A new survey finds Wisconsinites pay more for health insurance than the rest of the country and the cost is rising at a faster rate. The consulting firm Mercer finds employers and their workers in Wisconsin paid an average of nearly $11,000 per employee for health...
A package of economic growth ideas proposed by Senate Democrats expands current tax credits and grant programs and adds new initiatives to spur business development and retention as well as worker training. The Wisconsin C.O.R.E. Jobs Act, (C.O.R.E. stands for Connecting Opportunity, Research, and Entrepreneurship)...
A record 500-plus people attended Wisconsin's largest early stage investing conference this month and another 250 rubbed shoulders in the same convention hall at the Midwest's largest forum on health care investing. What better time to shatter myths surrounding the investors who crowded both events?...
The Department of Commerce has authorized Next Generation Manufacturing grants to help Wisconsin manufacturers improve performance, stimulate growth and respond to new challenges as the economy recovers from the recession. “Wisconsin manufacturers who adopt Next Generation Manufacturing principles can improve their competitiveness, win a greater...
I was at an event a few weeks ago hosted by a leading IT journalist who made the following opening remarks. “Good times are ahead for IT. A new investment cycle should happen soon as we have postponed infrastructure upgrades for too long.”...
As consumers seek to make their essential shopping dollars go further and save more money, Alice.com, an on-line platform that allows consumer-packaged goods companies (CPG) such as Procter & Gamble, to sell directly to consumers instead of going through retail channels like Target or...
Now that the Doyle administration has revealed the costs of keeping Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac, a predictable “Was it worth it?” reaction is rippling through the public, press and policymakers. Judged by recent incentives paid or announced by other states to retain or...
Wisconsin among the states awarded a grant by NTIA’s State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program to fund broadband mapping and planning activities. The program, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will increase broadband access and adoption through better data collection and...
The Common Council on Wednesday approved a trial agreement to provide technology services to Grand Chute. On a 14-2 vote, aldermen granted the town's request to have the city provide network support services to the town for an annual fee of $20,000.The town has...
Exactly one year after his historic election to the White House, President Barack Obama came to a racially diverse charter school in Madison Wednesday to outline his plans for education reform."The United States, a nation that has always led the way in innovation, is now...