WisconsinEye Webcast: Wisconsin Farmers Union Conference on NAFTA
Wisconsin Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager and the Farmers Union teamed up with several labor groups to present this conference on the effects of global...
WisBusiness: Strickler Retires from UW-Madison with Eyes on Reinventing Himself … Again
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
AVALANCHE, Vernon County – There are two ways to look at Patrick Strickler’s long employment history: He’s either an expert...
WisBusiness: Energy Users Unite Against Railroad Rate Spikes
Wisconsin energy users, along with politicians who often clash, have united against what they claim are excessive rate spikes from monopolistic railroads.Among those on...
Schwartzer: Health Care Costs Approaching Crisis Stage
Dan Schwartzer of the Wisconsin Association of Health Underwriters says health care costs are ``becoming a crisis'' for many people and businesses.In a new...
Knetter: UW Biz School Tackles Changing Economy
MADISON – One of the biggest challenges facing Wisconsin’s changing economy is turning out entrepreneurs and managers to run emerging companies.
So says Michael Knetter,...
WisBusiness: Elkhart Farmer Finds Niche With Sweet Sorghum
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
ELKHART LAKE – Richard Wittgreve’s sorghum crop pales beside that of the state’s corn and soybean farmers, who have a...
Stuart: Wants WIEG to `Reestablish Relationships’
By Brian E. ClarkWisBusiness.com In the mid-1990s, a light bulb flashed inside Todd Stuart's brain as he traveled around the state visiting manufacturers with...
WisconsinEye Webcast: MMAC – From the Front Lines of Health Care Reform
In the complex, and often daunting, arena of health care there is broad agreement the system must change to lower costs and preserve quality....
WisBusiness: JT Packard Ready for Surge in Business
VERONA -- Six years ago, JT Packard which mainly services uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems - had respectable sales of $3.5 million.
By 2005,...
WHA’s Brenton: Government Health Care Needs to Pay `Fair Share’
Steve Brenton says government must pay its ``fair share'' for Medicaid and other programs to help stem ``cost-shifting'' to the private sector. The Wisconsin...
WisBusiness: Entrepreneurs’ Conference Coverage
The Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Conference is running in Milwaukee June 8 and 9.
Highlights will include tracks for "beginning" and "intermediate" level entrepreneurs; nationally renowned speakers...
WisBusiness.com: Study Says Coal Gasification Is Cleaner, More Expensive And Inevitable
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
A draft report on coal gasification released Thursday by the state Department of Natural Resources and the Public Service...
WisconsinEye Webcast: Central Wisconsin Residents React to Power Line Proposal
The Public Service Commission is holding public hearings on a proposed 345-kilovolt power line to run from near an existing Weston Power plant in...
WisconsinEye: Worlds Apart, or Not? I-94 Outreach
A highway connects Milwaukee and Madison. What ideas and initiatives can help this relationship bloom for the good of the state?
Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz...
WisBusiness: Edgewood College Business Ethicist Has New Book on Enron
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
A federal jury in Houston started deliberating Wednesday in the fraud and conspiracy case trail of Enron founder Ken Lay...