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Krones Inc. will be building a new training and technology center in southeastern Wisconsin with plans to employ 25 new skilled workers. The manufacturing company is a subsidiary of Krones AG — based in Neutraubling, Germany — with U.S. headquarters
GOP Sen. Leah Vukmir, a member of the Finance Committee and the Senate assistant majority leader, Tuesday implored the chamber to vote on the Foxconn bill “without delay.” Vukmir’s call comes after Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, has said for
The Wisconsin Dental Association Foundation provided over $730,000 in charitable dental care to state residents in the previous 12 months. The foundation’s Donated Dental Services Program administered this care to 177 disabled, senior, uninsured and low-income adults in the past
The Foxconn bill is headed to the full Assembly Thursday after clearing a committee yesterday evening. But a Dem who voted against the bill isn’t saying what he’ll do once it hits the floor. The $3 billion incentive package for
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Contact: David Crowley 608.266.5580 Madison, Wisconsin – State Representative David Crowley (D-Milwaukee) issued the following statement regarding his vote on Assembly Special Session Bill 1, relating to the authorization of an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone for Foxconn Technology
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The architects of the deal to bring Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn to Wisconsin say they could not have gotten a better deal for taxpayers. Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation CEO Mark Hogan and Department of Administration Secretary Scott Neitzel discussed the
WisconsinEye Senior Producer Steve Walters and WisPolitics Editor JR Ross reviewed the news of the week in state politics.
None of us — farmers or anyone else — is above the law. That should include the Department of Natural Resources.
Researchers at the UW Carbone Cancer Center have set their sights on a protein biomarker that could help doctors more accurately predict which patients are helped by certain treatments. This biomarker is part of the tumor microenvironment, or matrix, which
The Senate Thursday formally introduced the Foxconn bill and referred it to the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald has said that the budget, which is more than a month late, should be lawmakers’ priority, while Assembly
In today’s economy, we need our cooperatives more than ever. Let’s build on what makes our cooperatives unique, rather than diluting the cooperative difference.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says he doesn’t know if he has the votes for the Foxconn bill and the Assembly’s decision to work on amendments without input from his caucus threatens to delay passage of the legislation. Meanwhile, the
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Contact: Luke Fuller luke@reformwisconsin.com Madison, Wisconsin – On Wednesday, the Wisconsin Alliance for Reform will launch digital billboards in Milwaukee, Green Bay and La Crosse highlighting Senator Tammy Baldwin’s failure to deliver on her promise to bring affordable healthcare to Wisconsin
The boost in income tax revenues Wisconsin would see from Foxconn and the indirect jobs the project could create would not exceed the state’s $3 billion investment in the Taiwanese company until at least 2042-43, according to new state projections.
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Karen Orr, founder and CEO of tech startup PAWS by O-no, seeks funding for iMyK9, a product designed to keep dog owners from leaving their pets in a vehicle for too long. “Studies show that statistically, at least 5,000 dogs
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Krones Inc. will be building a new training and technology center in southeastern Wisconsin with plans to employ 25 new skilled workers. The manufacturing company is a subsidiary of Krones AG — based in Neutraubling, Germany — with U.S. headquarters in Franklin. It specializes in machinery related to the beverage
GOP Sen. Leah Vukmir, a member of the Finance Committee and the Senate assistant majority leader, Tuesday implored the chamber to vote on the Foxconn bill “without delay.” Vukmir’s call comes after Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, has said for several weeks the budget was the Senate’s priority, though he
The Wisconsin Dental Association Foundation provided over $730,000 in charitable dental care to state residents in the previous 12 months. The foundation’s Donated Dental Services Program administered this care to 177 disabled, senior, uninsured and low-income adults in the past year. Dental labs also pitched in $44,833 in materials and
The Foxconn bill is headed to the full Assembly Thursday after clearing a committee yesterday evening. But a Dem who voted against the bill isn’t saying what he’ll do once it hits the floor. The $3 billion incentive package for the Taiwanese manufacturing company passed on an 8-5 party line
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Contact: David Crowley 608.266.5580 Madison, Wisconsin – State Representative David Crowley (D-Milwaukee) issued the following statement regarding his vote on Assembly Special Session Bill 1, relating to the authorization of an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone for Foxconn Technology Group. “Today I voted against the Foxconn legislation because somebody
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The architects of the deal to bring Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn to Wisconsin say they could not have gotten a better deal for taxpayers. Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation CEO Mark Hogan and Department of Administration Secretary Scott Neitzel discussed the deal on “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” produced in partnership with
WisconsinEye Senior Producer Steve Walters and WisPolitics Editor JR Ross reviewed the news of the week in state politics.
None of us — farmers or anyone else — is above the law. That should include the Department of Natural Resources.
Researchers at the UW Carbone Cancer Center have set their sights on a protein biomarker that could help doctors more accurately predict which patients are helped by certain treatments. This biomarker is part of the tumor microenvironment, or matrix, which is made up of the non-cancerous cells and tissues surrounding
The Senate Thursday formally introduced the Foxconn bill and referred it to the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald has said that the budget, which is more than a month late, should be lawmakers’ priority, while Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, has said the Foxconn bill should
In today’s economy, we need our cooperatives more than ever. Let’s build on what makes our cooperatives unique, rather than diluting the cooperative difference.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says he doesn’t know if he has the votes for the Foxconn bill and the Assembly’s decision to work on amendments without input from his caucus threatens to delay passage of the legislation. Meanwhile, the Assembly is targeting a Tuesday committee exec and Aug. 17
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Contact: Luke Fuller luke@reformwisconsin.com Madison, Wisconsin – On Wednesday, the Wisconsin Alliance for Reform will launch digital billboards in Milwaukee, Green Bay and La Crosse highlighting Senator Tammy Baldwin’s failure to deliver on her promise to bring affordable healthcare to Wisconsin families. “The Office of the Commissioner of Insurance projected that 37,160 Wisconsinites
The boost in income tax revenues Wisconsin would see from Foxconn and the indirect jobs the project could create would not exceed the state’s $3 billion investment in the Taiwanese company until at least 2042-43, according to new state projections. At best, the state’s break-even point would be fiscal year
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Karen Orr, founder and CEO of tech startup PAWS by O-no, seeks funding for iMyK9, a product designed to keep dog owners from leaving their pets in a vehicle for too long. “Studies show that statistically, at least 5,000 dogs die of heat stroke in America every year,” Orr said
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