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Milwaukee-based Wangard Partners Inc. began installing pre-cast concrete wall panels on Monday at its West Allis industrial development site.
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Three Bears Resort developer gets jail time
A developer whose company went belly up after he persuaded a small Wisconsin village to take on millions of dollars of tax increment finance debt for a resort has been sentenced to five years of supervision on a related charge of theft by contractor.
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Read More »Looser TIF laws prompt skepticism
A state proposal to let local governments put more property into tax increment finance districts may not be of much help to anyone.
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Read More »State’s TIF limit under review
About a quarter of the local governments in Wisconsin that have tax-increment finance districts have maxed out their ability to use it for attracting businesses and encouraging development.
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Read More »Oshkosh officials question use of TIF reset bill
Oshkosh may have been the inspiration for a bailout law for failing tax increment financing districts, but city officials now are wondering if amendments to the original proposal will prevent them from taking advantage of the help.
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Read More »City officials want looser TIF laws
State officials passed several bills this year and last that loosened tax increment finance laws, but various city officials testified Thursday that the changes did not go far enough.
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Read More »Milwaukee seeks answers for flagging TIF
A ripple from the foreclosure crisis is threatening to sink a city of Milwaukee tax increment financing district.
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Read More »Panel scrutinizes TIF laws
A member of a state committee mainly charged with simplifying Wisconsin’s tax-increment-finance laws is calling for greater restraint in the use of the economic-development incentive.
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Read More »Milwaukee could hit reset on 2 TIF districts
A city of Milwaukee committee gave initial approval Tuesday to reset the base values of two tax increment financing districts.
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Read More »Milwaukee panel OKs expanding TIF for Reed Street Yards
A Milwaukee panel gave preliminary approval Tuesday to amending its Reed Street Yards tax increment financing district to include as much as $7.1 million in additional investment.
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