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While the online retail giant Amazon hasn't announced where it will locate its HQ2, its second headquarters; the company has announced a winnowed-down…
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The CEO of Wisconsin's besieged job creation agency plans to retire from his position on Sept. 25. Reed Hall says he originally accepted the job for a…
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Problems have plagued the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation almost since its inception. Lawmakers continue tinkering with the public-private…
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The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation – the quasi-public body created by Governor Walker to replace the state department in charge of job…
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The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, better known as WEDC, is in the limelight once again. State lawmakers in 2011 created the public private…
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Gov. Walker has asked legislators to abandon his proposal to merge WEDC and WHEDA, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.The…
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The Legislature's Joint Finance committee has decided to release about $60 million to Gov. Scott Walker’s embattled jobs agency. The vote was 11-4, along…
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Wisconsin's job-creation agency says its goal last year to create 50,000 jobs was overly optimistic, so its goal for this year is 20,825 private sector…
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State lawmakers who back the creation of a venture capital fund have changed their original proposal.It called for a $25 million investment in state…
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Two legislative panels sunk their teeth into the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. on Thursday. A state audit has revealed evidence that WEDC gave…