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Milwaukee - As we head into winter, We Energies is letting customers know that their heating bills will likely rise as the temperatures fall — it’s due to a nationwide spike in natural gas prices.The price of natural gas has more than doubled this year and currently sits at the highest level in a decade. This increase is mainly...

UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is leaving the university at the end of the 2021-22 school year to become president of Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Blank has served as chancellor since July 2013. According to the university, she has the second-longest tenure for a chancellor behind Irving Shain, who served in the role from...

Chancellor Rebecca Blank will leave the University of Wisconsin–Madison at the end of the 2021-22 academic year to assume the presidency of Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Northwestern University announced Blank’s selection on Monday. She will succeed Morton Schapiro as the university’s 17th president in summer 2022. Blank has served as...

MADISON-- Small Business owners across Wisconsin support making the enhanced child tax credit permanent by passing the Build Back Better plan.  Corrine Hendrickson, owner of Corrine's Little Explorers in New Glarus, shared how the enhanced child tax credit is helping: "As a parent the expanded child care tax credit has helped me keep my...

Milwaukee, Wis - Better Business Bureau Serving Wisconsin (BBB) is now accepting nominations and online applications through March 15, 2022 for both the Wisconsin BBB Torch Awards for Ethics and BBB Spark Awards. BBB encourages everyone to nominate a deserving Wisconsin business who demonstrates strong, ethical business practices. Businesses and nonprofits of any size throughout...

-- A new national effort will seek to expand opportunities for women in traditionally male-dominated fields such as manufacturing and construction, through federal funding provided to a Milwaukee workforce organization.  “Our main goals are to really convene partners from across the United States to share best practices on how we can raise women’s success...

-- The Creative Destruction Lab accelerator program is giving UW-Madison students a chance to join in the process of helping companies grow.  The program works with seed-stage science and technology companies to help them “accelerate massively,” according to Shabaka Gibson, director of CDL-Wisconsin. The nonprofit organization has 10 sites around the world, with one...

-- The Creative Destruction Lab accelerator program is giving UW-Madison students a chance to join in the process of helping companies grow.  The program works with seed-stage science and technology companies to help them “accelerate massively,” according to Shabaka Gibson, director of CDL-Wisconsin. The nonprofit organization has 10 sites around the world, with one...

WISCONSIN, October 5, 2021: Throughout the nation communities face the challenge of managing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly referred to as “forever chemicals.” From understanding the health impacts of PFAS exposure to environmental damage caused by spills to proper disposal of wastes contaminated with PFAS, there are no clear answers. While landfills, transfer facilities, materials recovery...

Michael Ford -- better known as the hip-hop architect -- will host a panel discussion on diversity in design and how the design of urban environments impacts communities on Thursday, October 21, the fourth day of the fourth annual Wisconsin Leadership Summit. The all-online Summit is the state's premier professional development, networking and community...

It's cranberry harvest time, and Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association Executive Director Tom Lochner chats with "Talking Trade" co-hosts Ian Coxhead and Sandi Siegel about this year's crop, supply chain issues and where cranberry exports can grow.