December 18, 2019

Wisconsin governor: No tax credits for new Foxconn plant

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers’ top aide warned Foxconn Technology Group last month that a scaled-down factory in Wisconsin won’t qualify for tax credits unless the Taiwanese electronics giant renegotiates its deal with the state, according to letters Evers’ administration released last week.

The letters show a schism is widening between Evers and the world’s largest electronics provider. Foxconn counts Apple, Google and Amazon among its customers.

Foxconn had originally proposed coming to Mount Pleasant to build a massive flat-screen plant that would eventually employ 13,000 people. Attracted by the prospect of an economic boost going into the 2018 elections, then-Gov. Scott Walker and Republican legislators approved a $3 billion state incentives package in 2017 for the factory. Democrats then complained that Walker and the GOP were giving away too much for a project that might never happen.

But circumstances changed. First, Evers defeated Walker, Foxconn’s most valuable in-state ally. Then the company decided earlier this year to decrease the size of the factory to make small display screens for cellphones and other devices.

Read more: https://dailyreporter.com/2019/12/16/wisconsin-governor-no-tax-credits-for-new-foxconn-plant/
(Milwaukee Daily Reporter)

December 18, 2019

Kenosha man allegedly stabs stranger in throat after meeting on sidewalk

By Deneen Smith


Two men were walking along a sidewalk on Sheridan Road after leaving a nearby bar early Sunday when a stranger with a guitar case on his back approached them on the sidewalk.

“What are you going to do, shoot me?” the man asked as the two men looked on, confused.

Then, according to a criminal complaint, he pulled out a knife and, holding it between his fingers, punched toward one of the two men, stabbing him twice in the neck, before walking away.

Robert Calk, 49, of Kenosha, was charged Monday with first-degree recklessly endangering safety and aggravated battery with a dangerous weapon.

Read more: https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-man-allegedly-stabs-stranger-in-throat-after-meeting-on/article_cc46902f-9e40-571d-8c61-131b1f4267f3.html

December 18, 2019

Mormons pulling 400,000 youths out of struggling Boy Scouts

KAYSVILLE, Utah (AP) — For decades, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was one of Boy Scouts of America’s greatest allies and the largest sponsor of troops. But on Jan. 1, the Utah-based faith will deliver the latest blow to the struggling organization when it pulls out more than 400,000 young people and moves them into a new global program of its own.

The change brings excitement and some melancholy for members of the faith and may push the Boy Scouts closer to the brink of bankruptcy as it faces a new wave of sex abuse lawsuits.

Losing the church will mean about an 18% drop in Boy Scout youth membership compared with last year's numbers and mark the first time since the World War II era that the figure will fall below 2 million. At its peak in the 1970s, more than 4 million boys were Scouts.

Wayne Perry, a church member who is a past president of Boy Scouts of America and a current member of its national board, said the end of the long-term alliance will sting and force many regional councils in the U.S. West to lay off employees and sell some camps.

Read more: https://lacrossetribune.com/news/state-and-regional/mn/mormons-pulling-youths-out-of-struggling-boy-scouts/article_af7fd723-052e-50fc-bc38-bc77f10d6405.html

December 18, 2019

Andrew Yang's views on 2020 Issues

A user friendly guide to Yang's views on 2020 issues. It will also show how many candidates share his views on the specific issues. Kinda cool. Politico has this for all the candidates, apparently.

https://www.politico.com/2020-election/candidates-views-on-the-issues/andrew-yang/

December 18, 2019

Tom Steyer's views on 2020 Issues

A user friendly guide to Steyer's views on 2020 issues. It will also show how many candidates share his views on the specific issues. Kinda cool. Politico has this for all the candidates, apparently.

https://www.politico.com/2020-election/candidates-views-on-the-issues/tom-steyer/

December 18, 2019

Elizabeth Warren's views on 2020 Issues

A user friendly guide to Warren's views on 2020 issues. It will also show how many candidates share her views on the specific issues. Kinda cool. Politico has this for all the candidates, apparently.

https://www.politico.com/2020-election/candidates-views-on-the-issues/elizabeth-warren/

December 18, 2019

Amy Klobuchar's views on 2020 Issues

A user friendly guide to Klobuchar's views on 2020 issues. It will also show how many candidates share her views on the specific issues. Kinda cool. Politico has this for all the candidates, apparently.

https://www.politico.com/2020-election/candidates-views-on-the-issues/amy-klobuchar/

December 18, 2019

Pete Buttigieg's views on 2020 Issues

A user friendly guide to Buttigieg's views on 2020 issues. It will also show how many candidates share his views on the specific issues. Kinda cool. Politico has this for all the candidates, apparently.

https://www.politico.com/2020-election/candidates-views-on-the-issues/pete-buttigieg/

December 18, 2019

Michael Bloomberg's views on 2020 Issues

A user friendly guide to Bloomberg's views on 2020 issues. It will also show how many candidates share his views on the specific issues. Kinda cool. Politico has this for all the candidates, apparently.

https://www.politico.com/2020-election/candidates-views-on-the-issues/michael-bloomberg/

December 18, 2019

Joe Biden's views on 2020 Issues

A user friendly guide to Biden's views on 2020 issues. It will also show how many candidates share his views on the specific issues. Kinda cool. Politico has this for all the candidates, apparently.

https://www.politico.com/2020-election/candidates-views-on-the-issues/joe-biden/