MADISON, Wis. (AP) —Gov. Scott Walker’s troubled economic development agency may have awarded $21 million in tax credits to companies it wasn’t’ authorized to give out. The nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau sent a letter in August to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation noting that the agency had awarded $101.7 million in contracts, or $21.3 million more than its legal limit. An attorney with the state Department of Administration, a Walker cabinet agency, issued a memo in September backing WEDC’s approach. A WEDC spokesman says the state Justice Department will issue a similar opinion soon. A DOJ spokeswoman didn’t immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press. WEDC has been plagued with problems since Walker created it in 2011.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
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A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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