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A panel, including Chinn, said Wisconsin’s manufacturing, construction and agriculture industries so far have largely weathered the storm of tariffs. Businesses have been able to use lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and tariffs from the previous Trump...
WisBusiness: Economic experts bemoan Trump tariffs, ask for more stability and transparency from administration
Economic experts say the Trump administration’s tariffs have led to unpredictability, uncertainty and will likely lead to increased costs in Wisconsin. A panel during yesterday’s WisPolitics-State Affairs and Wisconsin Tech Council luncheon said Wisconsin’s...
WisBusiness: Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes will be stepping down from her post later this month
She’s held the position since September 2019, when Gov. Tony Evers appointed her to the role. Evers in a press release announcing Hughes’ decision touted her work to commit over $8 billion in planned investments, adding WEDC has played a key role in growing...
WisBusiness: Milwaukee-area tech transfer leaders express concern on federal research cuts
The leaders of tech transfer offices at Milwaukee-area research universities are expressing concern about federal research cuts. They spoke yesterday during a Wisconsin Technology Council luncheon in Milwaukee, focused on programs in the region that help bring...
MKE Startup News: Spotted! WTC’s Innovation Network Luncheon
This month’s Wisconsin Technology Council’s Innovation Network luncheon focused on the tech transfer coming from Milwaukee-area universities. Panelists Kevin Boggs, director of office of technology development for the Medical College of Wisconsin; Jessica Silvaggi,...
InsideWis: Pros and cons of tariffs strategy continue to play out
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – A Trump administration goal in imposing tariffs on many foreign-made goods was to encourage some manufacturers to relocate in the United States, a process known as “onshoring.” Trends show onshoring is underway, but not without its...
In Business: Tech Council to host gubernatorial candidate forum during Early Stage Symposium
On Nov. 6, during the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium in Madison, The Wisconsin Technology Council will host a forum focused on economic and technology development issues and featuring the announced major-party candidates for Wisconsin governor. Lt. Gov. Sara...
WisBusiness: UW computing expert says state ‘very well-positioned’ to lead on AI
The head of UW-Madison’s School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences says Wisconsin is “very well-positioned to be a leader” in AI development. Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, a professor in the university’s Computer Sciences Department and a special advisor to the...
Office of the Governor: Gov. Evers, WEDC Celebrate Record Year of Investments in Wisconsin Businesses and Communities
Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), announced today that the Evers Administration made record investments in Wisconsin businesses and communities during fiscal year (FY) 2025, which ended June 30, 2025. In FY25, WEDC...
WisBusiness: Wisconsin Tech Council: To hold forum for announced candidates for governor Nov. 6 at Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium
A forum focusing on economic and technology development issues and featuring the announced major-party candidates for Wisconsin governor will be held Thursday, Nov. 6, during the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium in Madison. Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez, New Berlin business...
Policy initiatives touching Wisconsin’s tech economy to be examined at Sept. 23 Tech Council luncheon
Even with a limited number of days in the current session, members of the state Assembly and Senate may take up several bills of importance to Wisconsin’s tech-based economy in coming months. Hear from veteran Capitol observers Tuesday, Sept. 23, during a Tech Council...
Venture Investors: Venture Investors Health Fund Announces $80M Close of Seventh Fund to Transform Standard of Care in Healthcare
Venture Investors Health Fund (also known as “VI”) today announced the successful close of its seventh fund, raising $80 million to drive breakthrough healthcare innovations that aim to fundamentally change the standard of care. Based in the Midwest—home to...
Insight on Business: Milwaukee, Plymouth startups win pitch contest in Sheboygan
A Milwaukee startup won the Startup World Cup Regional Pitch Competition at the Weill Center in Sheboygan Sept. 9 while a Plymouth company earned the People's Choice Award. Accelerate Sheboygan County, an initiative of the Sheboygan County Innovation Council funded by...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Federal policy on research grants has a ‘chilling effect’: MCW CEO Raymond
Federal policies for National Institutes of Health funding have an impact that ripples beyond dollars and cents, the head of the Medical College of Wisconsin said Tuesday. CEO John Raymond said the Medical College saw 14 grants worth about $5 million canceled this...
In Business: Exact Sciences launches Cancerguard blood test
Exact Sciences Corp. on Wednesday announced the launch of the Cancerguard test, a new multi-cancer early detection blood test that is now available as a laboratory-developed test in the United States. Cancerguard is the first MCED test commercially available that...
BizTimes Milwaukee: UW campuses in southeastern Wisconsin report increased freshman enrollment
While declining enrollment in recent years has shuttered several Universities of Wisconsin two-year campuses, and several private colleges in the state, the UW system’s four-year universities in southeastern Wisconsin are this year reporting some of the largest...
Tech Council to hold forum for announced candidates for governor Nov. 6 at Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium
A forum focusing on economic and technology development issues and featuring the announced major-party candidates for Wisconsin governor will be held Thursday, Nov. 6, during the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium in Madison. Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez, New Berlin business...
Wisconsin Public Radio: $1.6B data center proposed in Menomonie draws strong response from concerned citizens
An unnamed tech company is proposing a $1.6 billion data center in the western Wisconsin city of Menomonie — and concerned citizens are raising the alarm. The city council has annexed and rezoned around 320 acres of farmland, but some of those who voted yes say they...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Marquette University professor receives $2.7 million NIH grant
Marquette University assistant professor of physical therapy Kristi Streeter has received a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Streeter and her team will use the NIH funding for research to...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Microbial Discovery Group’s latest expansion project will create 46 jobs in Franklin
Oak Creek-based biotech firm Microbial Discovery Group has officially opened its newest $30 million facility at 3303 W. Oakwood Road in Franklin. The 117,000-square-foot facility, which is the company’s third in Wisconsin, will create 46 jobs over the next three...