Wisconsin will allot $31 million in its upcoming state budget to help Fincantieri Marinette Marine’s plan to expand its operations and bid for building the next Navy frigate class, a contract potentially worth $10 billion.
Gov. Tony Evers announced the plan at the shipyard Thursday, to help keep the shipyard’s 1,500-strong workforce and add another 400 jobs. Marinette has been building the Navy’s Freedom variant of the littoral combat ship since 2010, while Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., builds the...
