INSIDE WISCONSIN

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – The speculation began within minutes of when President Trump, speaking in Waukesha and alluding to negotiations with an unspecified company, told Gov. Scott Walker he might get “a very happy surprise very soon.” That surprise may well be...

The latest job creation figures for Wisconsin show the state trailing the nation in the growth of all jobs and losing ground in 2016 in manufacturing employment, dogged by trends such as the strong dollar, market weakness in China and Europe, and the changing face of...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – It was symbolic of changing times in the state’s early stage investment world that seven managers of new funds took the stage to open the 15th annual Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference. The next day as the conference closed, about 30...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Joe Scanlin is about to come down with a double case of jet lag. Scanlin, who co-founded Scanalytics with fellow UW-Whitewater graduate Matt McCoy, will travel this month to China and France as the company continues its remarkable rise in...

The flattened world of the internet age continues to change the definition of work. No longer bound by a physical place, workers can be anywhere on the planet – so long as “anywhere” comes with the right digital upload and download speeds. A decade ago, outsourcing...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Technology often marches ahead of the ability of government regulators to keep up. A prime example is the internet, which surged ahead in its formative days in part because there was an absence of red tape to hold back its pioneers....