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MILWAUKEE (CBS58) -- What if moving away from wildfires and hurricanes could actually earn you money?

One State Representative is floating a unique idea, offering tax breaks to people from California and North Carolina, hoping they'll trade natural disasters for the fresh lakes.

This bill introduced to lawmakers offers a $10,000 tax credit for those affected by Hurricane Helene and the Los Angles Wildfires.

When State Representative Cindi Duchow introduced the bill, she said it could be part of a bigger plan to attract people to Wisconsin.

"We are losing people here in the state of Wisconsin. We need more people to come here," said State Representative Duchow.

State Representative Duchow got the idea after watching the LA fires rip through the Pacific Palisades.

"I thought w

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