Racine Mayor John Dickert predicts a 20 percent state tax credit for renovating historic properties would be high enough to attract developers from outside Wisconsin and even overseas to his city.

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A proposal to move the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions to an office building in Middleton is being decried by state and local officials as a needless expense and contrary to a state policy that urges keeping agencies in central Madison.

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By James Briggs A downtown Madison church is nearing an agreement to remove a historic house to make way for a 150,000-square-foot church and community center, according to the church’s attorney. Bethel Lutheran Church, which is about three blocks northeast ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] A Madison proposal to give a developer more time to fulfill its promise to sell 124 condos has an alderman wondering if the city’s tax-incremental finance policy needs overhauling. “There will be ramifications for this, and I ...

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