Racine County leaders, Foxconn to announce site selected for $10B manufacturing campus

STURTEVANT -- The exact location of a potentially massive Foxconn Technology Group manufacturing plant in SE Wisconsin is about to be unveiled.Racine County leaders and representatives of Foxconn said Tuesday the site location will be unveiled at an event Wednesday, October 4th at 11:00 a.m. in Sturtevant -- at the iMET Center.The Wisconsin Legislature approved a $3 billion incentive package for Foxconn, but the state's economic development agency is still working on the final contract.

Wisconsin contract with Foxconn could be signed this week

MADISON — Wisconsin could sign a contract with electronics giant Foxconn Technology Group this week, but it won't be done in public.The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation is meeting Thursday and could sign the contract.

Attorneys: Portions of Foxconn law could be unconstitutional

MADISON — Nonpartisan attorneys for the Wisconsin Legislature are warning that portions of a newly signed law speeding up legal appeals related to a planned flat-screen display factory could be unconstitutional.The analysis of the law passed for Foxconn Technology Group was prepared by attorneys for the Wisconsin Legislative Council on Tuesday at the request of Democratic Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling.The analysis, which didn't reach any definitive legal conclusions, came a day after Republican Gov.

Foxconn incentive bill passes committee: GOP looks to change state's legal system

MADISON — Foxconn Technology Group could appeal lawsuits directly to the conservative controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court under changes to a $3 billion incentive package approved by the Legislature's budget-writing committee -- something Democrats have called another giveaway in the hopes of attracting the massive LCD screen plant.

Foxconn's Wisconsin plant raises environmental worries

MILWAUKEE — Foxconn Technology Group is being enticed to come to Wisconsin with numerous regulatory waivers, raising concerns from environmentalists who are wary of the company's reputation in China, where it has been accused of polluting rivers.The Taiwan-based company best known for manufacturing Apple products insists that its new plant won't damage the environment.