$149 million in state funds announced for local road projects
$149 million will fund local road projects throughout Wisconsin over the next five years.
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State official says there is enough funding to repair roads, local officials disagree
La Crosse County representatives said more funding is needed to make road repairs, despite a top state official saying otherwise. Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Dave Ross stopped in La Crosse on Tuesday to talk about infrastructure funding.
School districts plan for budget with state aid estimates
School is out for the summer, but school districts are busy at work figuring out this year's budget. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction released their state funding estimates for the 2016/2017 year earlier this month.
Will Gov. Walker's biennial budget include more flexibility for UW system?
Wisconsin faces a more than $2 billion budget deficit. With only a few more weeks until Gov. Scott Walker proposes his new budget, he is looking at ways to reduce the deficit and one in particular is causing some concern.
Dayton meets with Vikings owners on stadium push
Gov. Mark Dayton says he met with Minnesota Vikings owners Zygi and Mark Wilf to discuss state funding of a new football stadium and that he hopes two remaining proposed sites are narrowed to one soon.
