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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...
BizTimes Milwaukee: SiFi Networks will build $100 million fiber optic network in Kenosha
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...
WisPolitics: Sen. Baldwin Press: Sen. Baldwin works to bring first minority business development center to Wisconsin
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...
WisPolitics: UW System: New student enrollment at UW System main campuses highest since at least 2018
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...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Prism Economic Development Corp. names new executive director
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...
InsideWis: Amid angst over China, Japan is major economic partner for U.S., Wisconsin
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Based on size alone, China is an imposing economic force in the world, the United States and even Wisconsin, where it’s the third-largest market for state exports behind only Canada and Mexico. Yet for many, China is also a source of worry...
Cap Times: Report: Wisconsin’s prime workforce could shrink by 130,000 by 2030
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...
UW-Milwaukee: Jeff Yabuki named Sheldon B. Lubar Executive-In-Residence at UWM’s Lubar College Of Business
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...
BizTimes Milwaukee: SHINE Technologies will provide its medical isotope to an Australian biotech company
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...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Ideadvance Seed Fund awards innovation grants to five local businesses
The Ideadvance Seed Fund is awarding five area businesses with Small Business Innovation grants and Partnered Innovation grants. The Ideadvance program helps companies that want to advance a scalable, profitable business model. Grant dollars are earned after...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Froedtert to provide specialty services for ThedaCare patients
Neenah-based health care provider ThedaCare, which has a large presence in the northeast and central parts of Wisconsin, and Wauwatosa-based Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin today announced a partnership under which the Froedtert health network will...
WisBusiness: THEDACARE AND FROEDTERT & THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP TO EXPAND ACCESS TO THE MOST ADVANCED LEVELS OF CARE
ThedaCare and the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) health network are announcing a partnership that will provide patients with expanded and convenient access to the most advanced levels of specialty care. The vision of the partnership will...
NVCA president and CEO Franklin will open Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium Nov. 9
Bobby Franklin, president and chief executive officer of the National Venture Capital Association, will open the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 9, in Madison. Franklin leads the NCVA’s efforts to promote entrepreneurism and early...
Madison.com: Wisconsin, neighbors to promote clean hydrogen economy
Wisconsin is banding together with six other Midwestern states to promote development of a “clean hydrogen” economy. The states, which also include Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana, will work together to identify opportunities for advancing...
WisBusiness: Partners: USDA climate-smart grant opens opportunities to build on farmers’ success
The partners in a new broad climate-smart initiative today touted the potential of the project to greatly expand farmer-led conservation practices and business opportunities. The groups learned on Wednesday they will receive up to $50 million from the U.S. Department...
WisPolitics: Gov. Evers: Joins fellow Midwest governors in announcing regional coalition to promote clean hydrogen production
Gov. Tony Evers, together with six other Midwest governors, today announced the creation of the Midwestern Hydrogen Coalition, which will facilitate the development of a strong clean hydrogen economy in the Midwest. The coalition includes Wisconsin, Illinois,...
Associated Press: Evers administration relaunches efforts to limit PFAS
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ administration is trying again to limit the levels of a group of chemicals known as PFAS in Wisconsin’s groundwater. The Wisconsin State Journal reported that Evers authorized the Department of Natural Resources last week to begin work on...
UW-Extension: WIndicators Volume 5, Number 1: The Rise Of Entrepreneurship During the Pandemic
OVERVIEW Entrepreneurial activity increased sharply in Wisconsin in 2020 and 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Entrepreneurship is a key part of any healthy economy but ensuring that new business activity leads to significant economic impact by creating high quality...
Wisconsin Inno: Milwaukee Bucks partnering to bring conversational AI to stadium experience
The Milwaukee Bucks announced today the organization would be partnering with an artificial intelligence, or AI provider to add to the game day experience. San Francisco-based GameOn Technology and the Bucks are adding a conversational AI chat experience to the...
ECE: Milwaukee-based ECE Appoints Four New Members to Its Board of Directors
Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. (ECE®), a nonprofit organization that evaluates foreign educational credentials, will add four esteemed leaders to its board of directors for the 2023-2025 term. • Adria Baker, Ed.D. is the associate vice provost for...