WisBusiness

MADISON, Wis. – A coalition of Wisconsin organizations are encouraging Wisconsinites to participate in Wisconsin Saves Week and take steps toward securing their financial futures. Wisconsin State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski officially proclaimed February 21–25, 2022 as Wisconsin Saves Week in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI), the Wisconsin Bankers Association (WBA), the Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC), and America Saves, the leading national...

APPLETON, Wis. (February 21, 2022) – McMahon, a full-service, professional engineering and architectural firm, is the design power behind the new Gordon Flesch Company Appleton location – a state-of-the-art facility that will expand the technology provider’s showroom space and provide a location for the company’s new call center.   The new office located on Tempest Court in Appleton, Wisconsin has a...

Plover, WI – Early Monday morning, the hourly workers of Starbucks, located at McDill Crossroads, demanded union recognition from CEO Kevin Johnson and local management. According to Workers United (an SEIU affiliate), an overwhelming majority of workers at the store signed union authorization cards.  These baristas are the second in Wisconsin to join the...

MILWAUKEE – This morning, to celebrate Presidents’ Day, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled the first complete series of United States President bobbleheads. The series includes each United States President on a base that features a replica of the White House, and each bobblehead is individually numbered to the year that the president was elected. The bobbleheads are...

MILWAUKEE — Sherrie Tussler, executive director of the Hunger Task Force, will be the featured guest for an upcoming virtual “On the Issues” with Alan Borsuk, senior fellow in law and public policy, Monday, Feb. 21. The video will be available at 12:15 p.m. on the Marquette Law School website. Hunger Task...

-- A group representing small businesses in the state is calling for full passage of a bill limiting the governor's emergency powers after polling found broad support among its members.  AB 912, which the GOP Assembly passed last week along party lines, would prohibit the governor from declaring businesses as "essential" or "nonessential" in...

An op-ed by Amy Pechacek; Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development At the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, we advocate for rewarding work, skills that build communities, and the rights of all people to achieve meaningful employment. As we celebrate Black History Month and honor the accomplishments of Black Americans, we...

SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, WI — The Sheboygan County Economic Development Corporation (SCEDC) and Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at UW-Green Bay aim to provide a wide range of services, resources, and expertise to encourage entrepreneurial opportunities in Sheboygan County, including changes in business ownership that carry on the traditions of some of the county’s best and most cherished...

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has confirmed a child in Wisconsin died from multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a rare but serious condition associated with COVID-19. The child lived in southeast Wisconsin and was under 10 years old. There have been 183 MIS-C cases reported in Wisconsin since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is...

MADISON (Feb. 18, 2022) – Today, Bill G. Smith, State Director of the National Federation of Independent Business in Wisconsin, the state’s leading small business organization with 10,000 members, applauds the Wisconsin Assembly for passing important COVID-19 legislation. It requires all businesses be treated equally during an emergency declaration by the government, like during the COVID-19 crisis, and eliminates...

MADISON — The Colorado potato beetle has evolved resistance to more than 50 different kinds of insecticides, making the insect a "super pest" that wreaks havoc on potatoes around the world. New research finds that the beetle achieved this feat largely by turning to a deep pool of diversity within its genome, which allowed...

MADISON, Wis. ‒While starting to decrease,COVID-19 case counts are still very high in Wisconsin, and one segment of the population remains quite vulnerable – unvaccinated children 5 to 11 years old. UW Health has witnessed a stark decline in scheduling for vaccinations in this age group. When the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine first became available...