01.23.2026
Newly projected $2.4 billion General Fund surplus could boost transportation funding
A better than expected forecast may mean a somewhat easier time for lawmakers to close a more than $1 billion transportation funding shortfall in the next state budget. Late last week, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau…
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01.16.2026
Elkhorn high school student who took Work Zone Safe despite already having license wins monthly $500 scholarship
Jonah Wehmeier and his mom, Jenny, couldn’t avoid it on their way up to Wisconsin Dells from Elkhorn Thursday afternoon. They drove by the multi-year Wisconsin River Bridge replacement on I-39/90/94, which slows traffic from…
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11.20.2025
State awards two communities Transportation Economic Assistance grants to pay for construction, spark growth
Two eastern Wisconsin communities will see improved roads and, with them, more jobs thanks to state grants. Gov. Tony Evers and WisDOT announced a more than $700,000 Transportation Economic Assistance grant for Saukville. The community in…
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11.14.2025
‘It’s going to take all of us’: Baas helps detail transportation funding campaign at TDA Annual Meeting
MADISON -- Whether he realized it or not, WTBA Executive Director Steve Baas found symmetry between a pop culture reference and the need to solve a more than $1 billion transportation funding shortfall. “When you…
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