INSIDE WISCONSIN

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – One of Wisconsin’s most successful strategies for spurring the growth of young companies for the past decade or so has been its Qualified New Business Venture law, known as the “Act 255” investor tax credits law because of how the law was...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Both houses of the Wisconsin Legislature have passed legislation endorsing the framework of an incentive package for the Foxconn Technology Group, which is poised to make a $10-billion investment in the state. Now, the real works begins....

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – The debate over state incentives to land the Foxconn Technology Group in Wisconsin will likely wrap up soon, with the Wisconsin Legislature expected to vote by mid-September. Here are some of the questions being asked as a decision nears:...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – As the Wisconsin Legislature nears another round of voting on the $3-billion incentive package to bring Foxconn Technology Group to the state, supporters of the deal find themselves sandwiched between two philosophical camps. On the left...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – In the same week when Wisconsin’s overall health-care quality was ranked No. 1 in the nation by the federal agency that tracks such data, the state Worker’s Compensation Advisory Council came up with a solution in search of a problem. The...

By Tom Still COLUMBIA, S.C. – On the state capitol grounds in South Capitol stands a statue that should be far more offensive in the early 21st century than anything erected in honor of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. It’s a monument to Benjamin Tillman, a former...