by Tech Council | Jul 7, 2022 | Featured, NEWSROOM, WisBusiness: The Show
Welcome to “WisBusiness: The Show,” a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. In the latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show, executive director Scott Coenen of the Wisconsin Conservative Energy Forum talks about the group’s work and its...
by Tech Council | Jul 6, 2022 | Featured, NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
Wisconsin is one of three states that allows high-voltage direct current transmission lines and communications fiber to be buried in certain highway rights-of-way, which holds enormous potential for electric and connected vehicles and distribution of solar and wind...
by Tech Council | Jun 30, 2022 | Featured, NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
Trade experts in a WisBusiness.com virtual trade luncheon said the Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific trade framework could lead to economic growth for Wisconsin despite continuing tensions with China. President Biden in May announced the framework aiming to combat...
by Tech Council | Jun 29, 2022 | Featured, Inside Wisconsin, NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – It was not a pleasant time in the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. The start of the COVID pandemic in early 2020 prompted a surge of unemployment claims as thousands of people lost their jobs, state call centers were...
by Tech Council | Jun 24, 2022 | Featured, NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
The U.S. Census reports that 15% of engineers working in the nation are women, despite women making up 48% of the total U.S. workforce. Aerospace Engineer Marina Bloomer started experiencing this disparity in high school when she was the only girl enrolled in her AP...
by Tech Council | Jun 24, 2022 | Featured, NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
The recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, have prompted questions from business and law enforcement experts in Dane County and around the state about whether technology can help curb future massacres. It’s possible that rapid response...
