WED AM News: Broad backing for broadband; Evers puts $100M toward businesses, groups
-- GOP and Dem Joint Finance Committee members agree that a big investment in broadband is needed in rural areas.
TUE AM News: Bill aims to expand farm exports; under 18 group leading weekly...
-- Republicans and ag groups have rolled out legislation aimed at expanding the state's farm exports by at least 25 percent in...
MON AM News: Another Wisconsin dairy farm sells cows, but welcomes new farming opportunities;...
-- A month ago, the Reisingers of Spring Green said farewell to 60 dairy cows after more than a century of milking...
FRI AM News: Concerns rise over COVID-19 variants as state sees case hike; ‘WisBusiness:...
-- With the rise in new variants, the state's chief medical officer is warning of a new surge of COVID-19.
THU AM News: Altruize excited to increase volunteerism in 2021 and beyond; DBA praises...
-- Volunteer tracker Altruize survived last year during the pandemic through organic growth, but now hopes to increase volunteerism as Wisconsin returns...
WED AM News: Distillers find opportunity, innovation in pandemic; Packers CEO highlights success off...
-- Wisconsin distilleries Driftless Glen and Wollersheim see opportunity and innovation amid the global pandemic.
Baraboo’s Driftless Glen made...
TUE AM News: Union rep urges state Legislature to tackle payroll fraud; Court rejects...
-- Labor representative Andy Buck is urging the Legislature to take up measures to tackle worker misclassification and payroll fraud.
MON AM News: Evers’ budget includes several dozen recommendations from Climate Change Task Force;...
-- Gov. Tony Evers' budget includes some three dozen recommendations from his Climate Change Task Force, including tens of millions of new...
FRI AM News: Chancellors advocate for R&D investment, Endless Frontier Act; ‘WisBusiness: The Podcast’...
-- The chancellors of Wisconsin’s top two research universities are pushing for investment in more R&D.
“The only way...
THU AM News: U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Trade is part of economic recovery; Health...
-- A U.S. Chamber of Commerce representative says trade will affect the economic recovery as the world comes out of the global...
WED AM News: Wisconsin becoming a leader in ‘fintech’; vaccine supply, delivery speed motivate...
-- Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, New York and now, Wisconsin.
“When people think about fintech in the United States,...
TUE AM News: A tale of two key central locations: Wisconsin and Luxembourg kick...
-- Collaboration between a variety of Wisconsin and Luxembourg industries have begun via a state virtual trade mission that aims to build...
MON AM News: Cocktails-to-go should have come a year ago, Tavern League says; Dairy...
-- The hospitality industry notched a win with Gov. Tony Evers signing a bill allowing restaurants, bars and brewpubs to sell cocktails-to-go...
FRI AM News: Hospitality open to increasing minimum wage, but not now; ‘WisBusiness: The...
-- The Wisconsin Restaurant Association chief says now is not the time to raise wages in restaurants.
Association President...
THU AM News: VC experts advocate for state investment fund; WMC stresses workforce shortage...
-- Talent retention should be the state’s main focus in its effort to create a Wisconsin fund of funds, according to a...
