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Steve Booth, chairman and CEO of Baird, has been named the 2021 Wisconsin Business Leader of the Year by the Harvard Business School Club of Wisconsin. The annual award honors a Wisconsin business leader who makes an impact within their organization, produces business...

In a recent column, Tech Council President Tom Still says this approach to electricity transmission has several benefits such as making room for new broadband infrastructure, improving electricity grid resiliency and adding capacity for "moving large amounts of wind...

Wisconsin, along with three other midwestern states, has entered into an agreement to begin a collaborative project that will create a route for electric vehicles stretching along 1,100 miles of drivable shoreline around Lake Michigan. Described as an electric Route...

Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: EXAS), a global leader in cancer diagnostics, announced today that it has entered a collaboration agreement with the West German Study Group (WSG), an international research institution that focuses on practice-changing clinical studies...

In a decision that likely clears a path for Milwaukee to host the Republican National Convention, the Nashville Metro Council voted Tuesday night against a last-ditch motion for Music City to host the 2024 event. The vote was ten in favor, 22 against and three...

Madison-based Exact Sciences reduced its second-quarter loss compared to a year ago and beat analysts’ expectations in results announced Tuesday. The biomedical giant best known for its Cologuard test reported a second-quarter net loss of $166.1 million, or $0.94 per...

Three new transmission lines that are estimated to cost around $2.2 billion will cross through Wisconsin under a large expansion approved by the Midwest grid operator that’s designed to facilitate the clean energy transition. The board for the Midcontinent Independent...

Property insurance technology company RoofMarketplace Inc. announced July 27 that it completed a $5 million Series A funding round. Whitewater-based RoofMarketplace, which has an online platform for insurance carriers and roofing contractors to fulfill roofing claims,...

Materion Corp., an advanced materials company in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, is establishing a facility on Milwaukee's northwest side to accelerate the growth of advanced chemicals for the semiconductor and electric vehicle battery markets. The 150,000-square-foot...

To help drive toward the future of clean transportation, Xcel Energy proposed today new and enhanced electric vehicle (EV) charging programs and high-speed public charging options in Wisconsin and Minnesota to make charging at home and on the go easy, fast and more...

Gov. Tony Evers, together with three Midwest governors, today announced a collaboration to build America’s next iconic road trip route, specifically for electric vehicles (EV). The Lake Michigan EV Circuit Tour will consist of a network of EV chargers spanning over...

The head of SHINE Technologies’ therapeutics division says the company is moving from research and development into the commercial stage for a precision cancer treatment product. The Janesville company recently submitted its “drug master file” to the FDA, which...

BMO Financial Group today announced a $650,000 investment in several Madison community programs and organizations. These contributions will support the Urban League of Greater Madison's Black Business Hub, The Center for Black Excellence & Culture, and Boys &...

SUPPORTING THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURS The goal of the Entrepreneurship Partner Grant is to encourage the formation of entrepreneurship support programs and to develop startup and emerging growth companies in the state of Wisconsin. HOW IT WORKS This...

Andrew Ericson remembers his first exposure to sustainability and environmental science. “I was in the second grade … and we made a song called ‘Pollution Solution,’” Ericson recalls. “It wasn’t the greatest song ever made, but we got on the radio and performed it at...

Southeastern Wisconsin’s manufacturing sector contracted for the first time in two years in July amid growing concerns of an economic slowdown. The Marquette-ISM Report on Manufacturing’s Milwaukee-area PMI came in at 49.42 in July. A reading above 50 suggests the...

SHINE Technologies, LLC (SHINE), a next-generation nuclear technology company, today announced the company has submitted a Drug Master File (DMF) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for non-carrier-added lutetium-177 (Lu-177) chloride, a radiopharmaceutical at...

Nuclear fusion technology company SHINE Technologies LLC announced Friday that the company had submitted a drug master file (DMF) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a radioisotope used in cancer treatment. The cancer-killing radioisotope,...