Monday’s announcement that Gov. Tony Evers had negotiated a new deal with Foxconn wasn’t entirely a shock. The state had long expressed dissatisfaction with the company’s follow-through on its original deal, and there had been strong signals it would be significantly altered.

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Foxconn Technology Group, the largest electronics manufacturer in the world, is considering making electric vehicles at its Wisconsin plant, which has been scaled back since the announcement in 2017 of its construction, the company's chairman said on Tuesday.

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Nobody came out of the Act 10 battle a decade ago looking good.

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Freezing tuition at the University of Wisconsin without adding more state money to offset the loss has contributed to the system falling behind similar institutions and harming its ability to compete, according to a report by the Wisconsin Policy Forum released Tuesday.

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Wisconsin told Foxconn Technology Group on Monday that it won't qualify for billions of dollars in state tax credits unless it strikes a new deal for a scaled-back factory complex.

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A judge refused Monday to reinstate a wetlands permit for a $75 million frac sand operation in Monroe County.

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Vice President Mike Pence plans to visit two conservative Milwaukee suburbs during a Tuesday trip to Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin has been the battleground for political proxy wars for nearly a decade, the backdrop for bruising feuds over labor unions, executive power, redistricting and President Donald Trump.

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The new leader of Wisconsin’s economic development agency is saying a lot of reassuring things that should please business people as well as taxpayers.

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It was a tough year in the Wisconsin Legislature. And 2020 doesn't promise to be much rosier.

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