Alliant Energy Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Tom Hanson has announced his intent to retire from the company on Dec. 31.

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A project aimed at redeveloping the former Blommer Ice Cream factory in Milwaukee’s Lindsay Heights neighborhood into a mixed-use space will be awarded $723,000 in low-income housing tax credits, developers announced Monday.

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The Legislature's finance committee has approved a host of changes to Gov. Scott Walker's floundering job creation agency, including removing the governor as chairman, dramatically reducing its reserves and eliminating a proposed $55 million in grants to fund regional loans.

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Gov. Scott Walker called on legislators Friday to reform his economic development agency in the wake of another scathing audit that found the organization hasn't followed state law or tracked job creation.

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Republican Gov. Scott Walker abruptly scrapped plans Friday to merge the troubled Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation with an agency that provides low-interest housing loans, a decision that came just hours after a scathing audit found WEDC hasn't tracked job creation or complied with state law.

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The Democratic leader of the Wisconsin Assembly said Thursday that Gov. Scott Walker should "put on ice" his proposed merger of the state's chief economic development agency with one that hands out low-interest housing loans.

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Republican lawmakers want to merge Wisconsin's two major economic development agencies into a new entity with legislative oversight through a stand-alone bill rather than Gov. Scott Walker's budget.

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Gov. Scott Walker isn't making any changes to his leadership team heading into his second term.

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Wisconsin is awarding $900,000 in grants to the Energy Innovation Center in Milwaukee, a project mean to bring together scientists, engineers and businessmen together to conduct research on energy technologies and foster new companies.

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A drywalling subcontractor’s difficulties paying employees during construction of the LightHorse 4041 Apartments in Shorewood has rippled outward, delaying payments to other contractors and prompting the filing of more than $2 million in liens.

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