WisBusiness

Some of the most iconic corporate names in Wisconsin will engage one-on-one with emerging firms at the ninth annual Wisconsin Tech Summit, which will take place March 14 in-person at Lambeau Field. Emerging companies may apply through Monday, Feb. 21 to meet with major firms and explore potential business relationships around technology needs and innovation. More information, including...

More business leaders in the state are planning to raise wages this year, according to the latest employer survey from Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce.  Thirty-four percent of surveyed businesses said they will be raising wages by more than 4 percent in 2022, marking an increase from the previous WMC survey conducted about six months...

-- More business leaders in the state are planning to raise wages this year, according to the latest employer survey from Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce.  Thirty-four percent of surveyed businesses said they will be raising wages by more than 4 percent in 2022, marking an increase from the previous WMC survey conducted about six...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) today announced that a digital-asset financial services company, BlockFi Lending LLC (BlockFi), agreed to settlement terms to work with the DFI to settle offers and sales of unregistered securities in the form of interest-bearing digital asset deposit accounts called BlockFi Interest Accounts (BIAs) to Wisconsin residents. As of December...

Contact: Ariana Vruwink608-267-8823 Improvements Will Market Wisconsin as the Premiere Host for Agribusiness Shows Across the Country Today, County Executive Joe Parisi announced Dane County will receive $3.2 million in funds from the State of Wisconsin’s Tourism Capital Grant Program to upgrade facilities at the Alliant Energy Center and help restore...

(Green Bay, Wis) – Although the 2021 shipping season came to an official close for the Port of Green Bay  on Jan. 22, 2022, it’s already time to start thinking about the start of the 2022 season. The annual First Ship Contest is underway, taking guesses from the public on the date and time the first ship sails into...

MONROE, WI. FEB. 14, 2022 – A state Workforce Innovation Grant worth up to $3.7 million will help turn the Green County Family YMCA’s plans to expand and create a child care center and Youth Development Wing into reality. “The Green County community has really come together to not just create  needed child care spots...

Menomonie, Wis. — One of the rites of passage for a college student is to wait in line to pick up textbooks, then stuff the often heavy, hardcover tomes into a backpack. And lug them around campus and beyond all semester. At University of Wisconsin-Stout, the lines at the textbook rental center have all...

Baraboo, Wis. — This morning, PETA fired off a letter to Christian Øverland, the director and CEO of the Wisconsin Historical Society, which operates the old Circus World Museum, reminding him that the rest of the country has moved on, recognizing elephants as highly intelligent beings deserving of our respect, not of servitude, and urging him to right a...

Brookfield, Wis. (February 14, 2022) – When owners of appreciated real estate assets are ready to divest their portfolio, they often find themselves in a bind, not wanting to completely separate from their properties and facing significant potential capital gains taxes if they sell them. The few tax-deferred exit strategies that have been available to these investors, like...

MADISON, Wis. – Despite some recent years of trade disruptions and supply chain challenges, I am proud of how Wisconsin’s agriculture industry has remained resilient and competitive in providing high-quality agricultural products to the world. Wisconsin hit a new record for agricultural exports in 2021, exporting an all-time high of more than $3.96 billion. All product categories...