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Using public money, Mount Pleasant improved its infrastructure anticipating a massive Foxconn factory and $1.4 billion worth of investment. With that not happening, village officials believe they can attract another national or international company to the massive and...

The former chief executive officer of ManpowerGroup has been appointed to the board of advisors of Milwaukee-based Like|Minded. Jeff Joerres retired from ManpowerGroup as executive chairman in December 2015. Prior to that, he was chairman and chief executive officer....

AT&T says it wants to hire more than 100 employees in the Milwaukee area. Local full- and part-time job openings at the Dallas-based telecommunications company include customer service specialists; retail and in-home sales; installation and premise specialists;...

Wisconsin added 20,700 private sectors jobs in February, the largest one-month jump outside of the immediate aftermath of COVID-19 shutdowns in data that goes back to 1990, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Workforce Development. Even with the...

As her husband has championed Milwaukee's startup scene and led local venture capital firm CSA Partners, Milwaukee education and public sector leader Jennifer Abele has entered the world of startup and VC investing as an angel investor. Abele backed Milwaukee-focused...

As downtown Milwaukee business leaders raise concerns about increasing crime, law enforcement agencies, neighborhoods and businesses across the state are implementing technology that promises to help reduce crime by up to 70%. The Mequon Police Department is among 28...

Medical records technology giant Epic Systems Corp. has a new software as a service (SaaS) product for independent medical groups that want to use its software but don't have the in-house IT team required to support it. The Verona-based company will begin implementing...

When Carol Hirschmugl and Marija Gajdardziska-Josifovska discovered a new material in 2010 while working for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, it was a fraction of the size of the end of a single hair. Since founding a company in 2016 to commercialize that...

The COVID-19 manufacturer Moderna said Wednesday that it plans to submit a request to the Food and Drug Administration to authorize its vaccine for kids ages 6 and under "in the coming weeks." It's a promising sign for Wisconsin families who have been waiting on a...

Madison-area organizations supporting entrepreneurs of color got a major boost Monday when Gov. Tony Evers announced $86 million in grants to expand such efforts across the state. Of the $57.6 million in pandemic relief funds awarded to two dozen chambers of commerce...

As Haribo progresses toward the completion of construction for the first phase of its Pleasant Prairie manufacturing plant, the company is hosting a three-day career fair this week to hire future employees. “We’re aiming to have approximately 100 new manufacturing...

Sarah Place often ends her workday at American Family Children’s Hospital in tears. As a pediatric float nurse, she is assigned to fill positions within units that are short-staffed. Lately, she’s found herself in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), where she...

The St. Croix Economic Development Corp. honored its 2021 business of the year winners and the recipient of its Directors Award during a Feb. 24 virtual event. Honorees include Aster Beverage (City of New Richmond), Alms Creative (City of Hudson), and Indue (Town of...

Marquette University reports that 94% of its 2020-21 bachelor’s degree recipients are either employed full-time or enrolled in graduate/professional school, part of a service program or are active military, according to the annual Undergraduate First-Destination...

As Wisconsin is set to start receiving its share of national opioid settlement funds in April, state Director of Opioid Initiatives Paul Krupski says the state needs to double down on its efforts to fight the opioid epidemic. “We’re confident that the data...