
Joe Schulz
Reporter at The Ripon Commonwealth Press
Northeast Wisconsin reporter @WPR. Previously: @atitan, @WRSTfm, @OshkoshHerald and @RiponPress. Story ideas? Email: [email protected]
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23 hours ago |
urbanmilwaukee.com | Joe Schulz
//end headline wrapper ?> WPR reporters are diving into the development of data centers around Wisconsin and the impacts they could have on the communities where they’re being built and the state as a whole. This story is part three in a four-part series. Two decades ago, the city of Port Washington was home to manufacturers whose operations provided plenty of well-paying, blue-collar jobs. Its property tax burden was balanced between businesses and residents.
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1 day ago |
wpr.org | Joe Schulz
WPR reporters are diving into the development of data centers around Wisconsin and the impacts they could have on the communities where they're being built and the state as a whole. This story is part three in a four-part series. Two decades ago, the city of Port Washington was home to manufacturers whose operations provided plenty of well-paying, blue-collar jobs. Its property tax burden was balanced between businesses and residents.
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1 day ago |
wpr.org | Joe Schulz
The owner of a shuttered nuclear power plant in northeast Wisconsin is working with the state's largest utility company to explore the potential for bringing new nuclear energy generation to the site. Utah-based nuclear company EnergySolutions owns the Kewaunee Power Station in Kewaunee County. The company announced Tuesday that it is working with WEC Energy Group, the parent company of We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service, on the effort.
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6 days ago |
wpr.org | Joe Schulz
Oshkosh city leaders are calling on the state to increase funding to a program that reimburses communities for costs associated with hosting state properties, saying more than a decade of stagnating state support has shifted costs to local property tax payers. The Oshkosh City Council recently unanimously approved a resolution urging the state Legislature's budget committee to fully fund the Municipal Services Payments Program in the next two-year state budget.
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1 week ago |
urbanmilwaukee.com | Joe Schulz
Wisconsin is joining a new multistate lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s decision to freeze funding for electric vehicle charging stations, Gov. Tony Evers announced Thursday. The state joined 16 others in filing a federal lawsuit to force the administration to release the Congressionally-approved funding.
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