We cannot let the relentless pursuit of jobs take away what makes Wisconsin our home. We can do better.

Other companies will demand the same breaks and already GOP legislators are using this legislation as an excuse to repeal these environmental protections statewide.

Sinclair Broadcasting would become dominant player in state’s key media markets.

So here we go again, dusting off the Cold War playbook. To paraphrase those Cold War balladeers, Peter, Paul and Mary, when will we ever learn?

The problems vary widely from place to place. But they all grow from the same taproot, a poisoned political culture that glorifies greed, dooming us to a government that works for a wealthy and well-connected few at everyone else’s expense and an economy that benefits a privileged few and leaves so many behind.

Is this a good investment for Wisconsin? Will it help the working population of the state? In both cases, we see a number of downside risks that need to be dealt with upfront if we want a positive outcome from this investment.

Once you actually dig into the actual numbers, this looks like the biggest swindle in Wisconsin history.

Let’s see those Democrats vote against Foxconn. To do so would be, dare we say it, political suicide.

Alternative uses for $3 billion would be more fruitful.

Vouchers aren’t about making a profit, but giving parents choices.

It is refreshing to learn that legislation is being introduced to lift Wisconsin’s long-standing moratorium on metallic mineral mining. We here in northern Wisconsin can potentially share in the economic gains that our neighbors in northern Minnesota and Michigan are looking forward to with current mining projects under development.

Since 1970s income of top 1% rose 130%, other 99% grew by just 9%.

The upgrade by Moody’s groups Wisconsin with 18 states that are one notch below the top tier of 14 states. It remains to be seen whether the other two rating services (Standard and Poor’s and Fitch Ratings) will follow suit. Currently, S&P rates Wisconsin in a group that is below 29 other states.

The chance to lure Foxconn Technology Group to Wisconsin is not just about securing 13,000 direct jobs over time and twice that many indirect jobs, but changing the business landscape in a way that will spur ideas, products and companies yet to be imagined.

With an Assembly vote on the package—the biggest ever economic development deal between state government and a business—tentatively scheduled for Thursday, here are 10 questions that have every legislator squirming.

The vast majority of the Foxconn workers will be Wisconsin residents, but some will commute here from Illinois. It’s important to understand that Wisconsin will receive income tax payments for all the Foxconn employees, wherever they reside.

Regardless of which side you take in the Foxconn saga, the willingness of the Walker administration to barter away the state’s time-honored environmental protections for what could be an elusive promise of jobs from a corporation with a reputation for reneging has got to be troubling on the surface.

If protecting workers, taxpayers and our environment isn’t in the law, it’s not going to happen.

In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents about critics who question whether Wisconsin will break even in its deal with Foxconn.

Johnson and Trump have much in common.