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By Larry Sandler For WisBusiness.com Two passenger rail ideas once left for dead — a Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter line and an Amtrak route from Milwaukee to Madison — are back on the study track. Should these and other proposals come to fruition, passenger trains...

Froedtert Hospital today announced plans to expand its capacity to care for patients by building a nine-story patient tower at its campus at the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center in Wauwatosa. If approved by the City of Wauwatosa, the 225,000-square-foot building will...

Two months after Rockwell Automation CEO Blake Moret disclosed battery cell manufacturer Nanotech Energy Inc. as a new customer, Nanotech confirmed the partnership and said it will include a new facility in Chico, California. Nanotech called the partnership...

Days after Milwaukee-based short-term rental startup Frontdesk Inc. fired most of its workforce, it began a bankruptcy alternative that's intended to help it repay its creditors. Frontdesk's liabilities totaled at least $14.59 million as of Nov. 30, 2023, according to...

Representing one of the most significant aspects of the deal struck last month between UW President Jay Rothman and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, lawmakers are bringing forward a bill to fund the construction of a new engineering building for UW–Madison, among other...

Milwaukee-based real estate technology startup e-States is looking to lower the barrier of entry for everyday people considering investing in local commercial real estate projects. The blockchain-based platform, which launched last September, found its first partner...

The Town of Egg Harbor wrapped up 2023 secure in the knowledge that it would be delivering fiber-powered broadband access to more than 2,100 addresses over the next couple of years through an $8.5-million public-private project with AT&T. “We are excited about...

It can be difficult to determine whether cancer treatment is working, since late-stage cancer patients often develop more than one form of the disease as the cancer spreads. Madison-based AIQ Solutions, founded in 2015 based on discoveries by University of Wisconsin...

A new business incubator with the goal of boosting the overall health and wellness of residents of the Atkinson Park neighborhood is currently under construction. Spearheading the effort to open this community gathering spot, which will be located at 2100 W. Atkinson...

The largest solar project in Wisconsin history is now fully operational in Iowa County, its developers announced Thursday. The second phase of the Badger Hollow Solar Park began powering homes and businesses last month. The first phase came online in December 2021....

NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes has expanded its strategic collaboration with Curadh, the organization announced today. According to a release, under the new agreement, NorthStar will manufacture and distribute patient doses for ongoing Curadh Ac-225 clinical studies...

Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) and We Energies are setting another milestone in delivering energy to their customers, according to a press release Thursday. The final panels at the Badger Hollow Solar Farm are now in service, completing the largest solar project in...

Ilya Avdeev has been named the new director of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Lubar Entrepreneurship Center (LEC). Avdeev, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, previously served as the LEC’s director of innovation. He’ll continue leading the...

Wisconsin’s strength in biohealth extends well beyond the laboratories where researchers are working to develop new drugs and therapies. The state’s historic strength in manufacturing is also a critical element in its biohealth sector, and the partnership between the...