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Wisconsin Assembly Approves Bucks Arena Financing Measure

The Wisconsin state Assembly today approved a bill for $250M in public funding for a new Bucks Arena, "completing the last of the legislative challenges" that Gov. Scott Walker "laid out for himself this year." With Senate and now Assembly approval, the bill heads to the desk of Walker, who has said that he "would sign the measure." Next up for the team is "working out a land sale with Milwaukee County and getting approval for the arena from the Milwaukee Common Council." Bucks President Peter Feigin: "I'm not overly confident, but I'm confident" (JSONLINE.com, 7/28).

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