Wisconsin's Republican-led state Assembly hopes to pass a $3 billion tax incentive plan for electronics manufacturer Foxconn within two weeks, an aggressive timeline being questioned by minority Democrats.
The state Assembly's jobs and economy committee plans to hold a hearing on the measure on Thursday in the state Capitol. It plans to vote on advancing the bill on Aug. 7 with the full Assembly voting on the measure in mid-August.
Democratic state Rep. Gordon Hintz says holding a hearing Thursday given numerous questions about the bill is a "disgrace to all taxpayers in the state of Wisconsin."
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says "My goal is to make sure we are as transparent and open as we possibly can be to make sure that the public fully understands what we are looking to do."
