Foxconn deal with Wisconsin lowers tax breaks to $80 million
By Scott Bauer
MADISON, Wis. - Foxconn Technology Group will be eligible for just $80 million in taxpayer subsidies under a new contract signed Tuesday, down from nearly $3 billion it could have received under the original deal that envisioned a much larger project in southeastern Wisconsin.
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who ran in 2018 as a critic of the deal that his Republican predecessor struck with the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, announced details of the new contract after it was approved by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. during a closed session. The last deal didn’t work for Wisconsin, and that doesn’t work for me, Evers said. Today I’m delivering on that promise with an agreement that treats Foxconn like any other business and will save taxpayers $2.77 billion, protect the hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure investments the state and local communities have already
Woman arrested for OWI following high-speed crash, vehicle fire
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WASHINGTON COUNTY, Wis. - A 44-year-old Cudahy woman was transported to the hospital with serious injuries following a crash on I-41 in Washington County Tuesday morning, April 20. Following the crash, her vehicle caught on fire. She was arrested for first offense drug OWI.
According to the Washington County Sheriff s Office, a deputy was running radar around 1:30 a.m. on I-41 approximately ½ mile south of State Highway 33 when he observed a vehicle traveling southbound on I-41 at an excessive speed. The deputy obtained a speed reading of 104 mph on the radar.
MPD: 65-year-old man dies in crash at 32nd and Fond du Lac
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2-vehicle crash at 32nd and Fond du Lac, Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE - A 65-year-old man died from injuries suffered in a crash near 32nd and Fond du Lac Avenue in Milwaukee on Tuesday morning, April 20.
Officials say around 10:30 a.m., while attempting to pass a tractor-trailer between the tractor-trailer and a parked Milwaukee County bus, a vehicle collided with the semi, pushing the trailer into the eastbound lane where it collided with another vehicle.
The driver of the eastbound vehicle, a 65-year-old man from Milwaukee, suffered fatal injuries.
Walnut Way establishes new Lindsay Heights headquarters for its landscaping business
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Walnut Way executive director Antonio Butts discussed the growth of Blue Skies Landscaping over the past 12 years.
Walnut Way Conservation Corp. is converting a collection of four properties along West Fond du Lac Avenue in Milwaukee into the new headquarters for the organization’s workforce development arm, Blue Skies Landscaping.
Leaders of the neighborhood nonprofit organization celebrated the social enterprise’s new home, located at 1414 W. Fond du Lac Ave. in the city’s Lindsay Heights neighborhood, with a flag-raising ceremony Tuesday.
Blue Skies Landscaping, which was founded in 2012, provides landscaping, environmental and green infrastructure services in greater Milwaukee. Over the years, the organization has developed multiple pocket parks on city-owned properties, installed green infrastructure throughout the area and removed pavement and impermeable surfaces to accommodat
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