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Renee Pieti pauses briefly during a tour of Rockwell Automation’s Mequon plant to exclaim how crucial the plant is to Rockwell chasing the automotive industry’s massive transformation to electric vehicles. “Because of the EV revolution, we’re seeing such high demand...

The head of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce expects energy inflation this year will hurt manufacturing and agriculture. Kurt Bauer, president and CEO of WMC, says higher energy prices could “very well tip the U.S. into a recession” in 2023. His prediction was...

Solar developers continue to face uncertainty over whether they can use a financing tool that could expand access to solar energy despite regulators signaling limited approval of the practice last month. In May, renewable energy advocates Vote Solar and the Midwest...

Milwaukee-based Healics Wellness Inc. has sold all of its nationwide wellness operations to Pittsburgh-based Integrated Health 21 LLC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Healics, founded in 1985, offers its clients professional health coaching, employee wellness...

Communities across Wisconsin are funding a variety of solar projects after the $1.7 trillion bipartisan Omnibus Appropriations Act earmarked more than $255.7 million for Wisconsin. Sun Prairie is receiving a hefty $3.2 million in federal funding that will go toward a...

Employers are now able to apply for the latest round of Wisconsin Fast Forward grants from the Department of Workforce Development (DWD). Up to $2 million in funding is available to employers who demonstrate a critical need for skilled workers and are seeking training...

The Water Council is pleased to announce the winners of its fall 2022 Tech Challenge, chosen by industry leaders to help solve real challenges in the water sector. The Water Council’s Tech Challenge connects water innovators with leading water technology companies,...

One of the nation’s most influential businesses in healthcare application integration protocols is headquartered in Grafton. HealthLX, founded in 2014 by CEO Will Tesch, is at the forefront of developing Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR). FHIR are...

Wisconsin will need to boost immigration, reduce barriers to jobs and lean on new technologies to improve the workforce shortage, a top state economist says. Dennis Winters, the chief economist for the state Department of Workforce Development, spoke yesterday at an...

Municipal leaders in seven northeast Wisconsin cities are asking federal authorities to consider creating an Amtrak passenger rail line from Milwaukee to Green Bay. Officials in Appleton, Green Bay, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Kaukauna, Menasha and Neenah signed a letter to...

In its latest investment, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin's Inception Health backed TailorMed, a New York City-based startup designed to help health care organizations remove financial barriers to care. Inception Health is the digital health arm of...

Dr. Andrew Seter launched the healthcare software company Sensia Tech in 2016- but the story of this Milwaukee-based tech startup began in 1996. Seter, a physician who specializes in Occupational Medicine, determined early in his career that traditional medicine did...

Former state legislator Dale Kooyenga has been named to the newly created job of Milwaukee Metropolitan Association of Commerce senior vice president. That makes him the No. 2 executive at  the Milwaukee area's largest business group − whose current long-time...

Virtual pediatric and adolescent therapy provider DotCom Therapy of Madison has named Omar Dawood as its CEO, according to a Monday announcement. DotCom Therapy founder and president Rachel Mack Robinson previously was serving as the company's interim CEO. Prior to...

As most University of Wisconsin System campuses grapple with consistent enrollment declines, some have increasingly relied on out-of-state students to fill the gap. That's brought in more tuition revenue along with some concerns about limited access for state...

Dr. Daniel Pinto, assistant professor of physical therapy in Marquette University’s College of Health Sciences, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health worth $636,680 to study a physical activity intervention designed to increase and sustain...

New Businesses in Wisconsin Creates an Average of 86,000 Jobs Per Year If a primary goal of economic growth policy is the creation of jobs and employment opportunities for Wisconsin residents, should policymakers and practitioners focus their limited resources on the...