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Gov. Tony Evers met with the mayors of Wisconsin's five largest cities behind closed doors for about an hour on Wednesday, one of the first official acts of his second term.
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Cost of materials, interest rates halt plans for new Racine community center 
Developers looking to update the Lakeview Community Center in Racine announced on Wednesday they would put their plans on the shelf for an indeterminate time as rising costs of materials and interest rates were grinding the planning process.
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Read More »Hovde announces plans for $40 million apartment complex, hotel in Racine
A developer on Tuesday rolled out plans to turn a city-owned waterfront site in downtown Racine into an apartment complex and hotel that could be worth $40 million.
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Read More »Foxconn buys downtown Racine building for ‘smart cities’ laboratory
Foxconn Technology Group has bought a three-story building in downtown Racine to house a research and development center — just 9 miles from its main manufacturing plant in Mount Pleasant, where construction is already underway.
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Read More »Racine starts $1.5M worker training program as building blitz looms
State and local officials on Monday announced steps they'd be taking to train Racine County residents for the surge of construction work that's expected to result from Foxconn Technology Group’s plans to build a massive factory in the Racine County village of Mount Pleasant.
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Read More »Racine mayor vetoes money for $55 million events center
Racine Mayor Cory Mason is vetoing money approved for a $55 million events center in the city's downtown.
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Read More »Rep. Mason: DNR audit should dissuade Great Lakes diversion
Rep. Cory Mason is urging Great Lakes governors to reject a Milwaukee suburb's request to draw water from Lake Michigan, pointing to shortcomings in state enforcement.
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Read More »Possible tax-credit cap sows doubt
An Iowa developer has received conditional approval to receive historical-preservation tax credits for the renovation of a landmark hotel in downtown Green Bay.
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Read More »State freezes historic tax credits
Absent from a list of projects that made the cut for the state’s increased historic preservation tax credit is the hotel where Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill authorizing the boost to the development incentive.
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Read More »Floodgates open for historic-preservation tax credit applications
There is no legal limit on the use of Wisconsin’s recently quadrupled historic-preservation tax credit, but a top economic development official can protect state coffers by single-handedly rejecting projects.
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