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The COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath is forcing companies to rethink everything about talent retention and recruitment, including the unique needs of women in the workforce. 50% of working women in Wisconsin are thinking about quitting their jobs. That's according...

Georgia-Pacific will shut down its 121-year-old Day Street Mill in phases over the next 18 months. The company on Wednesday evening announced it would phase out production at the mill beginning in mid-May, when the company plans to shut down tissue production....

“Purveyors of tattoo culture.” This is how Brothers Matthew Lawson and Marques Rainey described their roles as owners of the tattoo-based app InkGeeks. "We are not tattoo artists but we love what we see in the culture and wanted to do something to spread it," said...

While the U.S. celebrates its varied and successful small businesses during the 50th National Small Business Week, Wisconsin business owners and entrepreneurs will have the chance to learn and network for free during the Lieutenant Governor’s Small Business Academy....

The Public Service Commission unanimously approved utilities' $433 million purchase of Wisconsin’s first and largest utility-scale solar project using battery storage in Kenosha County despite objections from consumer advocacy groups. We Energies, Wisconsin Public...

Generac Power Systems will break ground in the coming months on a $20 million expansion at its headquarters outside Waukesha that will create a research-and-development lab. The project is one example of the fast-growing company’s ongoing commitment to Wisconsin even...

It was only a matter of time, Keith Poulsen knew. Poulsen, director of the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, with a team of diagnostic scientists led by Ailam Lim, had been closely tracking the ongoing spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza as migrating...

Wisconsin's health care workforce experienced unprecedented vacancy rates in 2021, according to a new report from the Wisconsin Hospital Association released Wednesday. The report primarily attributes the trend to an aging workforce and a wave of resignations and...

In early 2020, before the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Wisconsin, Margie DeWind from Middleton was already working from home several days per week. She’s been an editor for more than 30 years at a Madison-based nonprofit that does book and magazine...

BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation announced recently that it is investing $100,000 in Spotz, a SaaS platform that helps hosts manage and promote their reservable facilities and spaces. “Nobody seems to have effectively solved this problem (of monetizing space),”...

Engineers at UW-Madison have created a new method for improving the quality of 3D-printed metal products. Additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing, can create complex metal structures with greater ease than traditional manufacturing processes, a release...

Greg Piefer, the founder and chief executive officer of SHINE Technologies, and Stephanie Diem, an assistant professor in the UW-Madison College of Engineering, were among the speakers invited to take part in a March 17 White House summit on the future of nuclear...

An aging workforce combined with a spike in worker departures associated with nationwide employment disruption dubbed the “Great Resignation” created unprecedented levels of vacancy rates in health care professions in 2021, according to the Wisconsin Hospital...

Sharon Johnson’s passion for connecting communities with opportunity will help drive WEDC’s goal of creating a diverse, inclusive and thriving business climate across Wisconsin. “Providing everyone access to entrepreneurship builds entire communities,” says Johnson,...

When I left my parents’ farm in Elroy to attend UW-Madison, we were so poor that I carried my belongings in a paper bag instead of a suitcase. I went on to earn a law degree, serve in the Legislature, get elected to four terms as governor, lead the U.S. Department of...

RedFox AI co-founder and CEO Nick Myers wants to eliminate the stress and uncertainty associated with self-administered at-home medical care. Myers, a cancer survivor who was diagnosed with leukemia as a child, drew upon his own experiences in developing the RedFox...

The wording may vary, but chances are you've seen similar signs on many businesses in the Milwaukee suburbs as employers seek to hire more workers. And it's been a challenge. "It's a candidate-driven market right now," said JP Garcia, partner and director of sales...

After winning a trade dispute with China, Stoughton Trailers boosted production of equipment that's essential for the movement of manufactured goods across the nation. This year, the company says, it's adding 500 jobs in Wisconsin and Texas to produce the framework,...

Five Wisconsin companies have been named to the 2022 list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies, by Scottsdale, Arizona-based Ethisphere, which defines and advances standards of ethical business practices. There are 136 companies, from 22 countries and 45 industries,...