Delivering more than convenience

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“No one really knows how the game is played The art of the trade How the sausage gets made We just assume that it happens But no one else is in the room where it happens,” — “In the Room Where it Happens,” from “Hamilton” by Lin Manuel Miranda In 1860s New York City, nothing happened without William “Boss” Tweed’s blessing. His Tammany Hall political machinery got a cut of the ...

Data centers can deliver multi-billion-dollar investments and large numbers of jobs to Wisconsin communities. But key issues around their development remain unresolved, including how to ensure residents are spared from increases to transmission rates or property taxes. Far from being a hub of data center construction, a new Wisconsin Policy Forum report finds Wisconsin lags states such as Virgi...