Gov. Tony Evers' administration and Foxconn Technology Group both say they are moving forward with plans for a project that could employ as many as 13,000 people.

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A De Pere businessman whose company promised to turn fast-food wrappers into synthetic fuel and paper products was sentenced this week to more than seven years in prison for defrauding the state's economic-development agency and other investors out of more than $9 million.

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Gov. Tony Evers told Republican lawmakers in a closed-door meeting on Tuesday that he will push for accepting an expansion of Medicaid, even though GOP leaders said the issue was a "nonstarter" for them.

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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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Gov. Scott Walker plans to make what he's calling a "major economic development" announcement at the Kimberly-Clark factory in northeast Wisconsin.

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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 door manufacturer with main offices in Illinois is moving to southern Wisconsin.

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In an age when brick-and-mortar shops are closing left and right and online shopping is becoming ever more popular, why would one man decide to tear down an old factory and put up his own 100,000-square-foot store?

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A fourth former Cabinet secretary in Gov. Scott Walker's administration is slamming the Republican incumbent, releasing a letter on Thursday signed by two others calling for the election of the Democrat Tony Evers.

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A De Pere businessman who claimed to have a process that could turn fast-food wrappers in fuel and paper products has agreed to plead guilty to one county of wire fraud after facing allegations that he defrauded the state's economic-development agency and other investors out of more than $9 million.

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