Pet food manufacturers may be expanding their production capabilities to help meet growing consumer demand for their products, but they are also helping local communities by creating jobs and strengthening the economy.
âWe know that by making food for the two-thirds of U.S. households with pets, Americaâs pet food makers are also supporting the economy,â Mary Emma Young, senior director of communications and strategic planning for Pet Food Institute (PFI), told PPN. âThese companies support tens of thousands of jobs and stimulate additional economic activity across the supply chain. The added expansions, paired with increased focus on pets during the pandemic, will help strengthen the industryâs economic contributions and job creation.â
COMMENTARY: A rare survivor in state budget feud By: Associated Press May 20, 2021
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The unrelenting feud between Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and the Republican-controlled state Legislature was in full bloom this month as lawmakers scrapped nearly 400 proposals from Evers’ draft budget and decided to start from scratch using the current budget as square one.
Were there any survivors? Why, yes, there was at least one notable exception to the budget carnage: a $100 million state venture capital fund.
In a rare case of agreement, Evers’ proposal for a “fund of funds” to bring in outside investment to the state to support local businesses.
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Kwik Tripâs new bread and bun bakery, part of a $300 million expansion underway, being constructed at its headquarters in the La Crosse Industrial Park in this 2017 file photo. Peter Thomson, Lee Newspapers
Kwik Trip is being awarded an additional $5 million in tax credits by the state after it exceeded original job growth and capital investment goals at its La Crosse campus over the last five years, even throughout the pandemic.
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, or WEDC, announced Wednesday that it is awarding the Wisconsin company additional performance-based tax incentives on top of up to $21 million it was already awarded for expanding its headquarters.