration fees in the state budget.

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Wisconsin Republicans scrapped Gov. Tony Evers’ transportation budget Thursday and replaced it with a plan that would pay for road work using a combination of title- and registration-fee increases, an infusion of general tax dollars and new borrowing. The proposal also would allow the design-build delivery system to be tested out and make various other far-reaching changes to transportation policy.

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Wisconsin Republicans are eyeing a $10 increase in the state's $75 vehicle-registration fee as part of a mix of ways to pay for roads in the state without raising the gas tax, Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said on Wednesday.

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Republican lawmakers on Wednesday began seeking sponsors for about a dozen transportation-related bills that could include an alternative to a gas-tax increase and allow for the use of the design-build system on highway projects.

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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 task force convened to solve Wisconsin's transportation woes had yet to begin its work on Thursday when the state's transportation chief suggested tax increases could be on the table.

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A Republican chairman of the Legislature's budget committee says a $340 million reduction in income taxes could be used to offset any increase in gas taxes or other transportation-related fees to help pay for roads.

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