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Foxconn Technology Group did not create enough Wisconsin jobs in 2018 to immediately claim state tax credits. Foxconn failed to create enough jobs last year to qualify for the first round of tax credits under a nearly $3 billion package the Walker administration negotiated with the Taiwanese manufacturer to build a plant in southeastern Wisconsin. The company could still qualify for the first year of credits under its contract if it hits future goals. The company reported on January 17 to Mark Hogan, CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), that it created 178 jobs that met the...

Governor Tony Evers recently requested the creation of a committee on entrepreneurship and innovation at the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. Wisconsin currently lags in small business creation, which is where most family-supporting jobs are created. Governor Evers knows that we must invest in and support small businesses, local companies, and entrepreneurship to create middle-class jobs and grow the economy. “Entrepreneurial traits like diversity, creativity, and resilience are critical components of success in our constantly-evolving global economy,” Governor Evers said. “In order for Wisconsin’s economy to thrive, we must foster a culture that supports entrepreneurship and innovation. Today’s announcement that...

Martin Luther King III, son of the late Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., criticized Vice-President Pence on January 21 for invoking his father’s memory, to pitch President Trump’s immigration proposal and push for a wall along the US-Mexico border. “The vice president attempted to compare the president to Martin Luther King Jr. My father was a bridge builder, not a wall builder,” said Martin Luther King III according to statements. It was widely reported that King’s son rejected the comparison while speaking at a National Action Network MLK Day breakfast. Pence quoted the civil rights leaders’s “I...

Two legal cases against the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) were certified to the State Supreme Court on on January 16, highlighting the high stakes challenges for preserving clean water in the region. The Wisconsin Supreme Court now has the future of the State’s water management in their hands. Both cases require the court to decide whether water will be protected for public benefit, or overused and polluted for the private gain of a handful of corporate farms. The first case concerns DNR’s authority to consider the negative impact that groundwater withdrawals have on surface waters when issuing...

The work of French academic painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905), who enjoyed remarkable popularity throughout America’s Gilded Age, is the focus of a new exhibition opening February 15 at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Bouguereau & America is the first major exhibition of the artist’s work in nearly 30 years, and will be on view at through May 12. Included are more than 40 canvases by the French artist, whose renown peaked in America between the late 1860s and the early 1900s. “Bouguereau is a defining figure in the history of French art, and an extraordinary painter whose masterful canvases evoke...

The Wisconsin Historical Society “Share Your Voice” event will be visiting 40 communities in 2019 to hear from local residents about what they would like to see in a new, modern state history museum on Wisconsin’s Capitol Square in Madison. Each local community is invited to join the Wisconsin Historical Society during the public forums to share their thoughts and ideas, and to see design concepts for a new modern, state-of-the-art history museum. The goal of these sessions is to get feedback from educators, families, business leaders, and every sector of the public. “The new museum will be about...