Evers Plan Would Loan Park Falls, Rapids Groups Millions to Buy and Restart Paper Mills
1:47 Gov. Tony Evers wants to get idle paper mills in Park Falls and Wisconsin Rapids running again. He’s included millions of dollars in loans as part of a $1 billion special spending package to do that. The paper mill in Park Falls has only been operational for a few months since first shutting down in 2019, and last June, Verso announced it was stopping production at its Wisconsin Rapids mill. Those moves came at the cost of hundreds of jobs. But on Wednesday, Evers announced he will call the legislature into special session to consider spending $1 billion to help the state’s economic ...
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