Infrastructure

Infrastructure Rural Broadband Will Need Federal Help. Here’s What Trump Has Done and What Biden Proposes.
Infrastructure Report: One in Four Across Rural Wisconsin Still Lack Internet Speeds Needed for Today’s Economy

Legislature will be asked to do more as the pandemic requires more online time for work, school, and social contact.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson January 6, 2021 11:30 am CST
Jobs Bruce Bisping/Star Tribune via Getty Images
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

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President Joe Biden speaks to the media after receiving a briefing from the transition COVID-19 advisory board on Nov. 9 at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden spoke about how his administration would respond to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) National Biden Throws a Lifeline to Thousands of Wisconsinites
Dana Hanson, assistant operations manager at Marshfield Medical Center-Eau Claire, preparing to administer COVID-19 vaccine Vaccine News Next Vaccination Group Includes 65+, Educators, Prisoners, Food Service Workers
A police officer draws a gun Law and Policy Debate on Cops Drawing Guns, Banning Chokeholds Reveals Serious Divides on Racial Disparities Task Force
Immortalized in this statue in Milwaukee, baseball legend Hank Aaron played with the Milwaukee Braves from 1954-1965, the relocated Atlanta Braves until 1974, and the Milwaukee Brewers in 1975 and 1976. After a stint in the Negro League, Aaron's first minor league experience came with the Braves' Eau Claire squad in 1952. Aaron broke Babe Ruth's home run record in 1974. Aaron died Friday at the age of 86. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) Our Wisconsin Hank Aaron Spent a Summer Up North in 1952. He Credited It for Building His Confidence.
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
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