INSIDE WISCONSIN

By Tom Still STURTEVANT, Wis. – During a presentation comparing South Carolina’s experience with BMW to what’s about to happen in Racine County with Foxconn, I asked listeners if they knew anyone – family, friend or neighbor – who lived in southeast Wisconsin and...

By Tom Still MADISION, Wis. – By many standards, Wisconsin’s overall economic condition has never been better.  Its core unemployment rate is the nation’s eighth lowest; it ranks fifth among the states in the percentage of adults who are part of the labor force; it...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Even before the Foxconn Technology Group begins moving dirt for the construction of its mammoth Racine County plant, the company is sinking deeper roots into Wisconsin’s economic development soil. The company announced 28 sub-contractors...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. –  Ken Johnson, the veteran Wisconsin investor who is a partner in the Badger Fund of Funds, has held true to his vision from the start. Even before the Badger Fund of Funds was officially seeded in 2014 with a $25-million investment from...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – At the close of her speech to the Wisconsin Women in Government gala in Madison, former United Nations ambassador Samantha Power was asked about America’s deep political and cultural divides. Power offered several reasons, not the least of...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – The hurried deployment of National Guard troops to America’s southern border is aimed at stemming a possible surge of illegal immigrants. If only the same kind of urgency surrounded the need to keep documented aliens working inside the...