It’s no secret that in recent years, the political divide between the left and the right has been growing. In today’s highly politicized environment, legislation and policy is often bogged down by political theater or diluted (or inflated) to get just enough votes for approval. The result can make for bad policy in some cases, and no policy in others.

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If a company comes into your state and says it will create 13,000 jobs making screws, then turns around and says it will make bolts instead, who cares?

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Foxconn Technology Group, the largest electronics manufacturer in the world, could still qualify for as much as $3 billion in state tax credits if it makes changes to its deal with the state in response to current plans for the plant the company now has under construction, Gov. Tony Evers said on Thursday.

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Wisconsin's economic-development agency needs to modify procedures to ensure tax credits aren't awarded for Foxconn Technology Group employees who don't do work in the state, which would violate state law and the state's contract with the company, an audit released Wednesday said.

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Provisions in Wisconsin Republicans' lame-duck legislation would relax verification checks for companies vying for state credits.

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A manufacturing tax credit touted by Republicans is projected to cost the state more than $650 million over the next two years.

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A new memo from the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau estimates that 11 taxpayers earning more than $35 million each in 2017 will claim about $21 million in tax breaks from a program targeted at manufacturers and farmers.

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A new report says Wisconsin's job creation agency has erroneously awarded more than $412,000 in tax credits to companies over how many jobs they created.

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The state Assembly has passed a bill Thursday that would re-shape Wisconsin's managed forest program.

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The state Senate has approved a bill that would re-shape Wisconsin's managed forest program.

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