THE NEWSROOM

Even as Milwaukee lags behind comparable U.S. cities in the amount of venture capital invested in local startups, the metropolitan area has 147 startups that have landed at least one venture capital deal since 2010 and are still operating. A total of 177...

At the west end of University Research Park on Madison’s West Side, workers brew a potion with a powerful purpose. Their flasks and tanks resemble those at breweries, but these workers aren’t fermenting yeast to make beer. They’re using harmless strains of E.coli...

Despite having a sizable pool of workers in industries typically associated with innovation, such as scientists and engineers, the Milwaukee area continues to fall behind its peers in attracting the venture capital investments needed to support local startups. New...

Last week Gov. Tony Evers toured the Stratatech production facility in Madison and observed a product demonstration with Department of Safety and Professional Services Secretary Dawn Crim and UW–Madison chancellor Rebecca Blank. Stratatech Corporation (“Stratatech”),...

Silicon Valley company OpenGov, whose leading cloud-based software helps government agencies operate more efficiently and transparently, is adding 65 full-time employees at its Milwaukee office and plans to have 100 employees there within three years with the help of...

The announcement this week by Georgia Pacific that it plans to invest $500 million and create more than 150 jobs at its Green Bay Broadway mill is another indication of the strength and resiliency of Wisconsin’s forest products and paper industry, said Missy Hughes,...

Rockwell Automation was the co-leader of a $400 million funding round for cybersecurity software firm Claroty, which serves the industrial, health care and enterprise markets. The other co-lead investors of the round were SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Bessemer Venture...

With Wisconsin manufacturers seeking international markets to grow their business, Talking Trade’s duo, Ian Coxhead and Sandi Siegel, hear how Katy Sinnott, vice president for global business development with Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. helps promote...

Children’s Wisconsin plans to add more specialists in the central and northeastern Wisconsin region as part of a new joint venture with Green Bay-based Bellin Health and Neenah-based ThedaCare. In a press conference Thursday, leaders from the three health systems said...

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has retained its designation as an “R1” research institution, a status that its ongoing financial challenges have threatened. The university announced Thursday it was awarded the designation, which is given to institutions with...

Researchers at Epic Health Research Network have found unvaccinated patients are 44 percent more likely to be reinfected with COVID-19 than those who are vaccinated against the illness. The research arm of Wisconsin's Epic Systems looked at the average weekly...

Nurse sharks gliding around a tank at the University of Wisconsin-Madison may hold the secret to an unusual, previously unexamined treatment for COVID-19, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal Nature Communications. Antibodies derived from the...

Gov. Tony Evers today announced Department of Administration (DOA) Secretary Joel Brennan will be leaving the Evers Administration on Mon., Jan. 17, 2022. “Secretary Brennan has been a part of my administration since the very beginning, and I want to thank him for his...