The Wisconsin Department of Transportation awarded Michels Corp. a $160.6 million contract on Monday to build the north leg of Milwaukee's Zoo Interchange.

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It is well past time to modernize the I-94 East-West Corridor, which is vital to Southeast Wisconsin and the entire state's economy.

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is seeking permission to pay for the final stretch of the Zoo Interchange project without meeting a statutory requirement that at least 70% of the work be paid for with federal money.

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has won two America’s Transportation Awards, an initiative sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, the American Automobile Association and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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Various environmental and civil-rights groups are calling on the state Legislature to abandon plans for a long-proposed expansion of Interstate 94 west of downtown Milwaukee and other big highway projects.

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Wisconsin's state highway rehabilitation program would see a boost while spending on major highway projects in Southeast Wisconsin would suffer, under Gov. Tony Evers' executive budget proposal.

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Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials want to pick up where the state's transportation policies were left off — four years ago.

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Gas taxes would increase but the cost to fill up could actually drop, Wisconsin's right-to-work law would be repealed and its former prevailing-wage requirements reinstated and income taxes would be cut for the middle class, all under Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' first budget.

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On Friday, Gov.-elect Tony Evers announced his nominee for secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation is Craig Thompson, who is now executive director of the Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin. This appointment is subject to the advice and consent of the Senate, and my vote for confirmation will be based on a few considerations.

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The road-building giant Payne & Dolan is entering a legal battle accusing executives of concocting a scheme to deprive two blood-related minority shareholders of a stake they argue is worth millions more than the company will admit.

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