THE NEWSROOM

Racine-area lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say they’re optimistic about the potential for a $1 billion data center Microsoft is proposing for Mount Pleasant. State and local officials have announced a proposed agreement between Microsoft Corporation, the village...

Wisconsin homeowners and small businesses interested in installing solar panels on their property face more hurdles than their counterparts in some other states, clean energy advocates say. That's because state regulation makes it tough to lease solar panels, though...

With a goal of closing the digital divide by increasing access to technology, among other objectives, Milwaukee County is partnering with the Milky Way Tech Hub, a local group focused on racial inclusion in the city's growing technology industry. The county's Office...

BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation Inc. is aiming to raise $10 million that it will use to invest in more Wisconsin startups with its unusual nonprofit venture capital model. A decade since its founding, BrightStar's model is proven as it already realizes returns and the...

The Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) today released its 2023 Health Care Workforce Report, which highlights data trends and analysis of Wisconsin’s health care workforce. According to this year’s report, as Wisconsin’s aging population continued to depart the...

Madison-based deep tech startup Type One Energy has closed a $29 million seed funding round. Type One Energy’s fusion solution involves the use of stellarator technology, which is based on magnetic-confinement fusion, using 3D-shaped magnetic fields to keep particles...

Microsoft’s plans to potentially invest $1 billion in a data center campus in Mount Pleasant would help repay debt the village took on for the Foxconn project and would also reimburse Foxconn for a portion of a $60 million advance it provided to fund land acquisition....

Federal officials say businesses in Wisconsin will have numerous opportunities to benefit from Inflation Reduction Act tax credits. In a webinar yesterday, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin said “now is the time” for manufacturers and other Wisconsin companies to make...

Microsoft is planning to build a new data center campus in the village of Mount Pleasant, located on a 315-acre parcel of land in Foxconn territory. Microsoft plans on buying the land for more than $50 million. The village, Racine County, Milwaukee 7 and Racine County...

Alex Tyink, founder of Green Bay-based Fork Farms, moved from New York City back to Wisconsin to start his business. A recent article published by Entrepreneur magazine shares the reasons behind his decision, which include Wisconsin’s supportive, tight-knit community;...

Marshfield Clinic Health System and Notable, the leading intelligent automation company for healthcare, announced a system-wide partnership to transform the patient experience and improve access to care for the system's approximately 310,000 unique patients....

In January, Waukesha County Technical College in Pewaukee began a year-long celebration of its 100th anniversary.  The blue and gold festivities – including the reintroduction of “Ollie” the owl mascot – marked a milestone in the college’s history, said Rich...

While few employers would argue against the idea that professional development is valuable, two concerns often rise to the surface when it comes time to invest in workforce training.  “The gut reaction is ‘we can’t afford it’ or ‘we don’t have time; we need people to...

Milwaukee-based startup Sift Healthcare has completed a Series A funding round worth $6.75 million following an additional strategic investment made by Dallas-based IKS Health. Sift Healthcare initially raised $4.75 million prior to a $2 million investment from IKS...