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-- PSC Chair Rebecca Cameron Valcq says about 650,000 Wisconsin residents still lack access to broadband infrastructure and a similar number can’t afford it.  Appearing yesterday in a WisconsinEye interview, Valcq provided an update on Wisconsin’s efforts to expand broadband access to more state residents. Since 2019, the state has invested nearly $200 million...

Contact: Mandaline Dunne, DNR Business Support CoordinatorMandaline.Dunne@Wisconsin.gov or 608-445-9488 MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking public comments on the Green Tier application for Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisconsin. If the application is accepted, Fincantieri Marinette Marine will join Tier 1 of the Green Tier program. The DNR welcomes comments...

Hannah Thulin, Earned Media and Engagement Senior Consultant hthulin@mcw.edu, 715-441-3446 Gift Honors Sophie Michels, a Long-term Cancer Survivor Milwaukee, March 28, 2022 – Just 11 when she was first diagnosed with a rare pediatric brain cancer, Sophie Michels is now a junior in college and a long-term cancer survivor....

MARSHFIELD – Security Health Plan of Wisconsin, Inc., has received six service quality awards, including its sixth consecutive World-Class customer experience certification, for 2021 from Service Quality Measurement (SQM), a leading North American research firm that specializes in customer service improvement. The awards will be presented virtually in May at SQM’s 23rd Annual Customer Service...

Doyenne Group, Inc.’s Evergreen Fund has made a $50,000 investment in 2ft. Design Data, Inc. (dba 2ft.D), a SaaS company. 2ft.D is an online toolbox that guides the user through the steps to fully plan their development project. Through using their planning and project management tools, users have a professional pitch deck of their project overview, costs,...

A recent UW-Extension report highlights "rising concern" that another housing market bubble could be on the horizon. "While safeguards have been put in place to prevent a repeat collapse of secondary financial markets, the potential economic pain to homeowners if history repeats itself could be significant," wrote Steven Deller, a professor in UW-Madison's Department...

MADISON, Wis.—March 28, 2022—WPS Health Solutions has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2022 honor by the Wisconsin State Journal for the second year in a row. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by research partner Energage, LLC.  The anonymous survey measures 15 culture drivers that are critical...

Help wanted: Teachers. Across the United States the teaching profession, one historically considered critical to the future of the country, has been struggling to find the next wave of educators or simply to fill existing positions. The number of students going into college teacher education programs dropped from 11% of college students in 2000...

Madison, Wis. – The Department of Administration and the Wisconsin Historical Society have selected Continuum Architects + Planners in association with SmithGroup as the design and engineering team for the new Wisconsin history center, which will replace the existing Wisconsin Historical Museum on the Capitol Square in Madison. SmithGroup is one of the nation’s preeminent integrated design...

-- The vice chair for the Findley Foundation Board says the Milwaukee organization wants to expand into a larger facility to boost capacity for job training and social and medical services.  “We are busting out the seams where we are,” Stephanie Findley said in a recent interview. “Right now we’re trying to figure that...

The vice chair for the Findley Foundation Board says the Milwaukee organization wants to expand into a larger facility to boost capacity for job training and social and medical services.  “We are busting out the seams where we are,” Stephanie Findley said in a recent interview. “Right now we’re trying to figure that out,...