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In its latest round of funding, the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin has awarded $544,541 for eight projects that will increase research and student training collaborations among 10 UW System universities. Students will be involved in projects and programs that...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Laura Dresser, associate director of UW-Madison’s COWS policy research center. She discusses findings from the latest State of Working Wisconsin report, which includes data on employment, wages and labor...

In 2020, as companies nationwide raced to announce diversity and inclusion initiatives in the wake of George Floyd's murder at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, three professional Wisconsin sports teams joined forces on a commitment to invest in minority-owned...

Wisconsin farmers will receive some of the $2.8 billion dollars the federal government is investing in climate-smart agriculture projects. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited a dairy farm in Pepin County on Thursday to celebrate the funding from...

Banks based in Wisconsin saw their share of total deposits in the state grow more than a full percentage point in the past year, according to new data from the FDIC. Wisconsin headquartered banks had 51.62% of deposits in the state as of June 30, up from 50.36% at the...

Wisconsin lost 2,800 private sector jobs in August and the state’s unemployment rate ticked up to 3.1%, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The seasonally adjusted August job numbers for the state are a departure from the national data which...

Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin (GHC-SCW) announces it has achieved a 4.5 out of 5 rating according to the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s (NCQA) Private Commercial Health Insurance Plan Ratings for 2022. Of 536 health plans nationally...

Attention drivers: If you're cruising down Wisconsin Avenue and see what looks like a two-eyed black box on tiny wheels, you're not hallucinating. The robots have arrived. The motorized machines recently joined the throngs of Marquette University students crossing the...

When America’s largest manufacturer of “Made in USA” footwear decided to expand, it looked to its Wisconsin roots, turning an abandoned manufacturing site into a job-creating asset. The project demonstrates the power of partnership in helping businesses locate, grow...

The automotive industry and local governments are navigating supply chain constraints while they electrify their fleets as Wisconsin prepares to build a network of charging stations statewide. In August, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation submitted its plan to...

As the weather starts to get cooler, it sends a signal to consumers that the holiday season is near, and Kohl's Corp. is preparing for shoppers at all of its locations. The company is hosting two nationwide hiring events this Thursday through Saturday and October...

Two of the largest health care systems in southeast Wisconsin — Advocate Aurora Health and Froedtert Health — sustained losses this year that are leading executives to explore cutting some clinical services. Health care systems’ financial challenges worsened this year...

Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) – the combined state chamber and manufacturers’ association – announced more than 100 nominees on Wednesday for the seventh annual Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin contest. The competition is a tradition that highlights the...

Dr. Keke Chen, Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute Associate Professor of Computer Science in the Marquette University Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, has received a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study confidential computing...

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) preliminary employment estimates for the month of August 2022. For August, jobs increased 5,500 over the month and almost 50,000 over the year. Wisconsin's...

During a Wednesday ceremony celebrating the opening of Formlabs’ new regional headquarters in the Third Ward, the company announced that more than 100 employees will work at the new location. Those 100 jobs will be added over the next three years. Somerville,...

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and BioForward will introduce the Illumina Accelerator at an event held from 3-5:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 17 at the University of Wisconsin’s Union South, the organizations announced recently. The event will feature an...

Company, state, and local leaders today celebrated the grand opening of the Midwest regional headquarters of Formlabs, the leading 3D printing company, located in Milwaukee’s historic Third Ward. Sam Rikkers, deputy secretary and COO of the Wisconsin Economic...

Women are at a significantly higher risk than men of developing Alzheimer’s disease. So are people who carry a particular variant of a gene that everyone has, called APOE. With a $300,000 research grant from the Alzheimer’s Association, a team of scientists, led by...

Over 20 organizations will host 70+ events in October during Wisconsin Tech Month 2022 (#WTM22). Host organizations include Amazon Web Services, gener8tor’s gBETA, UW-Parkside, UW-Stevens Point, Wisconsin Science Festival and Aviation Heritage Center of Wisconsin,...