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InsideWis: Gaming industry tax incentives should be on the screen for Wisconsin
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Quick quiz: What entertainment industry generates about $185 billion worldwide per year; creates jobs that attract people with creative skills, technical expertise or both; is generally loved by its customers; and already has a small but...
InsideWis: Wisconsin’s Biohealth Tech Hub has a long list of proud parents
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – In case you missed it, Wisconsin has been on a bit of an economic development hot streak of late. It started in early May when Microsoft announced it will build a $3.3 billion data center in Racine County, largely to meet artificial...
InsideWis: Solar, wind, nuclear: All of the above or other choices for energy transition?
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – It must be tough being an energy planner these days. Whether you’re working for a utility company, a public regulator or a private firm hoping to control costs by conserving electricity use, it must be confusing to follow the debate around...
InsideWis: It’s not possible to put AI genie back in the bottle, but reasonable oversight is
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Nvidia became the world’s most valuable public company for a few days this month – yes, more valuable than even Microsoft and Apple – for one major reason: The boom in generative artificial intelligence means there has been a surge in...
InsideWis: Business plan contest is sampling of Wisconsin’s diverse startups
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – I sat down the other day next to a familiar-looking fellow who, like me, was attending a real-estate seminar produced by business magazine InBusiness. I quickly figured out that table-mate Joe Carpenter, an accountant in his full-time...
InsideWis: Just catching up: Some follow-ups on past columns and news
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Writing a weekly column is always a snapshot in time. Things can and do happen to advance the story. Here are a few examples tied to recent “Inside Wisconsin” columns: Wisconsin links to Microsoft: In a column dated May 8, I wrote about...