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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...
WisBusiness: the Podcast with Chad Mason, founder and CEO of Advanced Ionics
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Chad Mason, founder and CEO of Advanced Ionics. The company has developed a new class of existing devices called electrolyzers, which are used to decarbonize hydrogen production for industrial applications....
WisBusiness: Georgia-Pacific breaks ground on $500M mill expansion in Green Bay
Georgia-Pacific has broken ground on a $500 million expansion to its mill in Green Bay, expected to be complete in 2024. Speaking yesterday at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Broadway Mill expansion, company executive Kim Burns highlighted the expected impact of...
InsideWis: Dialing 9-8-8 for mental health help: It’s step forward, but only part of solution
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – The technology behind the July 16 switch to the 9-8-8 suicide and mental health crisis hotline was not all that revolutionary. It was more a matter of rebranding the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and rerouting calls to an...
WisBusiness: Sustainability expert touts potential of clean tech investments
An expert in sustainability says investors can benefit from the global transition to net-zero carbon through investments in “clean technology” clusters. “A lot of money is going to be spent on that net-zero transition,” Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council founder...
Milwaukee Business Journal: UnitedHealth will drop out-of-pocket cost for insulin, albuterol, other drugs for group plans
UnitedHealthcare, which is one of the top health insurers in Wisconsin and nationwide, said it will eliminate copays and out-of-pocket payments for insulin, epinephrine and other emergency-use medicines, starting next year for certain group plans. The new feature will...
Wisconsin Public Radio: Nursing homes struggle to find staff as Wisconsin economy bounces back
After a major drop at the start of the pandemic, employment levels in Wisconsin have bounced back to only slightly below pre-COVID levels. But a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum shows the workforce landscape has changed. Ari Brown, senior research associate...
Wisconsin Innovation Awards: Finalists Announced for 2022 Wisconsin Innovation Awards
Thirty companies have been selected as finalists for the 2022 Wisconsin Innovation Awards. In total, more than 300 businesses, products and services from around the state were nominated. The finalists were determined by a panel of 19 statewide industry experts, with...
Madison.com: Biogas: Wisconsin utilities partner with farmers to replace fossil gas
Wisconsin’s largest utility company has received approval to replace some of its natural gas supply with renewable methane from local farms, which could present new opportunities for the burgeoning alternative fuel industry. The Public Service Commission voted...
WisBusiness: Report details job gains in transportation, warehousing
Employment in the state’s transportation and warehousing sector expanded twice as fast as any other sector over 2020 and 2021, a new Wisconsin Policy Forum report shows. The group’s latest report highlights the state’s jobs picture over this two-year period, showing...
Net proceeds from Tech Council golf outing will benefit ‘treps who apply for fall conference
Net proceeds from the August 1 “Play at the Lake” outing at central Wisconsin’s Lake Arrowhead golf course will go toward assisting qualified entrepreneurs who register for the fall Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium in Madison. Registration for the “scramble-style”...
PR Newswire: MilliporeSigma Breaks Ground on Company’s First Lateral Flow Membrane Production Facility in the United States
MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, today broke ground at its Sheboygan, Wisconsin site, for the company's first lateral flow membrane production facility in the United...
WisBusiness: Wis. Dept. of Workforce Development: Dept. of Workforce Development: Wisconsin Insurance premiums for worker’s compensation decline
Wisconsin companies will pay 8.47 percent less in worker’s compensation insurance rates starting Oct. 1, 2022, giving a boost to businesses around the state, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development reported. The lower rates reflect continued worker safety...
MKE Startup News: WTC hosts water tech panel
The Wisconsin Technology Council hosted the Tech Council Innovation Network luncheon in Wauwatosa on Thursday, July 14. Sponsored by University of Milwaukee and the University of Milwaukee Research Foundation, the presentation focused on water technology innovation....
Milwaukee Business Journal: Amazon.com sheds Racine County warehouse
Ashley Capital is renovating one of its warehouses in Racine County for new companies after Amazon.com in late spring let its lease for the space expire. Amazon.com in 2020 gained approval to use that facility in the Enterprise Business Park as a last-mile center...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Wauwatosa Medicaid managed-care nonprofit to be acquired for $150M
Medicaid managed care organization My Choice Wisconsin will be sold for $150 million in cash to Molina Healthcare Inc. with the proceeds going to establish a charitable foundation. Wauwatosa-based My Choice is a nonprofit and its bylaws require that proceeds from a...
Wisconsin Inno: Milwaukee water tech groups eye market-driven products amid climate change
Clean water availability is becoming a problem in the U.S. as water technology startups look for solutions amid climate change. That was one consensus among panelists at a water tech innovation luncheon hosted by the Wisconsin Technology Council at UWM’s Innovation...