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Getty Images Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes speaks to the crowd during the 48th Annual Juneteenth Day Festival on June 19, 2019 in Milwaukee.
There s a lot going on in Wisconsin politics a proposed expansion of I-94, a new deal between the state and Foxconn Technology Group, and a competitive and difficult housing market.
To unpack some of these issues,
Lake Effect’s Joy Powers invited listeners to submit questions to ask Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes to learn more about his and the governor’s work. Here are his answers:
Why is the state pursuing an expansion of I-94 on the west side of Milwaukee despite local leaders opposing parts the project?
Shaking on a bad deal.
Governor Tony Evers of Wisconsin announced last week that he had successfully renegotiated a controversial contract that his predecessor, Scott Walker, had struck with Foxconn Technology Group, a Taiwanese electronics giant that had promised but never delivered tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars to his state.
Walker, a Republican backed by former President Donald Trump, committed $3 billion in state aid four years ago to lure Foxconn to Wisconsin. It was the biggest corporate subsidy package ever awarded to a foreign enterprise, and it immediately raised questions about whether Wisconsin would recoup its investment. Evers, a Democrat, eventually concluded it wouldn’t unless he went back to the drawing board. Foxconn will be eligible for only $80 million in subsidies and only if it meets new investment and hiring goals.
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More than three years after Foxconn Technology Group signed a boondoggle deal with Wisconsin to bring cutting-edge technology to the Midwestern state, the project has finally been trimmed back to a scale that’s actually realistic and palatable to all parties.
Now, the Taiwanese manufacturer is likely to try rebuilding credibility in the US through an industry that makes far more sense to the economy electric vehicles and hang out its shingle by listing shares via a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. This offers a chance to raise money, bring in more partners, and rewrite a narrative it needs to outgrow its reputation of being a low-cost maker of electronics such as Apple Inc. iPhones.