THE NEWSROOM

The number of registrations for electric and hybrid vehicles in Wisconsin more than doubled in less than a decade, according to a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum. In 2013 — the earliest year such figures are available — there were 44,178 registrations for...

UW-Madison researchers are studying psilocybin, the hallucinogenic ingredient in “magic mushrooms,” to treat people with opioid and methamphetamine use disorders, in what they say are the first such clinical trials anywhere. In another study of people undergoing...

Britt Gottschalk, the founder and CEO of Geno.Me, is an accomplished, innovative business woman at the helm of a company that is already creating “unicorn” buzz in Milwaukee. Geno.Me made headlines in 2021 when the company became an early investment of Gateway Capital...

The University of Wisconsin System has seen its highest new student enrollment since 2018, before the COVID-19 pandemic, at its main campuses this year, but overall enrollment has dropped 1% compared to last year, according to data released Thursday. Preliminary...

Enrollment at Wisconsin's state universities fell by around 1 percent compared to last fall, according to new estimates from the University of Wisconsin System. While three schools saw more students enrolling this fall, nine reported declines of between 3 and 6...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Wendy Pease, owner and president of Rapport International, a Nebraska company providing translation and interpretation services for businesses. Pease discusses the importance of exporting to foreign markets for...

As the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) begins its final design phase of the Twin Cities-Milwaukee-Chicago (TCMC) passenger rail project it is seeking input from the public on the project. The project will add a second, daily round-trip passenger rail...

The number of electric and hybrid vehicles on Wisconsin roads have more than doubled since 2013, but still make up less than 2% of the vehicles in the state, according to a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum. Combined registrations of electric and hybrid...

All of Kenosha’s homeowners and business owners will have soon have access to some of the fastest internet speeds available. This week, Morristown, New Jersey-based SiFi Networks announced plans to build a $100 million fiber optic network that will serve the entire...

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin announced that Wisconsin is receiving federal funding to establish the state’s first Minority Business Development Center. The U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) has awarded the Wisconsin North Central...

New student enrollment at the main campuses within the University of Wisconsin System is its highest since at least 2018, according to preliminary estimates based on the first day of classes. The figures suggest that strategies to increase access are working and that...

Milwaukee-based Prism Economic Development Corp. has named Glenn Mathews, Ph.D. as its new executive director. Mathews has worked in higher education for the past 19 years at several institutions, including Concordia University Wisconsin, University of Phoenix...

Wisconsin’s workforce could shrink substantially by 2030 if the state can’t find a way to attract new residents, according to a new study of migration to and from the state. In the report released Wednesday by Forward Analytics, the research division of the Wisconsin...

Jeff Yabuki, who served as CEO of Fiserv Inc. from December 2005 to May 2020, has been named the Sheldon B. Lubar Executive-in-Residence at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Sheldon B. Lubar College of Business. In this role, Yabuki will bring valuable lessons...

Janesville-based SHINE Technologies, a manufacturer of medical isotopes, will begin providing one of its flagship products to Sydney, Australia-based Radiopharm Theranostics through a new clinical supply agreement. SHINE will supply Radiopharm with the isotope...