NEW: Announcing WisBusiness: The Show
Welcome to the debut of "WisBusiness: The Show," a new twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues.
This episode features the WisBusiness.com...
Doer: Manitoba premier seeks more ties with Wisconsin
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
As fellow Midwesterners separated by Minnesota and an international border, Wisconsin and Manitoba have much in common and a lot...
WisBusiness: DOT’s 20-year plan includes a closer look at freight movement
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
As the state Department of Transportation plans for its next two decades of projects, a key facet of the process...
WisBusiness: Panel says green jobs depend on stimulus cash being released quickly
MILWAUKEE -- Green job growth in Wisconsin would be helped by faster government distribution of federal stimulus money, a panel of experts told a...
Hicks-Sorensen: Relief for Fond du Lac after ‘roller coaster’ of Merc Marine saga
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
Fond du Lac’s recent, unsettling experience with Mercury Marine -- one day the company was headed to Oklahoma and soon...
WisBusiness/ WisPolitics forum: A balancing act as climate change legislation is formulated
Having addressed a reliability crisis in the 1990s, Wisconsin's energy policymakers are now turning their focus to global warming legislation and regulation.
As they struggle...
WisBusiness: Hammes Co. looks to build on state stadium work
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
The Hammes Co. is perhaps best known for creating huge stadiums filed with rabid sports fans and hospitals for healing...
Winters: State’s top economist says economy starting to rebound
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
Wisconsin’s battered economy is on the verge of recovering.
“I’m optimistically cautious,” says Dennis Winters, the state’s chief economist. “We know...
Feingold: Cap-and-trade bill could hurt Wisconsin
U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold is returning to Washington after what he called a "lively" round of county listening sessions during his August recess. Although...
WisBusiness: Former Third Wave leader returns to biotech hot spot of Madison
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
From the get-go, Kevin Conroy knew he wanted to relocate his new company, Exact Sciences, from Massachusetts back to Madison.
He...
Jones: Miller-Coors ‘not going anywhere’
By David A. Wise
WisBusiness.com
MILWAUKEE -- Although the corporate headquarters of the merged Miller-Coors brewing company is located in Chicago, Miller-Coors Senior Vice...
Bugher: University Research Park adding companies as Wisconsin’s reputation grows
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
Most of Wisconsin’s economy may be in the dumps, with companies announcing layoffs almost daily and the state’s unemployment rate...
Kremer: Angel investing rises despite economic downturn
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
The recession has been cruel to start-ups – just as it has forced big companies to their knees – but...
Deller: State tourism industry doing ‘OK’ despite recession
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
Wisconsin’s $13 billion tourism industry may be in a slump, but an economics professor says that isn’t surprising...
Gorder: State farmers hit rough patch after two solid years
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
After two strong years for Wisconsin's agriculture industry, this summer has many state farmers grappling with adversity.
On the down side,...
