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The Wisconsin state agency charged with improving the economic and social well-being of Wisconsin’s children, youth and families is now on Twitter. The Department of Children and Families (DCF) Twitter is aimed at providing timely information about those efforts. “By providing this additional communication resource, we hope that families will have better knowledge of the […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

Comparing Wisconsin's incentive offer to other states' offers to foreign companies.        Source: WisconsinRapidsDailyTribune.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

Deputies at the Dane County Jail thwarted a pair of inmate suicide attempts by two inmates Monday night and early Tuesday morning. Press releases from the Dane County Sheriff said both inmates survived and are now under suicide precautions. At about 9:45 p.m., deputies saw a 32-year-old inmate in the jail in the City-County Building […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

There’s no better place than the Great Taste of the Midwest beer festival to drink a bunch of tiny beers. Here’s to another round of great discoveries. Source: Isthmus.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Would Wisconsin’s $3 billion to Foxconn be largest-ever ‘gift’ by any state to a foreign company? Perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that when it comes to the $10 billion, 20 million-square-foot factory being promised to Wisconsin, some statements border on the extreme. Foxconn "is bringing" 13,000 jobs. Half True. 3,000 Foxconn jobs would cost Wisconsin $3 billion, or $1 million per job. False. Now comes a claim, made in response to a boast by Gov. Scott Walker, that the $3 billion incentives offer is the largest of its kind. The exchange occurred Aug. 7, 2017 exchange on Twitter, a week and a half after Foxconn,