INSIDE WISCONSIN
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By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Thoughts on three Wisconsin tech titans in the news… Jim Cramer, the perpetually energetic financial analyst for CNBC’s “Mad Money,” thinks it would be a natural for Apple to part with a chunk of its reported $123 billion in cash to buy...
InsideWis: Evers’ message to business group measured, but largely upbeat
Gov. Tony Evers is the first to admit that, after 40-plus years as an educator, he’s not going to be a leopard who changes his spots. He’s passionate about schools at all levels because that’s where he spent his career before running for governor. At the same time,...
InsideWis: Some economic trends to follow in the New Year
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – We’re only a week into 2019, so the New Year is still an infant crying to be adopted by a nurturing economic forecast. Here are a few prognostications and trends to watch: You can’t create jobs without workers to fill them: Demographics...
InsideWis: Business Plan Contest attracting more quality entries from across Wisconsin
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – In its earlier years, the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest tended to have more entries from the Madison area and, as a result, more Dane County finalists. It’s a testimony to progress of Wisconsin’s startup support system that...
InsideWis: The late Bill Kraus defined what it meant to be a citizen of Wisconsin
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – It was called “The Bullpen.” Just inside the front door of the governor’s office in the East Wing of the State Capitol was, and remains to this day, a large room populated by desks, cubicles, telephones and all the necessary tools of a...
InsideWis: Wisconsin’s economic development can be enhanced by bipartisan approach
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Some issues addressed by state government are unavoidably partisan, but the economic vitality of Wisconsin need not be one of them. Everyone in government should have a stake in ensuring that people are employed, earn a decent wage, pay...