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Gov. Tony Evers says he's starting a search for the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.'s next leader.
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Read More »State jobs agency head says he will step down this fall
The leader of Wisconsin's jobs agency, which negotiated the Foxconn Technology Group deal, is stepping down later this year, around the time that he could be replaced by Gov. Tony Evers.
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Read More »WEDC decides Exact Sciences doesn’t owe state anything
Wisconsin's economic-development agency has decided that the medical diagnostics company Exact Sciences Corporation doesn't have to repay the state any of the tax credits it received for creating jobs elsewhere, even though the company itself had promised to return $61,000.
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Read More »Exact Sciences to return $61,000 in tax credits (UPDATE)
The Madison-based medical-diagnostics firm Exact Sciences Corporation is the unnamed company discussed in an audit report that revealed it had received $61,000 worth of tax credits for jobs created outside of Wisconsin, an open records request by The Associated Press revealed.
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Read More »Audit once again faults state economic-development agency (UPDATE)
A new audit finds continuing difficulties at Wisconsin's economic development agency.
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Read More »Wisconsin economic development head defends Foxconn contract
The head of Wisconsin's economic development agency is defending the state's contract with Foxconn Technology Group, even as Gov. Tony Evers says it's being renegotiated.
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Read More »State, Foxconn officials deny report that company is pausing work in Mount Pleasant (UPDATE)
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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Read More »Businessman who defrauded WEDC gets 7 years
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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Read More »Evers pledges to leave WEDC alone, seeks more transparency from Foxconn project
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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Read More »Audit faults plans to credit Foxconn for work outside state
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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