Cronyism
CHEATED: Trump Farm Aid Dollars Meant for Wisconsin End up in Ag Secretary’s Southern Region
The GAO report shows that much of 2019 Market Facilitation Program (MFP) farm assistance dollars went to states in the…
Trickle
The legacy giveaway from @ScottWalker, is back in the news for being so much less than it was supposed to…
Congratulations
Just what working class voters in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania were hoping for. https://t.co/IvWatsYPzY — Erik Halvorsen (@erikhalvorsen18) May 14,…
Consultants Make Millions on Foxconn ‘Project’
In total, among the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., Racine County and the Village of Mount Pleasant, consultants and other firms…
Market-Hating Republicans Have Been a Local Problem for Years
It’s not only a federal problem…
Gov. Evers Sees the Disappointing Truth About Foxconn
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/07/09/how-wisconsins-deal-with-foxconn-fell-short-of-expectations.html
Predictably, Trump Comes Up Empty on Foxconn
From The White House’s official transcript: This is just the beginning. This is one of the largest plants in the…
Foxconn project: another non-delay delay
When will WEDC drop that fatally self-mocking “WisConn” bad label?
Republican State Budget: No Help For One Million Student Loan Borrowers, But a Special Favor For One Electric Car Enthusiast
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel first reported on the inclusion of the “Kapenga Kickback”: “A last-minute budget provision to make it easier to…
Foxconn delays and double-talk mean it’s time to cut the cord
Give that rent-seeking corporation a small check to have them go away, and stop the bleeding before they take a…
‘Every paragraph revealed another strange twist or failure’
As it turns out, history had already determined that state handouts to attract and keep businesses was a horrible idea,…
WEDC Plans for FY 2017
Five-hours of open-for-business scheming –
Business Leeches Dislike Private Initiative
You see, in Janesville, extremely wealthy individuals and politically connected pals including large corporations with hundreds of millions in cash…
John Deere Growth Means Fewer Jobs In State And $2M WEDC State Tax Credit
John Deere Growth Means Fewer Jobs In State And $2M WEDC State Tax Credit @ Rock Netroots.
Dems wrong; Scott Walker’s WEDC isn’t broken, it’s doing just what it was designed to do
It’s just that what it’s supposed to do is enrich cronies – Democurmudgeon: Dems wrong; Scott Walker’s WEDC isn’t broken,…
Nebraska Sacks Former WEDC Official
Unwanted anywhere – A woman who played a key role in Wisconsin’s economic development agency, including overseeing a $500,000 taxpayer…
WEDC Spends More, Produces Less
The state’s flagship job-creation agency handed out nearly $90 million more in economic development awards last year than the previous…
DNR gives Scott Walker donor favorable deal
The agreement calls for the DNR to sell 765 feet of frontage on Rest Lake in the Town of Manitowish…
WEDC grants Kohls up to $62.5 million in state taxpayer subsidies, but multi-billion-dollar company falls far short of stipulated goals
But there’s another Kohl’s story Walker doesn’t tell. It’s about the $62.5 million package of tax credits given to Menomonee…
Dee Hall Previews Upcoming Investigative WEDC Report
The work looks into the state’s jobs organization’s awards to WI companies, like Kohl’s. WEDC has given and promised millions…
Negative audits and questionable financial assistance at WEDC
Negative audits and questionable financial assistance at WEDC @ POLITICAL CAPITAL.
No Change in WEDC Cronyism
“Are you going to follow the recommendations in the audit?” I asked the Board Chair of the Wisconsin Economic Development…
Legislators Fight to Make WEDC Normal Agency
But an increasing number of Democrats and even a few conservatives have proposed making major changes to WEDC, either by…