WisBusiness

MADISON, Wis. – A Milwaukee-based firm with a system to help stop untreated sewage from being dumped into waterways during floods is the grand prize winner of the 19th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. Rapid Radicals Technology, which can treat water at a municipal scale where there is a spill point confluence of...

The president of Blue Line Battery, a Beloit-based startup producing lithium-ion forklift batteries, says the company will begin turning a profit in July. "Most startups never see that, so our business is really, really growing," Phil Fonfara said yesterday during the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Conference, held by the Wisconsin Technology Council in Milwaukee.

-- The president of Blue Line Battery, a Beloit-based startup producing lithium-ion forklift batteries, says the company will begin turning a profit in July.  “Most startups never see that, so our business is really, really growing,” Phil Fonfara said yesterday during the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference, held by the Wisconsin Technology Council in Milwaukee. 

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Trish Lane, a partner and finance attorney in Foley & Lardner's Milwaukee office.  She discusses a program that provides small business owners in Wisconsin with free consultations from volunteer attorneys and law students, as these companies continue to navigate the pandemic and other challenges. 

Contact: DOJCommunications@doj.state.wi.us MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced that a DOJ Investigation aided in the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE’s) discharge of all remaining federal student loans borrowed to attend any campus owned or operated by Corinthian Colleges Inc. (Corinthian) from its founding in 1995 through its closure in April...

For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact: Nick Novak, 608-661-6916 or nnovak@wmc.org MILWAUKEE – Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce – through its affiliate, WMC Issues Mobilization Council – is up with a new television ad that targets the high cost of inflation hitting Wisconsin families.  “Thanks to Joe...

CONTACT:      Lisa Schiller, Media Relations PHONE:          414- 847- 6055 FAX:               414-302- 0355E-MAIL:          lschiller@wisconsin.bbb.org Milwaukee, Wis. – The COVID-19 pandemic saw a rise in reports of scammers pretending to be from government agencies. While reports slowed since peaking in early 2021, victims lost more than twice as much money,...

Contact: Leslie Raabe lraabe@pcrm.org, 443-534-5803 WASHINGTON—In a legal action to be filed early next week, a national public health organization demands that Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers immediately halt the $10 million Meat and Poultry Supply Chain Resiliency Grant Program announced on May 23. Instead, the physicians group says the funds should be directed to Wisconsin crop farmers...

CONTACT: Emily Kumlien   608-516-9154 ekumlien@uwhealth.org The longer people stay in treatment, the lower the risk of overdoses MADISON, Wis. ‒ A large study of Medicaid patients found that the longer they take medication to treat their opioid use disorder, the less likely they are to...

Contact: alec@rebeccakleefisch.com — Candidate for governor Rebecca Kleefisch released a video on Thursday, calling on Tony Evers to denounce Joe Biden praising high gas prices as part of an “incredible transition” in energy. “Joe Biden and Tony Evers don’t care if Wisconsin families pay the price at the pump for their disastrous economic and ‘woke’...