Economic Development
Crucial Badger-supported housing bill passes through Senate
If signed by Gov. Evers, measure will help increase housing supply and decrease cost A bill that will ultimately help increase housing supply, make homes more affordable and still allow local municipalities to control where…
Assembly clears bill to tackle fears of data center spiking power rates
Democrats object, want to force use of renewables The state Assembly this week passed a bill barring data centers from passing on any utility costs to other ratepayers in Wisconsin — targeting a key objection from…
Data center naysayers should consider what the future would have brought to Port Washington
Impacts are minimal in comparison to what might have occurred Seldom if ever conceded by many critics of the planned $15 billion 1,000-plus-acre data center under way in Port Washington is the fact that something was…
Job announcements aren’t jobs
Gov. Josh Stein recently celebrated what his Commerce Secretary described as a “record-setting year for job creation” in North Carolina, citing tens of thousands of job announcements statewide. But announcements aren’t jobs —…
Madison perfect example of why cities should stay out of grocery business
‘This is the way communists think’ Government-supported grocery stores are suddenly all the rage. The site of Madison’s proposed municipally-owned grocery store, located in retail space below an apartment building across the…
Milwaukee will pay someone to say nice things about The Hop
The City of Milwaukee is willing to pay a new marketing and communications officer for The Hop, its little-used $128 million streetcar, up to $108,000 per year plus benefits that include a pension, deferred compensation plan,…
Port Washington to be land of opportunity for job-seekers
Tech school grads among those who’ll benefit from data centers Technical college graduates and small business owners will be big winners in the massive Vantage Data Centers development soon expected to become the largest…
Claims of data center water use are laughably wrong
Lake Michigan not imperiled by water needs The biggest data centers planned for Wisconsin, the Microsoft project in Mount Pleasant and the Vantage project in Port Washington, are not a threat to local water systems or to Lake…
Bill would use tax credit to lower cost barrier to new nuclear in Wisconsin
Measure includes shifts in state’s priorities in law for ‘only way we keep lights on’ Legislation touted by its sponsor as the logical follow-up to a bipartisan bill signaling support for new nuclear energy in Wisconsin got…
Village’s hostility chases out restaurateur who bought derelict Door County resort
Bureaucracy and personal attacks stymie plan for houses; ‘No way are we going to live in Egg Harbor’ Matthew Sagorac is ready to walk away from the battle for the soul of Egg Harbor before any of the real shots have been…
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