WisBusiness

MADISON—The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership is delighted to announce the launch of its Bridging the Divide program to reduce partisan division by fostering civil discourse among students and promoting civic virtue.  Bridging the Divide brings students with different ideological and partisan political perspectives together for regular small group conversations about current...

The Door County Community Foundation is excited to announce that the  Educational Mini Grant program has awarded 13 grants totaling $5,000 to schools throughout Door County for the 2023-2024 school year.   The Educational Mini Grants provided by the Max and Gayle Laird Education Fund, a component Fund of the Door County Community Foundation, assist school personnel seeking ways to improve and enhance...

MADISON – A new report from WMC Foundation – an affiliate of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) – details the numerous challenges facing the state’s education system and highlights best practices that should be replicated and expanded to improve student outcomes. The policy paper is part of WMC Foundation’s Wisconsin 2035 project, which launched in 2020 as a way...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that the village of Mukwonago is an applicant for funding through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program to improve its public drinking water system. The project includes repainting the north water tank in the village of Mukwonago. Activities related to this...

Kenneth Bockhorst, who is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Wisconsin-based Badger Meter, will speak at the Jan. 10 Cap Times “Power Hour” breakfast at Madison’s Edgewater Hotel. Bockhorst joined Badger Meter in 2017 as its chief operating officer and was promoted to president, chief executive officer and chairman each successive year after....

-- This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Greg Piefer, CEO of SHINE Technologies.  This fusion technology company, headquartered in Janesville, is developing applications in health care, industrial and defense industries. Earlier this year, SHINE announced completion of a $70 million investment round, which was the state’s largest deal of the year...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Greg Piefer, CEO of SHINE Technologies.  This fusion technology company, headquartered in Janesville, is developing applications in health care, industrial and defense industries. Earlier this year, SHINE announced it had completed a $70 million investment round, which was the state’s largest deal of the year...

In the latest edition of “Talking Trade,” Djaagou-A Export founder and CEO Ognadon "Eddy" Djagou discusses his food and beverage business and U.S.-Africa trade.  Djagou launched the company in 2017, and since then has been exporting agricultural products from the United States to African countries, with a focus on West Africa. 

Local Chambers of Commerce in cities around Wisconsin say that the recently-announced federal grants to study  passenger rail expansion in the state are an important first step to determining the feasibility and potential economic  benefits that trains could provide.   The grants from the US DOT’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) provide for federally-funded planning to...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 7, 2023 — Wisconsin is up to 4th in state rankings for construction business climate, according to the 2023 Associated Builders and Contractors’ Merit Shop Scorecard. Only Georgia (1), Florida (2), and Arkansas (3) are ahead of Wisconsin with Indiana (5) rounding out the top five. In 2022, Wisconsin dropped to 11th after ranking 5th...

Milwaukee, WI - December 7, 2023 - Milwaukee’s high-flying event, the WaterStone Bank Air &  Water Show, will return July 27-28, 2024, to McKinley Park and Bradford Beach. The show celebrates  Milwaukee’s veterans, first responders, members of the armed services, and their families.  The USAF Thunderbirds, America’s Ambassadors in Blue, will return after a...

APPLETON, Wisconsin - Lawrence University is launching two new summer music programs in 2024, both delivering immersive training to promising young musicians.  The Lawrence Summer Music Institute, designed for advanced high school pianists and string players, will be held on campus July 14-21, 2024. It will welcome approximately 20 musicians for a week-long program...