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Exact Sciences, a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, announced today that it awarded $1.1 million to 18 organizations through its Funding Opportunities for CRC Screening Uptake Strategies (FOCUS) Program. Grant recipients are committed to...

Aurora Health Care and Froedtert Health have turned to the gig economy as one strategy for addressing a shortage of nurses that has persisted beyond the pandemic. Retaining nurses via an app is less expensive than contracting travel nurses through outside employment...

In the midst of declining enrollment, Wisconsin's higher education institutions are making the case for increasing their operating budgets and student aid, saying additional funding is crucial to building Wisconsin's workforce and essential for the health of the...

A 12-year-old CEO pitched his tech startup to the Project Pitch It moguls on the latest episode of the Shark Tank-style television show. Racine resident Josiah Love is the founder of JML Tech Studios. He is a student at Wisconsin Connections Academy in Appleton. His...

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. thinks the state could become a critical epicenter of the global supply chain for electric vehicles. That’s according to a recently released report in which WEDC proposes six strategies Wisconsin can use to achieve this vision....

It’s hard to fault anyone who saw news of Silicon Valley Bank’s failure in March and had flashbacks to the onset of the Great Recession. It wasn’t hard to imagine the bank’s failures leading to troubles for hundreds if not thousands of businesses and their employees....

A Milwaukee logistics and business management software firm raised far less capital than the $5 million to $10 million initially planned — and that’s a very positive sign, according to the firm’s CEO. Renaissant Inc.’s Thomas Dean told the Business Journal in March...

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced 21 Wisconsin dairy companies will receive a Dairy Processor Grant in 2023. The purpose of these grants is to help foster innovation, improve profitability, and sustain the...

TitletownTech, a venture capital firm formed out of a partnership between the Green Bay Packers and Microsoft, has invested in Renaissant. Renaissant is a Wisconsin-based supply chain company that provides a technology and data solution for the flow of trucks and...

The Water Council is taking the next steps to help create a regional innovation engine here in eastern Wisconsin focused on climate issues. The nonprofit, along with several partnering organizations, announced this week it has been awarded $1 million from the U.S....

The Water Council and its partners have been awarded $1 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to plan a Regional Innovation Engine in eastern Wisconsin addressing water and energy resilience for manufacturers and utilities. The Water Council applied...

Employer interest in Wisconsin apprenticeship programs is on the rise amid fierce competition for talent. That’s according to Liz Pusch, deputy director of Wisconsin Apprenticeship with the state Department of Workforce Development. She spoke yesterday at the Madison...