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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.

Deciding to visit another country doesn’t mean just hopping on the next available flight and hoping for the best. Depending on the country, there are often several requirements that need to be met and additional documentation for those hoping to stay and work for...

Milwaukee Health Services, Inc., the Medical College of Wisconsin, Froedtert Health and Children’s Wisconsin announced today plans to develop a new family medicine residency on Milwaukee’s northwest side. The North Side Milwaukee Health Centers Family Medicine...

A Microsoft Corp. initiative to increase computer science education and digital job opportunities will expand beyond its northeast Wisconsin roots into all 50 states this year. The company announced the expansion in a blog post this morning that notes while talented...

Research published in Nature Chemical Biology demonstrates a new tool for scientists studying conditions such as autism and Alzheimer’s disease. Promega R&D scientists, alongside co-authors from Stanford Medicine, have published a paper describing the development...

Johnsonville Ventures, the venture capital arm of sausage company Johnsonville Holdings, raised $99.5 million that an executive said will go toward re-capitalizing an undisclosed company in its investment portfolio. The transaction will close by the end of February...

The idea grew from a need that arose at the beginning of the pandemic: screening people for COVID-19 to prevent outbreaks in homeless shelters. Operating out of a utility trailer plugged into a lamppost, with nursing students as staff and with initial equipment...

University of Wisconsin-Madison students in Professor Paul Stoy's class late last month stared up at the screen, mesmerized as a new technology called ChatGPT wrote a computer code to calculate planetary temperature. The task would normally take students several...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Rose Oswald Poels, president and CEO of the Wisconsin Bankers Association. She discusses the economic outlook for the rest of 2023, describing bankers’ perspective as optimistic but cautious. “The banking...

On February 9, 2023, WisPolitics.com, WisBusiness.com and UW-Milwaukee hosted a lunchtime event in Milwaukee exploring the issue and potential solutions regarding the health care worker shortage. Many industries are struggling with finding qualified workers as the...

Blue and Gold Brewing started as an idea on social media, but it's grown to a full-blown company created by four Marquette University students. "It came from a Twitter thread. Someone was at a bar drinking. They saw the menu that there was a UWM Panther beer and...

he University of Wisconsin-Madison is expanding its tuition promise program to cover not only tuition for some low-income students, but nearly all other college costs that can derail progress toward a degree, such as room and board. The new Bucky's Pell Pathway...