INSIDE WISCONSIN

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – As speculation swirls around whether Foxconn Technology Group will plant a flag in Wisconsin, a recurring question is: Can the state produce the 10,000 workers the company will need over time? The answer is a qualified “yes,” even at a...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – What’s it worth to Wisconsin to become the U.S. hub for a global company with 1 million employees and $136 billion in annual revenues? Answer: It depends on what the state will gain versus the size of the public investment over time. As...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – There was a time, and not so long ago, when Wisconsin didn’t show up on the radar screens of businesses and national site-selection consultants looking for places to grow. The reasons ranged from “bi-coastal bias” toward states in the East...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – With a half-dozen or so states reportedly in the running for a $10-billion Foxconn facility in the United States, Wisconsin’s chances of landing the plant are at least known: It’s still a longshot, but possible. Even if Wisconsin does not...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – As the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on a Republican proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the possibility looms that Wisconsin could lose billions of dollars over time for the very reason the GOP hated Obamacare in the first place....

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – The speculation began within minutes of when President Trump, speaking in Waukesha and alluding to negotiations with an unspecified company, told Gov. Scott Walker he might get “a very happy surprise very soon.” That surprise may well be...