MacIver Newsmakers: Sen. Stroebel Takes On TIF Incentives

By MacIverNews - January 6, 2020

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Jan. 6, 2020

TIF districts have a free hand in Wisconsin to spend money on projects and incentives supposedly to spur economic growth. Oftentimes that means handing tax-funded cash incentives directly to developers. Sen. Stroebel says it’s time to curb that practice – and the entrenched special interests will do anything to stop him.

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