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MADISON â Foxconn wonât be getting $2.8 billion in state tax credits anymore.
After more than a year of negotiations, the State of Wisconsin and Foxconn Technology Group officials say theyâve reached a new agreement regarding the Taiwan-based companyâs manufacturing plant near Racine that would provide Foxconn fewer state tax credits than originally agreed upon.
The embattled Foxconn project in southeastern Wisconsin has faced considerable scrutiny over the last three years for failing to meet expectations laid out in its originally 2017 agreement. State officials told the company more than a year ago it would not be eligible for tax credits under the existing contract â since the company is no longer planning a Generation 10.5 facility to make larger LCD screens as originally promised â and a new agreement would be necessary.
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How Did the Fix Happen?
Sherrie Tussler, executive director of the Hunger Task Force, said the solution is thanks, in part, to an idea from a neighboring state.
“We knew that in the state of Michigan they did it a different way, which was that they ordered it through their Department of Health Services, and so we started looking at what the Supreme Court said, and they didn t say there wasn t a state of emergency, they agreed there was,” Tussler said. “They just said that the governor overreached.”
Could the Legislature Have Acted?
Yes, but the chances of lawmakers working out a deal to make Wisconsin eligible again looked pretty bleak as of Tuesday.