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American Family Insurance group announced Wednesday that it is raising the minimum wage at its five companies to $23. That’s well above minimums set by many national chains and local employers, and 34% higher than the median entry-level position in the county. The...

The September 2021 announcement of a major fundraising campaign — which will include a state-of-the-art building — to help launch the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s new School of Computer, Data and Information Sciences, or CDIS, brought together an array of campus...

Applications will open February 22, 2022, for the second round of Workforce Innovation Grants of up to $10 million to local and regional projects that will help meet the state’s next-generation workforce needs, Governor Tony Evers announced today. The Workforce...

UW Health is now performing a new non-surgical procedure for patients with congenital heart disease. This therapy will lead to improved quality of life and faster recovery times for many individuals living with this condition, including 24-year-old Cole Hefty. Living...

Tommy Thompson thanked university staff and students for their help in an emotional final speech to the Board of Regents as UW System president, reflecting on the challenges and successes of his tenure. The former Republican guv will pass the role of System president...

Students in Marquette’s Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic (LEC) have successfully completed their Neighborhood Entrepreneur Project, aimed at providing free legal support to low and moderate-income microentrepreneurs in Wisconsin. The LEC launched in 2015 and has...

Amazon will continue expanding its presence in Kenosha County, leasing a more than 1 million-square-foot building currently under development by Chicago-based Venture One Real Estate, the Kenosha Area Business Alliance announced in a press release Monday. The...

Brookfield-based Fiserv Inc. plans to acquire Jacksonville-based Finxact in a deal aimed advancing the company’s digital banking efforts. Fiserv was an early investor in Finxact, which has developed a cloud-native banking system that allows banks to quickly offer new...

More than 70 percent of Wisconsin college students who enrolled in 2015 graduated within six years, according to new data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The state outperformed national averages in all institutional categories, but significant...

Economic recovery is expected to continue into 2022, with metro area businesses expressing optimism about future growth in a new Business Outlook Survey of area companies conducted by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC.) Eighty percent of...