AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoShipbuilding: Fincantieri plans a $10 million upgrade at its Wisconsin shipyards, adding advanced cutting, forming and welding equipment and automation to boost production and workforce capacity. Energy Innovation: Wisconsin awarded $11.5 million in grants for clean-energy projects, supporting efforts to develop energy-saving technologies. Data Centers: A settlement requires Vantage to fund a state review of data centers’ effects on energy, water, land and communities; separately, a judge upheld Port Washington’s ordinance requiring public votes on major tax incentives. Workforce: Wisconsin’s technical college leaders say adapting to demographic decline, worker shortages and rising costs is key to preparing nearly 300,000 students a year for the state’s changing economy. Playground Manufacturing: Wisconsin joined a federal lawsuit to block PlayPower’s proposed purchase of North Fond du Lac-based BCI Burke, arguing the deal could reduce competition and raise prices for schools, parks and other buyers.
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