State Rep. Steve Doyle on data center moratoriums, Tank Creek Bridge and a surplus deal before elections

About this episode

State Rep. Steve Doyle discusses budget surplus, data center moratoriums, and the Tank Creek Bridge reconstruction.

Wisconsin state Assembly Rep. Steve Doyle in studio discussing whether the state might get that $2 billion in budget surplus back to taxpayers before the election. We also discussed a data center moratorium, his opponent in November, one governor candidate being $30,000 in credit card debt and an update on rebuilding the Tank Creek Bridge. Earlier in the day, a news release went out from Keith Purnell, who will be Doyle’s Republican opponent in the 94th Assembly District. We got Doyle’s early take on Purnell and whether there might be a debate. In regards to the Tank Creek Bridget that sits along the Great River State Trail, and was burned by an arsonist last year, Doyle discussed when construction might happen and a potential grant coming from the federal government to cover what might be a couple million in cost. Two stories about the governor’s race involved Francesca Hong over the past few days. One, that Capital One is suing her for $30,000 in credit card debt, presumably from her restaurant going out of business during COVID. The other was from a Democratic governor candidate forum where Hong was the only member to support a one-year moratorium on data…

People in this episode

Host: Rick Solem

Guest: Steve Doyle

Topics covered

• budget surplus
• data center moratorium
• Tank Creek Bridge
• elections
• governor race

Keywords

• budget surplus
• data center
• Tank Creek Bridge
• Wisconsin elections
• Francesca Hong

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dairyland Power

Places: Wisconsin, Tank Creek Bridge

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