3/13/03-Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle wants to divert $500 million in transportation taxes to subsidize public schools and local governments.
If his budget proposal is signed into law, $250 million a year for two years would be diverted from the transportation fund.
Doyle said the worst budget deficit in the state's history - $3.2 billion by mid-2005 - forced him to make his roads-to-schools choice to call for the $500 million transfer from the separate transportation fund that pays for road projects. Transportation funds come from fuel taxes and vehicle registration fees.