THE NEWSROOM

Tuesday, U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) and State Senate Democratic Leader Melissa Agard joined agriculture and climate leaders to highlight major federal investments in climate-smart agriculture and renewable energy for Wisconsin’s rural communities. Thanks...

The Water Council has opened its spring Tech Challenge with topics chosen by industry leaders to help solve challenges in the water sector. The semi-annual Tech Challenge is open to anyone with a novel solution for the selected topics, including researchers,...

Milwaukee-based payroll and employee benefits startup zizzl LLC has raised $3.1 million in equity, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Raymond Seaver, Jr., zizzl founder and chief executive officer, said that funding will primarily...

In early February, a giant white balloon was seen floating over U.S. skies, prompting speculation about its provenance and purpose. An exclusive analysis of millions of square miles of satellite imagery traces the balloon hours after its launch in China, across the...

For the second time in as many years, a group of Republican state lawmakers will seek to reset the rules on how solar energy can be owned and distributed in Wisconsin. State Sen. Duey Stroebel, R-Saukville, on Tuesday announced plans to introduce a bill that would...

WEDC created the SBIR Advance program to provide state match funding, training and other resources to Wisconsin businesses to advance the commercialization of SBIR/STTR-funded technology and expedite economic and job creation impact in Wisconsin. The program aims to...

A Milwaukee-area startup aiming to make it easier to handle online shopping returns launched nationally Tuesday. Returns on Demand Inc. has been piloting the service locally for the last few months. As online shopping has become increasingly popular, particularly...

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is a longtime partner on a grant from the National Science Foundation that supports the development of the next generation of X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFELs) – novel instruments used to unmask phenomena that have never before...

George Bussey is already sold on electric vehicles. On a gray winter day, he navigates the snow-covered streets of Bayfield in his 2021 Chevy Bolt. Bussey, who lives just south of Ashland, said he’s already put about 17,000 miles on the four-door hatchback since he...

Three utilities have received approval from Wisconsin utility regulators to buy the state’s largest renewable energy plant. On Thursday, the Public Service Commission approved the $649 million purchase of the Koshkonong Solar Energy Center by We Energies, Wisconsin...

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a UW-Madison based research center another five years of funding to develop sustainable alternatives to gasoline, diesel and other hydrocarbon fuels as well as products currently made from petroleum. The extension will allow...

The return of Project Pitch It, a Wisconsin program similar to “Shark Tank,” this weekend saw a new batch of entrepreneurs pitch their businesses to a panel of moguls for their chance to win several prizes. The winner of this week’s $10,000 Project Pitch It Award...

Octane Coffee founder Adrian Deasy launched his startup in 2018. After years of development, in just a few weeks his app-driven, fully automated, drive-through contactless coffee shop will serve its first customers. The first of its kind in the world, the automated...

INVO Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq: INVO) ("INVO" or the "Company"), a commercial-stage fertility company focused on expanding access to advanced treatment worldwide with its INVOcell® medical device and the intravaginal culture ("IVC") procedure it enables, today...

The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC or Commission) awarded nearly $10 million in funding from the Energy Innovation Grant Program (EIGP). The grants went to 32 energy-related projects to increase the deployment of renewable energy and energy storage,...