THE NEWSROOM

The COVID-19 pandemic created a boom of remote work. But the rise hasn’t been even across Wisconsin’s counties and could worsen preexisting inequities, according to a new report from Wisconsin Policy Forum. The report, released Thursday, found 14.8 percent of...

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) is seeking commercial partners interested in developing improved cancer immunotherapy treatments. UW–Madison researchers have engineered a novel nanoparticle that elicits an improved immune response in select melanomas...

The Decatur, Illinois-based Howard G. Buffett Foundation has awarded Milwaukee-based nonprofit UMOS and its Wisconsin Labor Trafficking Project partners $5.1 million in funding to fight labor trafficking. The three-year grant is to be administered statewide. The...

Wisconsin is getting $80 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding which has been earmarked to help support entrepreneurs and small business. Gov. Tony Evers and Sen. Tammy Baldwin, along with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. and Wisconsin Housing and...

Appleton-based Miller Electric Manufacturing LLC has expanded into Milwaukee through the opening of a new technology center at the Schlitz Park complex, located just north of downtown. Located within the Keghouse building at 111 W. Pleasant St., the center is...

Wisconsin will receive up to $79.1 million through the federal State Small Business Credit Initiative as part of the American Rescue Plan. The U.S. Department of Treasury announced Thursday it was planning to allocate $339 million to Wisconsin, Arkansas, Rhode Island,...

Grants are again available through WEDC for organizations that support Wisconsin entrepreneurs and remove barriers to their success. Applications for a third round of the Entrepreneurship Partner Grant (EPG) funding are due March 10. To begin the application process,...

Gov. Tony Evers and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) today announced Wisconsin will receive nearly $80 million to support entrepreneurs and small businesses throughout the state. Gov. Evers and U.S. Sen. Baldwin, joined by Wisconsin Economic Development...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Scott LeBlanc, a labor and employment attorney with Husch Blackwell in Milwaukee. LeBlanc discusses a sweeping rule proposal from the Federal Trade Commission that would establish a new national standard for...

Oshkosh Corp., a manufacturer of fire and emergency trucks and a variety of what it calls "mission-critical vehicles and essential equipment," is working to establish a new Pittsburgh presence. The company, which generated $8.2 billion in net sales in 2022, has its...

Faith Technologies Incorporated (FTI) a national leader in engineering, construction, manufacturing and clean energy, has made an investment in the Wisconsin-based venture capital firm, TitletownTech. Founded by the Green Bay Packers and Microsoft, TitletownTech’s...

University of Wisconsin alumni living in South Korea will promote Wisconsin as a good place to do business and encourage Korean investment in the state under a new agreement to be signed Thursday with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). “Our great...

Redox, a leader in healthcare interoperability, and Google Cloud today announced a partnership to simplify the exchange of healthcare data so organizations can make better and faster decisions. By easily onboarding health data from legacy systems into Google Cloud...

Sheboygan County Accelerator for Learning Entrepreneurship, the new accelerator program partnership between the Sheboygan County Economic Development Corporation and Lakeland University, launches this week with its initial cohort of six companies. SCALE, which is made...

With the help of robotic-assisted technology, physicians at Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire now have the ability to identify, diagnose and treat lung cancer quicker and more thoroughly than ever before. According to Mayo, lung cancer is the second most common...