Infrastructure

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Jobs GOP Killing a Wisconsin Wage Law Didn’t Save Money, It Just Gave Construction CEOs a Raise

The 2017 repeal of prevailing wage rules resulted in fewer local contractors getting work, declining blue-collar wages, yet no savings for state government.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski October 5, 2020 8:00 am CDT
Infrastructure An internet tower. (Photo via Pexels/Miguel Á. Padriñán)
Infrastructure Evers Will Use $5 Million in CARES Funds to Boost Wisconsin Internet Speeds

Federal funds will go toward the state’s Broadband Expansion Grant program.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski September 24, 2020 11:26 am CDT
Economy Kenosha Residents Jacob Blake Shooting
Economy State Offers $3 Million for Small Kenosha Businesses But More Is Needed

Local businesses are still hurting, and many are just beginning to return to normal.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski September 23, 2020 1:59 pm CDT
Infrastructure Rural Broadband Will Need Federal Help. Here’s What Trump Has Done and What Biden Proposes.
Infrastructure Rural Broadband Will Need Federal Help. Here’s What Trump Has Done and What Biden Proposes.

Trump’s “Reconnect” America program has garnered $1.6 billion in funding from Congress to expand broadband. Biden is calling for a $20 billion investment.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski August 24, 2020 12:16 pm CDT
Infrastructure A Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation 2016 rendering of a how part of the I-94 East-West corridor would look as it passed through the Stadium Interchange next to Miller Park.
Infrastructure Evers to Jump-Start an I-94 Makeover in Milwaukee

GOP refused to fund reconstruction of the East-West corridor in 2017.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson July 8, 2020 2:19 pm CDT

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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) takes questions by speakerphone from reporters on March 25 about the coronavirus outbreak, the "Safer at Home" order, and concerns about the upcoming April 7 election. (Courtesy: WisconsinEye) Politics Vos Admits, ‘Obviously, What We’re Doing Now as a State Isn’t Working’
Drop boxes are designed to provide voters an alternative spot to deliver their absentee ballot, as opposed to traditional mail service. (Photo by Ethan Duran) Voting Do Not Put Your Absentee Ballot in the Mail If You Want Your Vote Counted
President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at the Waukesha County Airport Saturday. During the rally, he continued to spread a lie that the medical field is overreporting and financially benefiting from COVID-19 deaths. Neither claim is true.(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Coronavirus Conspiracists Claim Wisconsin Overcounts COVID Deaths. If Anything, the Real Toll Is Higher.
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Politics How Bad Are Roads In WI? It Took 10 Years Just To Get This One Fixed.
Politics How Bad Are Roads In WI? It Took 10 Years Just to Get This One Fixed.

Construction to begin in 2022 on County Highway F near Blanchardville.

Susan Lampert Smith Susan Lampert Smith July 7, 2020 10:00 am CDT
Infrastructure Potholes have multiplied on Wisconsin roads as state funding fails to keep up with needs and state restrictions prevent local governments from affording repairs. (Photo by Julian Emerson)
Infrastructure A Billion Reasons the Potholes Will Persist

$75 million added, but $1.4 billion in repairs needed

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson March 9, 2020 9:36 pm CDT