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TexasTowelie

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Thu Aug 16, 2018, 07:48 PM Aug 2018

Scott Walker, Tony Evers aren't spelling out their plans for Wisconsin roads

When it comes to roads, GOP Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Tony Evers are keeping their plans to themselves.

Walker said this week he has a transportation plan but isn’t ready to reveal it. Evers is accusing Walker of ignoring the state’s roads and says he’s willing to raise the gas tax to fix them — but won’t say by how much.

Walker is an ardent opponent of raising the gas tax, but some of his fellow Republicans have called for raising the gas tax to fix the state’s highways. The issue stalled the state budget for three months last year because of a GOP fight over how to fund roads.

Chief among the concern for Republicans in the Assembly: the state’s rising debt load for roads.

Read more: https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/08/16/scott-walker-tony-evers-arent-spelling-out-their-plans-roads/1008438002/

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