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MADISON – Affordable housing developers throughout Wisconsin have submitted applications for National Housing Trust Funds totaling $5.5 million to fund a total of 533 low-income and affordable workforce housing units. The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, which administers the federal program as well as federal and state housing tax credit programs, anticipates a...

MADISON — In 2019, Megan Garvey led the dozens of reporters in her Southern California newsroom as they, for the first time, set explicit “missions” for their beats.  On Wednesday, July 28, at a free virtual training session hosted by SPJ Madison, Garvey — now the executive editor at Southern California Public Radio and LAist...

BELOIT, Wis. — July 2, 2021 — Building products distributor ABC Supply Co. Inc. has acquired the assets of Gutter Source, LLC in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The acquisition includes Gutter Source’s gutter supply business, located at 531 N. Ann Arbor Ave., and manufacturing facility, which will become part of American Construction Metals’ (ACM) operations. In addition, many of Gutter Source’s associates will join...

NEENAH, Wis. – ThedaCare is releasing information about additional testing sites and dates to ensure access to COVID-19 testing in Northeast and Central Wisconsin. Testing will be coordinated through mobile testing units in the community. To best manage community spread of COVID-19, testing and contact tracing are critical. Testing gives health systems insight to...

MADISON, Wis. -- When La Crosse resident Daniel Milburn started experiencing shortness of breath in March, he thought it was just the latest manifestation of his lifelong asthma.  After all, he was a strong, physically active, and otherwise healthy 24-year-old. Turns out, Daniel’s symptoms were a result of something far more dire -- a rare pulmonary disease...

In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Shawn Jarosz, founder of consulting firm Trade Moves, talks about international trade issues affecting ag, organic labeling and other items with hosts Ian Coxhead and Sandi Siegel.

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” features Elmer Moore Jr., executive director of Scale Up Milwaukee, and Elizabeth Cizinsky, the group’s program manager.  This economic development initiative of the Greater Milwaukee Committee aims to support business growth in the region, holding a number of events and business accelerators. In the interview, they explain...

A Blue Mounds-based personal care products company called American Provenance has raised more than $63,500 in equity financing through an ongoing crowdfunding campaign.  Founder Kyle LaFond says he decided to launch the campaign after being frustrated by the lack of available capital in Wisconsin.  “As I’m going through the state and...

We appreciate the timely decision by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to issue the notice of intent to rescind and will be engaged in the next steps in the regulatory process. We share a common interest with the public in maintaining the integrity and transparency of the regulatory process in Wisconsin. The need for the Cardinal-Hickory...

Madison, WI – The Wisconsin Partnership Program at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health has released its 2021 Community Impact Grants Program Request for Partnerships. The overarching goal of theCommunity Impact Grant Program is to advance health equity in Wisconsin by supporting community-academic partnership initiatives that address the social determinants of health and root causes of health inequities and...