Josh Jeffers and his company, J. Jeffers & Co., are probably best known for their historic-rehabilitation projects. Right at the top of their resume are the Mackie and Mitchell buildings, two ornate European-looking structures, both dating to the 19th Century and standing on a block of East Michigan Street between Water Street and Broadway.

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A Milwaukee developer is crediting Wisconsin's historic-tax-credit program for paving the way for his proposal to preserve a 150-year-old church by turning it into an event space.

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Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a measure boosting tax credits available for historic rehabilitation projects in Wisconsin from $500,000 to $3.5 million.

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At least one developer is warning that the new $500,000 cap placed on historic tax credits will dissuade him and others from undertaking large and costly renovation projects. Michael Frantz, chief executive officer of Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Frantz Community Investors, ...

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Gov. Scott Walker and fellow Republicans who control the Legislature are clashing over key parts of his $76 billion state budget that runs from July 1 through the end of June 2019.

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Historic preservationists are preparing for another fight with Gov. Scott Walker over a wildly popular tax credit program used to restore and maintain historic properties.

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No limit would be set on the amount of historic rehabilitation tax credits that the state could issue in a given year under a motion put forward by Republican lawmakers on Thursday.

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With the state's budget committee expected to soon consider a possible cap on historic renovation tax credits, one Milwaukee developer is stressing how instrumental that incentive was in making his latest project a reality.

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A pair of Wisconsin lawmakers are pushing the state to offer up to $5 million worth of historic-preservation tax credits for every qualified project, rather than following the governor's recommendation to place a cap on the total amount of credits that can be awarded in a given year.

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More than half a year after temporarily halting the state’s historic-preservation tax credit, Gov. Scott Walker’s administration is proposing a $10 million annual cap on the incentive.

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