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Milwaukee-based WEC Energy Group just announced its five-year capital plan in November, but the parent company of We Energies and other utilities is adding $300 million to its investment plans to keep up with economic growth in the I-94 North-South corridor. The...
Marquette University: Marquette University and partners to receive NSF funding for regional water-focused Innovation Engine
Great Lakes ReNEW, an effort among Marquette University and numerous other industry, university and public sector partners has been awarded up to $160 million over 10 years from the National Science Foundation to develop and grow job training, new technology R&D...
WisBusiness: Xcel Energy: Advances clean energy transition with new Upper Midwest Energy Plan
Xcel Energy today proposed a new clean energy plan for the Upper Midwest that advances the company’s ambitious carbon reductions while ensuring customers continue to have the reliable, safe and affordable electric service they depend on. Under the proposal, carbon...
Emerging companies may seek ‘speed dates’ with major firms at March 18 Tech Summit
Emerging companies may apply through Feb. 26 to meet with major firms and explore potential business relationships around technology needs and innovation as part of the 11th annual Wisconsin Tech Summit, which will take place in-person at Green Bay’s Lambeau Field....
Don’t turn into a pumpkin: Top 10 reasons to enter Gov’s Biz Plan Contest before midnight
Before the clock strikes midnight today, enter the annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. Don’t miss a free opportunity to share up to $120,000 in cash and in-kind prizes. Get started at govsbizplancontest.com! Here are 10 reasons you should enter your...
BPC entrants may share range of prizes, cash in 2024 Governor’s Business Plan Contest
Co-working spaces, legal services and accounting services are among prizes available to successful applicants in the 2024 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. This year’s prize pool, which also includes cash, will approach $120,000. It’s free to enter....
Deadline just three days away to enter 2024 Governor’s Business Plan Contest
The deadline to enter the 2024 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest is 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, at govsbizplancontest.com. It’s a free chance to win cash and other valuable in-kind prizes while building ideas into companies. To view a webinar on how to win...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Wisconsin organizations partnering to support one of 10 national innovation engines
Dozens of organizations throughout the Midwest comprise one of 10 inaugural Regional Innovation Engines in the United States, as designated by the U.S. National Science Foundation. On Monday, the NSF established its first NSF Engines program, awarding 10 teams...
Wisconsin Public Radio: GOP bill creating new advanced nursing licenses heads to governor’s desk
A bill to create a new license allowing nurses to write prescriptions and treat patients without a doctor’s oversight cleared the state Legislature Thursday, but a spokesperson for Democratic Gov. Tony Evers says he will veto the bill. Current state rules require...
WisBusiness: WWBIC: Capital initiative for Milwaukee small businesses announced
Three Milwaukee CDFIs are joining forces to deploy the Milwaukee Small Business Continuum of Capital project, known as MKE B.O.S.S. (Build Operate Scale and Sustain) on Friday, February 16th. Self-Help Federal Credit Union (SHFCU) is the lead grantee of the initiative...
WisBusiness: GOP bill would create state tax credit for video game companies
Republican lawmakers recently circulated legislation that would create a tax credit aimed at attracting video game companies to Wisconsin. Rep. Clint Moses, R-Menomonie, and Sen. Patrick Testin, R-Stevens Point, sent a co-sponsorship memo to other lawmakers promoting...
WisBusiness: UW-Madison: Study identifies promising target for treating inflammatory level bowel disease and colitis-induced colorectal cancers
Inflammation in the gut can trigger a doom loop of sorts. The condition messes with the sensitive relationships between food, digestive acids, microbes and the immune system in ways that can promote further inflammation and, sometimes, the eventual growth of tumors....
In Business: ‘Core’ inflation increase is smallest since March 2021
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge cooled further last month, the Associated Press reports, even as the economy kept growing briskly. Today’s government report showed that prices rose just 0.2% from November to December, a pace broadly consistent with...
MKE Startup News: AI transforms VocaTone offerings
Since winning the People’s Choice Award in the Elevator Pitch Olympics at the Early Stage Symposium in 2022, the VocaTone team has been hard at work developing the latest version of its vocal synthesizer technology. VocaTone Studio developed a novel piece of...
BizTimes Milwaukee: MATC, UWM unveil quick, no-cost application process for MPS high school juniors
High school juniors in Milwaukee Public Schools will be able to apply to Milwaukee Area Technical College and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for no cost using a streamlined online application, officials with the institutions announced. Dubbed “Milwaukee Direct...
UW Extended Campus: Industry Experts Examine the Current Trends and Career Outlook for the Computing Field
The University of Wisconsin Applied Computing program hosted a webinar focusing on careers in the field of computing. The panel featured four experts representing different areas of computing, including a graduate of the program and three of the program’s Advisory...
InsideWis: With deep roots in Wisconsin, search for cancer answers continues
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Near the start of a Jan. 23 presentation by the director of Wisconsin’s signature cancer research center, I asked those attending how many had family members who had been touched by the disease over time. Nearly every hand in the room went...
More women entering, writing winning plans in Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest
More women are taking steps to become entrepreneurs, and that interest has been reflected in recent years through entries, semi-finalists and finalists in the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. The deadline to enter the contest online is 11:59 p.m. Jan. 31 at...
WisBusiness: Cancer center leader discusses promising research areas, treatment challenges
The head of the UW Carbone Cancer Center says advanced imaging, nuclear medicine and immunotherapies are among the most promising areas of cancer research happening in Wisconsin. Dr. Howard Bailey, director of the Madison-based cancer treatment and research...
Leader-Telegram: Stout research into tech to boost small farm production receives $175K grant
Through University of Wisconsin-Stout research and a state grant, the world is one step closer towards creating better, more efficient farms with technology. Research being done by professors at UW-Stout are looking into the implementation of a low-cost, wireless...