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All the news including "Tech Council News Service" and "Inside Wisconsin"Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Charter Spectrum pushes large broadband expansion to connect 140,000 homes and businesses in rural Wisconsin
One of the largest internet service expansions in rural Wisconsin is well underway as Charter Communications aims to connect around 140,000 homes and businesses. If successful, it would fill many of the coverage gaps in the state where an estimated 650,000 people lack...
WisBusiness: Water Council touting phosphorus removal product agreement
The Water Council is touting a new agreement for a product that can remove phosphorus from stormwater, agricultural runoff and other municipal wastewater. According to a release from the Milwaukee-based water technology organization, the phosphorus-absorbing pellets...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Wisconsin Building Commission OKs $109M for Regional Medical Center projects
A regional crime lab planned for the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center received $99 million from the Wisconsin State Building Commission and the commission also approved $10 million toward a new Medical College of Wisconsin cancer research facility. The Building...
Wisconsin Public Radio: Clean energy advocates say federal funds could be catalyst Wisconsin needs to move toward renewables
Wisconsin advocates say historic investments in clean energy passed by the U.S. Senate could be the catalyst the state needs to move more quickly on clean energy goals. The U.S. Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act Sunday, moving along the largest federal clean...
Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce: Statement from Chamber president on signing of CHIPS and Science Act into law
Today, President Biden signed into law the $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act. Included in the law is a $10 billion investment over five years to create 20 geographically distributed “regional technology hubs” that will focus on technology development, job creation...
Wisconsin Inno: High-tech Clear security lanes added at Mitchell International Airport
Clear Secure Inc. announced Tuesday that it is launching its security screening lanes at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE). Mitchell will be the 45th airport featuring Clear Plus lanes in the U.S., according to a press release. The launch is expected to...
Wisconsin Inno: Madison and Milwaukee among top 20 best Midwest cities for startups
Madison and Milwaukee remain in the top 20 best Midwest cities for startups in 2022, according to Chicago venture firm M25’s annual ranking report. The report ranks 59 Midwest cities for performance in their startup ecosystems by comparing data focused around startup...
‘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...
WisBusiness: Business groups top lobbying list
Business groups representing manufacturing, real estate, construction, health care and farming spent the most money lobbying Wisconsin lawmakers in the first six months of the year. The top five for spending were: Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, $348,511;...
Project TEMPO: Project Reach
Project Reach is a TEMPO Madison initiative to increase the number of women serving on business boards. The project provides resources for members aspiring to serve on business boards and for those responsible for filling board positions. Project Reach provides...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Why Milwaukee ‘was an easy choice’ to host RNC: Q&A with Republican senior adviser
Milwaukee’s coronation as the host city for the 2024 Republican National Convention was nearly pre-ordained from the time the selection committee visited earlier this year, the Republican National Committee’s senior adviser said in an interview with the Milwaukee...
Milwaukee Business Journal: InSinkErator being sold to appliance giant Whirlpool for $3 billion
Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR) said Monday it has agreed to sell its Mount Pleasant-based InSinkErator food waste disposal business to Whirlpool Corp. of Benton Harbor, Michigan, for $3 billion in cash. The Ferguson, Missouri-based technology and engineering...
WisPolitics: UW-Madison: Researchers identify ways to improve emergency care for people living with dementia
A new collection of research papers sets out priority areas to better provide emergency care for people living with dementia in the United States. While delirium – which, like dementia, also disrupts attention, cognition and consciousness – has been studied in...
BizTimes Milwaukee: SoFresh raises another $3.3 million to help growth into new food markets
Kenosha-based SoFresh, Inc. has raised another $3.3 million that will be used to support the company as it ventures into new food markets. That’s according to an Aug. 2 SEC filing that shows SoFresh has raised a total of $5.6 million since its founding. SoFresh...
Wisconsin Public Radio: UW System’s unrestricted reserves top $1B for first time since 2013
Preliminary budget numbers show the University of Wisconsin System's unrestricted fund balances topped $1 billion at the end of June. It's the first time those funds have hit the billion dollar mark since state lawmakers railed against tuition reserves in 2013....
Seehafer News: UWGB’s Institute for Women’s Leadership Launching New Programs in September
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is now enrolling women across Northeast Wisconsin for two new leadership programsavailable through the Institute for Women’s Leadership. The programs begin in September and are designed to meet the region’s ongoing need to...
BizTimes Milwaukee: It’s official: Milwaukee will host the 2024 Republican National Convention
Milwaukee will get another chance to host a national political convention when the Republican National Convention comes to town in 2024. The Republican National Committee on Friday officially selected Milwaukee to host its next presidential nominating convention. The...
Madison Startups: Gener8tor Celebrates 10 Years
This month marks gener8tor’s 10-year anniversary, the organization announced recently. Since 2012, the company, which has programming in more than 30 locations across North America, has helped 840 startups, create more than 7,400 jobs and raised more than $1 billion...
WisBusiness: the Podcast with Dustin Hinton, UnitedHealthcare
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Dustin Hinton, president and CEO of UnitedHealthcare in Wisconsin and Michigan. He discusses the health insurer’s plans to launch a new health plan for employers in southeastern Wisconsin at the start of 2023....