MADISON, Wis. — Foxconn Technology Group, the world's largest electronics manufacturer, has reached a new deal with reduced tax breaks for its scaled back manufacturing facility in southeast Wisconsin, Gov. Tony Evers and the the company announced on Monday.
WisPolitics.com hosted Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu (R-Oostburg) to discuss budget priorities for Senate Republicans and to address questions around the federal aid spending. The Wisconsin State Assembly and Senate recently passed an 11-bill package to provide a spending "roadmap" for the money which would help them gauge what to fulfill in the Evers' budget. Sen. LeMahieu explained that top issues in Evers' budget like broadband, infrastructure, and health care need more clarity in regards to how Gov. Evers will allocate federal funds to them.
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Photos: A look back at Foxconn in Wisconsin
Foxconn Technology Group announced in 2019 the purchase of a six-story office building at 1 W. Main St. on Capitol Square.Â
Construction continues on Foxconn Technology Group's future globe-shaped High Performance Computing Data Center at the Wisconn Valley Science and Technology Park in Mount Pleasant, as seen in this March 15 aerial view.
Gov. Scott Walker and President Donald Trump participate in a Foxconn groundbreaking ceremony in June in Mount Pleasant.
President Donald Trump talks with a Foxconn employee during a tour of the facility in June 2018.Â
President Donald Trump, flanked by Gov. Scott Walker, left, and Foxconn Technology Group CEO Terry Gou, right, tosses dirt during a ceremonial groundbreaking of the Foxconn facility in Mount Pleasant in 2018.Â
Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou, left, and Gov. Scott Walker are shown in this July 2017 photo touting Foxconn's plan to build a display panel plant in Wisconsin.
President Donald Trump participated in a groundbreaking ceremony in June 2018 for the Wisconn Valley campus in Mount Pleasant.
Crews work in June 2020 on the Highway 11 construction project just east of Highway H in Sturtevant. The work is part of the Wisconn Valley development roads project, spurred by the Foxconn development.
Workers at a Foxconn facility in Mount Pleasant were already producing 1,000 flat screens per day in June 2018.Â
