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Wisconsin continued to make progress in its transition to renewable energy in 2023, but environmental advocates say there’s still a long way to go. The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, or PSC, estimates that eight utility-scale solar projects will come online...

The U.S. economy has performed much better in 2023 than was projected a year ago, according to economist and UW-Madison alumnus Brad Tank. “The forecast last year [was] resoundingly in favor of a much slower economy than actually materialized,” he said last week. Tank...

We Energies is about two months away from starting operations at its newest liquified natural gas (LNG) facility in Ixonia. Construction on the $192 million facility started in 2021. The company expects to see $200 million in savings once the new LNG plant is online...

Incoming MMAC President Dale Kooyenga predicts the corridor between Chicago and Milwaukee will see substantial development in the coming years, anchored by Microsoft’s operations in the region. “There’ll be a point here I think in the next five, six years where you...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Wes Schroll, founder and CEO of Fetch. The Madison-based company’s mobile app offers users a rewards program for the products they buy, awarding points for scanning receipts that can be redeemed for gift cards...

Milwaukee-based private equity firm Generation Growth Capital (GGC) has acquired three Midwestern manufacturers as part of the launch of its newly formed metal manufacturing platform, called American Consolidated Metals. The first company acquired by Generation Growth...

A protein that could regenerate heart tissue and a new treatment for diabetes and obesity have taken top honors from WARF. The first 2023 WARF Innovation Award has been given to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Ahmed Mahmoud, assistant professor of cell and...

Delavan-based PlantPharm BioMed, a biotechnology company manufacturing edible vaccines that can be used to treat several types of viruses in both humans and animals, has been awarded a $900,000 federal grant to develop an edible COVID-19 vaccine for animals. The grant...

Burlington-based Ictect, a software development company leveraging artificial intelligence for the creation of intelligent content, is gearing up for its first funding round after already securing its pre-seed round from Milwaukee-based venture capital firm Gateway...

Dean Amhaus was not always a champion of the city of Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin. A Cudahy native, he left Wisconsin in the mid-‘70s to attend college, spending time in both Washington D.C. and New York City. “I left, like a lot of people at that time,...

When compared with peer cities like Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, metropolitan Milwaukee's innovation economy shines when it comes to talent but lags on measures including venture capital funding for startups and job creation. Those are among the findings of the recently...

It was a case of being in the right place at the right time for Waukesha-based Octane Coffee, a startup that uses proprietary technology to power a fully automated, drive-thru café. After hosting a grand opening event for its first location in October, Octane Coffee...

In July 2020, a month after George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police, Ruben Anthony Jr. stood at a podium in front of Urban League of Greater Madison and announced that his organization planned to build an incubator for Black and minority-owned businesses, and...

State and local officials received five $500,000 federal grants to study expanding Amtrak passenger rail service from Milwaukee to Chicago, Green Bay, Madison, Eau Claire and the Twin Cities. U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Wednesday announced the five routes received...

Exact Sciences, a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, announced today that it awarded $1.3 million to 23 organizations through its Funding Opportunities for CRC Screening Uptake Strategies (FOCUS) Program. Grant recipients are committed to...

Foxconn Technology Group is eligible for $6.3 million in additional tax credits from the state of Wisconsin after meeting a series of hiring and spending benchmarks in 2022. A verification form submitted to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. shows that the...

A majority of Wisconsin bank CEOs no longer see a recession as likely within the next six months, a dramatic shift from earlier this year, according to the latest survey from the Wisconsin Bankers Association. In the WBA’s mid-year survey, 56% of respondents said a...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Greg Piefer, CEO of SHINE Technologies. This fusion technology company, headquartered in Janesville, is developing applications in health care, industrial and defense industries. Earlier this year, SHINE...