Foxconn plant to be built in Mount Pleasant, local officials offer $764 million incentives package
MOUNT PLEASANT -- Foxconn representatives said on Wednesday morning, October 4th that the company will build its $10 billion flat-panel TV plant in the Village of Mount Pleasant, ending weeks of speculation about the exact location.Mount Pleasant and Racine County have signed purchase options with property owners for 90 percent of the land needed for the massive industrial campus, and local officials are not ruling out the use of eminent domain to force out those who don't want to leave.County and village officials also said Wednesday they've offered Foxconn a $764 million incentives package to move here, on top of up to $3 billion from state taxpayers."This is a turning point in the history of Racine County, no doubt," County Executive Jonathan Delagrave said at the announcement at Gateway Technical College's Sturtevant campus.
Representatives from Foxconn Technology Group to be at UW-Milwaukee college job fair
MILWAUKEE -- More than 100 employers will be on the UW-Milwaukee campus on Thursday, October 5, to recruit for a wide variety of positions.
Racine County leaders, Foxconn to announce site selected for $10B manufacturing campus
STURTEVANT -- The exact location of a potentially massive Foxconn Technology Group manufacturing plant in SE Wisconsin is about to be unveiled.Racine County leaders and representatives of Foxconn said Tuesday the site location will be unveiled at an event Wednesday, October 4th at 11:00 a.m. in Sturtevant -- at the iMET Center.The Wisconsin Legislature approved a $3 billion incentive package for Foxconn, but the state's economic development agency is still working on the final contract.
Wisconsin agency to discuss Foxconn contract
MADISON — Gov.
Wisconsin contract with Foxconn could be signed this week
MADISON — Wisconsin could sign a contract with electronics giant Foxconn Technology Group this week, but it won't be done in public.The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation is meeting Thursday and could sign the contract.
Moroney named as state's liaison for Foxconn project
MADISON — Gov.
200+ companies already signed up as potential Foxconn suppliers, contractors
MILWAUKEE -- More than 200 companies have already signed up as potential Foxconn suppliers and contractors, according to a tweet posted by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) on Saturday, September 23rd.
Attorneys: Portions of Foxconn law could be unconstitutional
MADISON — Nonpartisan attorneys for the Wisconsin Legislature are warning that portions of a newly signed law speeding up legal appeals related to a planned flat-screen display factory could be unconstitutional.The analysis of the law passed for Foxconn Technology Group was prepared by attorneys for the Wisconsin Legislative Council on Tuesday at the request of Democratic Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling.The analysis, which didn't reach any definitive legal conclusions, came a day after Republican Gov.
After Foxconn bill signing, some Mount Pleasant residents worry they'll have to give up their homes
MOUNT PLEASANT -- While Gov.
Gov. Walker to sign $3 billion incentive package for Foxconn Monday in Racine
MADISON — Wisconsin Gov.
Assembly passes Foxconn incentive bill with 64-31 vote, sending it to Gov. Walker
MADISON — The Assembly Thursday, September 14th passed a $3 billion incentive bill for Foxconn -- virtually completing the deal.
City of Kenosha no longer in hunt to land Foxconn plant; mayor says "It doesn't quite work"
KENOSHA — The mayor here said Tuesday his city is withdrawing its bid to land a Foxconn manufacturing plant.
Assembly to take up budget, Foxconn bill next week
MADISON — Wisconsin lawmakers plan to start taking their final votes next week on the state budget and Gov.
Foxconn incentive bill passes committee: GOP looks to change state's legal system
MADISON — Foxconn Technology Group could appeal lawsuits directly to the conservative controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court under changes to a $3 billion incentive package approved by the Legislature's budget-writing committee -- something Democrats have called another giveaway in the hopes of attracting the massive LCD screen plant.
Wisconsin committee to vote on Foxconn incentives
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Legislature's Joint Finance Committee is set to vote next week on Gov.
Wisconsin's offer to Foxconn increased substantially
MADISON — Wisconsin's offer to Foxconn Technology Group to extend $3 billion in tax breaks was made in a handwritten deal that increased substantially before being signed by Gov.