Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. chief Missy Hughes says her employees are “working through the process” of deciding which businesses are essential after seeing a rapid increase web traffic contributed to a crash of organization’s site.

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Assembly Republicans prepared Thursday to embark on another futile attempt to override another of Gov. Tony Evers' budget vetoes.

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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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In announcing its accomplishments for 2019, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. said it helped 289 businesses and places by providing assistance related to 16 different industries and more than $250 million in awards.

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Milwaukee Tool plans to build a $100 million manufacturing campus in Menomonee Falls and separately expand its operation in Sun Prairie.

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

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The Dörr Hotel will be the first such project built in northern Door County in 20 years. It is being put up on a site that has been vacant for nine years. It is intended to be the replacement for the former Helm’s Four Season Hotel, which had 45 rooms.

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Joe Colossa is eager to show off the Al. Ringling Mansion. Its four floors and 40 rooms have seven fireplaces, 14 chandeliers and 67 original stained-glass windows.

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A top official at the state's economic-development agency is leaving to take a job at J.P. Cullen.

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Matalco’s new factory will produce more than 230 million pounds of aluminum billet a year. Its main product will be 6xxx series extrusion-grade billet and logs made primarily from scrap aluminum. Within two or three years, 80 people are expected to be employed full time at the plant.

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