Budget Blog – The Mysteriously Missing Road Funding Debate

By MacIver Staff - June 13, 2023

2023-25 Budget, Budget Blog, Gas Tax, Road Funding, Transportation Funding

The gas tax debate didn’t exactly end. It just evolved. Read More Budget Blog – The Mysteriously Missing Road Funding Debate

A Warning Sign

By MacIver Institute - July 31, 2019

Craig Thompson, Dan O'Donnell, Department of Transportation, Gas Tax, Illinois, Transportation Funding, WisconsinEye

Transportation Secretary Craig Thompson still wants to raise the gas tax. Dan O’Donnell explains why we need only look south to see why that is a terrible idea. Read More A Warning Sign

MacIver News Minute: DOT Secretary Says Gas Tax Hike Still On The Table

By Chris Rochester - July 30, 2019

Craig Thompson, Department of Transportation, Gas Tax, MacIver News Minute, Road Funding, Transportation Funding

Ronald Reagan famously compared government to a big baby: an insatiable appetite at one end, and no sense of responsibility at the other. The ink is barely dry on the latest state budget, and DOT secretary Craig Thompson is already hungry for more. Raising the gas tax remains very much on the table, he recently said, despite an influx of new money into his bloated agency. It’s a reminder to taxpayers that government’s hunger for your money never ends. Read More MacIver News Minute: DOT Secretary Says Gas Tax Hike Still On The Table

Veto Day Analysis

By MacIverNews - July 3, 2019

2019-21 Budget, Gov. Evers, Gov. Tony Evers, K-12 Funding, Transportation Funding, Veto, Vetoes, Welfare Reform

There was nothing Evers could do to get it back to the $84.2 billion he wanted to spend. However, he certainly was not going to sign the Republicans’ budget without making some changes. Here’s what Evers did and did not do in his 78 line-item vetoes. Read More Veto Day Analysis

DOT’s Top-Down System Stifles Cost-Saving Innovation

By Chris Rochester - June 12, 2019

DOT Reform, Rep. Joe Sanfelippo, Road Funding, Transportation Funding

The Department of Transportation is a top-down bureaucracy run out of Madison. Rep. Joe Sanfelippo (R-New Berlin) explains why incentivizing employees around the state to come up with new ideas, and listening to them, could lead to savings in time and money. Read More DOT’s Top-Down System Stifles Cost-Saving Innovation