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Tim Bartik comments in NYT article on Foxconn's new plans for its Wisconsin facility

February 1, 2019
Bartik explains how the State of Wisconsin may still be on the hook for part of the incentives offered to Foxconn, even though the electronics giant may not be creating as many jobs as initially promised. Bartik concludes the article by saying "[It could mean that] this project will end up mostly being a R&D operation in Madison, with a much smaller factory in southeast Wisconsin."

Tim Bartik appears in CNBC piece on tax incentives offered to lure Amazon's HQ2

October 25, 2018
Piece titled "Cities are clamoring to offer Amazon tax incentives for HQ2 — that may be a bad idea" by reporter Karin Shedd.