INSIDE WISCONSIN
Get insights on technology, the economy and politics through "Inside Wisconsin" by Tom StillInsideWis: Taking off: Aviation innovation continues to fly high in Wisconsin
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Dave Kettner, the president of Madison-based Virent Inc., doesn’t make a habit of hanging out with international celebrities, but he did so last fall on a transatlantic flight with billionaire Sir Richard Branson. It helped that Kettner’s...
InsideWis: Fusion energy is a nascent ‘hot spot’ for Wisconsin economy
By Tom Still MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Even a casual observer of the Wisconsin economy can name some nationally prominent sectors, such as manufacturing, agriculture and tourism. Others can go deeper and list medical and scientific instruments, health information software,...
InsideWis: ‘Forever chemicals’ no more: Wisconsin firm works to remediate PFAS
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – No one needs to convince Larry Kinsman, principal at ORIN Technologies in Verona, of the health threats associated with long-term exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known by their PFAS and PFOS acronyms. With 4,700...
InsideWis: How Wisconsin has added to mankind’s knowledge of the heavens
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – A solar eclipse in 585 B.C. ended a long war between the Mediterranean kingdoms of Medes and Lydia when opposing armies took it as a bad omen and laid down their arms. That superstitious reaction, however beneficial to the combatants,...
InsideWis: Don’t be surprised when economic data and public perception fail to align
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – The two-horse race for the presidency may not satisfy people who wished for different candidates atop the Republican and Democratic tickets, but it has at least focused the debate on how well the American economy is – or isn’t –...
InsideWis: Amid the seeming chaos, legislative work gets done
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – It’s more than tempting for the average Wisconsin citizen to believe the state Capitol is a place where the daily agenda is limited to threats of recall elections, fights over gerrymandered political maps and other partisan divisiveness....