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News featuring the Wisconsin Technology Council or its trusted partners‘WisBiz: The Show’ features Jeff Daniel of Tech Prize
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, Jeff Daniel, co-chair of the Racine-based Tech-Prize effort, explains the upcoming competition scheduled in...
Madison.com: Tom Still: Passage of ‘CHIPS and Science Act’ will help U.S., Wisconsin over time
In an age of deep partisan divides, it was perhaps surprising that Congress passed the “CHIPS and Science Act” by wide margins — roughly two-to-one in the Senate and by more than 50 votes in the House of Representatives. It is less surprising, however, given the even...
InsideWis: Passage of ‘CHIPS and Science Act’ will help U.S., Wisconsin over time
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – In an age of deep partisan divides, it was perhaps surprising that Congress passed the “CHIPS and Science Act” by wide margins – roughly two-to-one in the Senate and by more than 50 votes in the House of Representatives. It is less...
Tech Council support for RNC convention bid
Tom Still, Tech Council president, wrote a letter to Reince Priebus on May 25 in regards to Milwaukee hosting the 2024 Republican National Convention. Read the letter below. The board of directors for the Wisconsin Technology Council wish you and the host committee...
Major semiconductor bill passes Senate and House
Congress has voted to advance the CHIPS bill, which is designed to boost American semiconductor manufacturing. The bipartisan bill passed the Senate, 64-33, and the House of Representatives, 243-187, and will pave the way for providing billions of dollars over time in...
‘WisBiz: The Show’ features Lamarr Banks of Green Bay’s Urban Hub
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, Lamarr Banks, community manager for the Greater Green Bay Chamber of Commerce “Urban Hub,” shares how to get...
InsideWis: Using highway rights-of-way to transit electricity holds promise
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Almost everyone wants and needs reliable electricity, especially in an era when electric vehicles are hitting the roads in greater numbers, the digital world is ever-expanding and the “decarbonization” of energy generation is evolving in...
WisBusiness: Advocates touting approach to building transmission lines alongside broadband and EV charging
Advocates are touting an approach to building energy transmission lines that incorporates broadband and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. “The concept is, as we build out the transmission infrastructure, to coordinate the planning of that build to couple...
WisconsinEye: Electrifying Our Highways – How Wisconsin Can Lead the Way
On July 26, 2022, 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...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: NextGen highways could toughen the power grid, charge EVs
Major highways connecting cities across the country could someday be used to deliver green energy and high-speed internet service. Wisconsin already has “the playbook” to make it happen, says a new study that calls for the use of underground high-voltage power lines...
InsideWis: Dialing 9-8-8 for mental health help: It’s step forward, but only part of solution
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – The technology behind the July 16 switch to the 9-8-8 suicide and mental health crisis hotline was not all that revolutionary. It was more a matter of rebranding the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and rerouting calls to an...
Net proceeds from Tech Council golf outing will benefit ‘treps who apply for fall conference
Net proceeds from the August 1 “Play at the Lake” outing at central Wisconsin’s Lake Arrowhead golf course will go toward assisting qualified entrepreneurs who register for the fall Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium in Madison. Registration for the “scramble-style”...