Gov. Scott Walker’s top aides and a powerful lobbyist pressed for a taxpayer-funded loan in 2011 to a financially struggling Milwaukee construction company that lost the state half a million dollars, created no jobs and raised questions about where the money went, a State Journal investigation has found.
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Paul Jadin, former CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., confirmed that his agency did not forward a risky loan award letter to Gov. Scott Walker, even though the governor was CC'd on the letter.
MIKE DEVRIES — Capital TimesLive Chat
Live Chat: Join Reporters Matthew DeFour and Dee J. Hall at noon Monday to discuss the State Journal’s investigation into the questionable taxpayer-funded loan granted by Gov. Scott Walker’s job-creation agency, and the governor’s decision last week to suspend future loans under the program. Go.madison.com/live
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Officials with Building Committee Inc. lobbied and made campaign donations to Democrats and Republicans, but only received public funding from one source: Gov. Scott Walker's job-creation agency.
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