02.03.2025
Majors Program cost estimates lower as TPC awaits word of I-39/90/94 expansion in 25-27 budget
Smart planning and construction cost savings helped save Wisconsin taxpayers money over the past six months. WisDOT Secretary Kristina Boardman’s twice-yearly report to the Transportation Projects Commission (TPC), released last Friday, notes those factors reduced…
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01.31.2025
WTBA’s Grove wins Secretary’s Golden Shovel award for ‘above and beyond’ work with DBEs
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. -- Moments before announcing the next WisDOT Golden Shovel award winner in a Wisconsin Dells ballroom, Tondra Davis caught herself. “You don’t want to show preference, so I won’t,” Davis told the…
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01.30.2025
Duffy confirmed as Transportation Secretary on bipartisan Senate vote
The Senate confirmed former Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy as the next Transportation Secretary on Tuesday. A bipartisan coalition voted 77-22 in favor of Duffy’s nomination. Both Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) and Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin)…
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01.30.2025
Trump administration’s federal funding freeze thawed… for now
A second straight week of confusion and concerns over President Donald Trump’s executive order freezing federal grant spending appears to have finally settled down. Wednesday, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) rescinded…
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