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The Wisconsin Veterans Chamber of Commerce has announced a strategic partnership with New Horizons of Wisconsin and Mission Wisconsin to expand up-skilling opportunities for military veterans, service members, and their families in Wisconsin. The partnership will...

A new accelerator in Miami-Dade County is offering free digital skills training to locals searching for in-demand jobs in the technology sector. Wisconsin-based, nationally ranked venture firm and startup accelerator gener8tor, with offices in Milwaukee and Madison,...

Milwaukee native Enrique "Mag" Rodriguez has owned several businesses in his young career. From music recording studios to a local plant shop, he's drawn to entrepreneurship. But it wasn't until working for the well-known Wisconsin-based startup accelerator firm...

Government technology startup Polco Inc., which has its headquarters near Madison, recently merged with Denver-based public engagement software firm Balancing Act. Middleton-based Polco, whose software helps government agencies engage with their constituents, has...

One of the Milwaukee-area's largest employers, Fidelity National Information Services, said it plans to spin off the Worldpay business it acquired for $43 billion in 2019, the company announced Feb. 13. Jacksonville, Florida-based FIS (NYSE: FIS) has a local presence...

The Urban League of Greater Madison is now just $3 million from reaching its goal to fund a state-of-the-art center for Black business growth, a facility under construction in Villager Mall on the south side. Ascendium Education Group, a Madison-based student loan...

Dr. Eva Vivian was a teenager when her mother, not yet 40, learned she had a breast tumor. Vivian's memories aren't pleasant. "The only option was a mastectomy. They were mean to women back then. It was a male-dominated profession," said Vivian, a professor in the...

A newly formed lobbying and advocacy organization called Powering Wisconsin aims to “protect the status quo” around wind and solar development in the state. That’s according to Peder Mewis, regional policy director for the Clean Grid Alliance, based in Minnesota....

Rebecca Blank, who led the University of Wisconsin-Madison for nearly a decade through budget battles and a pandemic, died Friday after a seven-month battle with cancer. She was 67. One of the longest-serving chancellors in recent UW-Madison history, Blank is credited...

Expanded Amtrak service from Milwaukee to the Twin Cities could start sometime later this year, even as prospects for new routes to Madison, Green Bay and Eau Claire remain uncertain, Wisconsin’s top rail official says. A new passenger rail line, to be named the Great...

Wisconsin's state universities would see a significant funding boost under Gov. Tony Evers' state budget proposal, with a portion of the money helping pay for a tuition waiver program aimed at students from lower income households. But if past budget battles with the...

Winners have been announced for this year’s Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year awards program and six out of the nine companies being recognized are located in  southeastern Wisconsin. The MOTY program seeks to recognize the state’s top manufacturers, including...

Since 2019, Wisconsin hospitals have experienced a year-over-year annual expense increase of nearly $2.2 billion just in labor and supply costs. While expenses continue to rise, reimbursement from government and private insurance companies are not keeping pace with...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Maurice Thomas, president of Forward 48. This growing leadership development program recently announced it’s taking applications for its spring cohort, which includes 120 spots reserved for emerging leaders in...

Twenty-five-year-old Matt Gill grew up in the Fox Valley. After a stint at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, he left Wisconsin last June. "The reason I left is because I started working remotely after COVID, and my girlfriend got a job in Utah," he said. "We will...

On February 15, 2023, Governor Tony Evers delivered his 2023-25 state budget address before a joint session of the state Senate and Assembly in the state Capitol. The speech took place at 7:00 p.m. in the Assembly chambers. Click here to watch the address.