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By Tom Still GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Federal Reserve just raised interest rates for the ninth time in a year, inflation remains alive if not well, the war in Ukraine shows no sign of winding down and the public markets are spooked like a jittery racehorse. In short,...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Kwik Trip growth could fuel need for new distribution center
Kwik Trip Inc. expects it will eventually have to add a distribution center as the business continues to grow. The La Crosse-based gas station and convenience store chain now has more than 800 stores. This year, Kwik Trip expects to add 42 new stores, creating about...
Wisconsin Public Radio: Landmark climate law includes nearly $20B to help farmers adopt conservation practices
The nation’s landmark climate law is providing billions to help farmers adopt practices to combat climate change and boost rural clean energy development. Democratic U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan and State Senate Minority Leader Melissa Agard, D-Madison, said in a virtual news...
Wisconsin Ag Connection: Unprecedented Investments in Wisconsin Climate-Smart Ag, Rural Communities
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...
Water World: The Water Council opens spring Tech Challenge
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,...
Fox 11 News: Murphy details Lambeau Field’s technological successes and future
Pioneers of technology... that's what Green Bay Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy calls the Packers. Murphy spoke Monday at the Wisconsin Tech Summit regarding past and future technology updates. “On November 14th of 1940 -- this is really hard to believe -- Lambeau’s...
Fox 11 News: Murphy on Rodgers: ‘I’m sworn to secrecy not to say anything’
Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy spoke at a Tech Summit at Lambeau Field on Monday. When Murphy was asked about the upcoming schedule for the Packers, he interjected and made a joke about the Aaron Rodgers situation. "Yeah and you know, we've got no other news...
Tech Council: Banking, legal and other resources for companies with bank fallout questions
As regulators continue to assess specific conditions in the U.S. banking system, managers at young companies may have questions about their assets and rights pertaining to those assets. Those questions may be best answered by service professionals. Below are resources...
WisBusiness: Packers president touts TitletownTech impact
Green Bay Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy says the TitletownTech startup program “could be as impactful as anything that the Packers have done.” He spoke yesterday at the 10th annual Wisconsin Tech Summit, held by the Wisconsin Technology Council at Lambeau...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Milwaukee startup zizzl raises over $3 million to support national growth
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...
New York Times: Tracking the Chinese Balloon From Space
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...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Conservatives, clean energy backers find common ground on community-owned solar bill
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...
Center for Technology Commercialization: Letters of Intent due April 10th for the Summer Cohort
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...
Wisconsin Inno: Milwaukee startup launches app that does your online shopping returns
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...
WisBusiness: UW-Milwaukee: Scientists to contribute to first-of-its kind scientific imaging effort
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...
Wisconsin Public Radio: Within range? Potential buyers weigh incentives and Wisconsin’s charging infrastructure amid EV transition
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...
Wisconsin Public Radio: Utility regulators approve $649M purchase of Wisconsin’s largest renewable energy plant
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...
WisBusiness: UW-Madison: Madison-based bioenergy lab gets renewed federal funding
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...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Stellar Tech Girls takes top cash prize during season premiere of Project Pitch It
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...
MKE Startup News: Octane Coffee prepares for grand opening
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...