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At a high level, it is easy to understand what the Federal Reserve is attempting to do by raising interest rates. Inflation has skyrocketed and the Fed’s decision to raise interest rates should cool demand from consumers, ideally bringing inflation under control...
WisBusiness: UW Health: Proton therapy provider selected for UW Health Eastpark Medical Center
UW Health has selected Hitachi, Ltd. to provide the infrastructure to support proton therapy at UW Health Eastpark Medical Center. Hitachi will provide equipment and technology to support UW Health’s traditional proton therapy room that will be equipped with spot...
Jet Constellations: Wisconsin Tech Month Gains Strength Through Additional Partnerships in 2022
With a growing list of partners, Wisconsin Tech Month 2022 (#WTM22) is shaping up to be a robust showing of technology leadership this year. #WTM22 is now spearheaded in partnership with the Milky Way Tech Hub, Latinos in Tech, Techquity, MARS Solutions Group and...
WisBusiness: Advocates touting approach to building transmission lines alongside broadband and EV charging
Advocates are touting an approach to building energy transmission lines that incorporates broadband and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. “The concept is, as we build out the transmission infrastructure, to coordinate the planning of that build to couple...
Marquette University: Marquette University chemistry professor receives $1.8 million grant to modernize processes in medicine synthesis
Dr. Joseph Clark, associate professor of chemistry in Marquette University’s Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, has received a $1.8 million Maximizing Investigators' Research Award from the National Institutes of Health for his research to modernize the synthesis...
WisPolitics: UW Health: University of Wisconsin Hospitals ranked No. 1 in Wisconsin
For the 11th consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report ranked University of Wisconsin Hospitals, which includes University Hospital and UW Health East Madison Hospital, as No. 1 in Wisconsin on its Best Hospitals list. This achievement reflects the remarkable...
WisconsinEye: Electrifying Our Highways – How Wisconsin Can Lead the Way
On July 26, 2022, Wisconsin is one of three states that allows high-voltage direct current transmission lines and communications fiber to be buried in certain highway rights-of-way, which holds enormous potential for electric and connected vehicles and distribution of...
WisBusiness: Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.: Livability rankings put Wisconsin tops
New national rankings prove something that Wisconsinites already know – Wisconsin is a great place to live and work. Six Wisconsin cities made Livability.com’s 100 Best Places to Live in the U.S. list with Madison securing the top spot for the second year in a row....
Wisconsin Inno: Molson Coors taps i.c.stars alumni to help design innovation spaces in Milwaukee, Chicago offices
Molson Coors Beverage Co. expanded its partnership with technology training nonprofit Inner-City Computer Stars (i.c.stars) this month by soliciting ideas from i.c.stars alumni for new innovation spaces in Molson Coors’ Chicago and Milwaukee corporate offices. The...
WisBusiness: DWD leader highlights groups targeted with employment initiatives
The head of the state DWD says focusing on potential workers in Wisconsin is a “much better solution” to workforce challenges than attracting those from outside the state. Speaking yesterday to WisconsinEye, Department of Workforce Development Secretary-designee Amy...
WEDC: Registration opens for Wisconsin Economic Summit
Add your voice to the conversation, as business and community leaders, academics, economic development professionals and others gather Sept. 20-21 in Appleton at the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s (WEDC’s) first economic summit. “WEDC’s mission is to...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: NextGen highways could toughen the power grid, charge EVs
Major highways connecting cities across the country could someday be used to deliver green energy and high-speed internet service. Wisconsin already has “the playbook” to make it happen, says a new study that calls for the use of underground high-voltage power lines...
Wisconsin Inno: UWM launches business innovation incubator for local startups
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will launch a new business innovation incubator this fall to help prepare 10 startups for angel and venture capital funding. The incubator was formed through a partnership between UWM and local angel investing group Milwaukee Venture...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Experis Game Solutions opening video game testing facility in Milwaukee
Experis Game Solutions is planning on opening a fourth location dedicated to testing video games and devices, within the ManpowerGroup headquarters building at 100 W. Manpower Place in downtown Milwaukee. The other three locations are in Portland, Oregon; Bellevue,...
Madison.com: Eyeing new medical tech campus near Highway 14, Fitchburg looks to TIF to make it happen
The Fitchburg City Council is poised to consider using a dynamic public financing tool to pave the way for a future medical technology campus off of Highway 14. Mayor Aaron Richardson wants to create a tax incremental financing (TIF) district to develop an...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin business startup aims to expose flaws in lending practices
Nishant Deshpande was a dedicated saver all through college, socking away money from his internships at Robert W. Baird & Co. and other businesses. So in his senior year at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and with more than four years of regular deposits into...
Milwaukee Business Journal: UnitedHealthcare launches network with a focus on Aurora, Froedtert, Children’s
UnitedHealthcare promises to reduce southeast Wisconsin employers’ health insurance rates by 8% to 13% — and trim employee out-of-pocket costs — if they enroll in a new network that includes Advocate Aurora, Froedtert Health, the Medical College of Wisconsin and...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Young Enterprising Society helps Milwaukee youths learn about business and career opportunities
Sometimes you have to look back and see how far you’ve come in order to realize what you’ve accomplished. That’s been the case for Khalif El-Amin and his brother Que El-Amin, who 10 years ago founded the Young Enterprising Society, a Milwaukee group that’s exposed...
The Water Council: Winners announced for The Water Council’s Spring Tech Challenge
The Water Council is pleased to announce the winners of its spring 2022 Tech Challenge, chosen by industry leaders to help solve real challenges in the water sector. The Water Council’s Tech Challenge connects water innovators with leading water technology companies,...
Wisconsin DWD: BLS Data: Wisconsin Unemployment Rate Remains at 2.9 Percent; 45,100 Total Nonfarm Jobs Added Over the Year
The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) preliminary employment estimates for the month of June 2022. Wisconsin's unemployment rate remained at 2.9 percent in June. The state added 45,100 total nonfarm jobs...