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Business

🔒 Wisconsin companies steadfast in W-2 hiring after governor vetoes gig worker bill

Elizabeth Morin October 13, 2025 0 Comment

As gig workers continue to take up a larger share of the local and national workforce, companies are increasingly tasked with navigating a changing benefits landscape. Wisconsin is currently home to more...

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Business

🔒 MMAC strategic plan sets 3% population growth target, aims for bias toward action

Elizabeth Morin October 9, 2025 0 Comment

The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce is setting targets for increasing incomes, population, employment and investment along with reducing racial gaps in economic prosperity as part of a five-year strategic plan unveiled at its...

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Finance

Country music star Luke Combs to play Lambeau Field in May

Elizabeth Morin October 9, 2025 0 Comment

Country music star Luke Combs will perform at Lambeau Field in Green Bay on Saturday, May 16, the Green Bay Packers announced today. The concert will be part of Combs’ My Kinda Saturday Night...

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Business

🔒 Evans Transportation grows dramatically by acting ‘more like a tech company’

Elizabeth Morin October 8, 2025 0 Comment

After 40 years in business, Evans Transportation could have settled into the role of a legacy logistics provider. Instead, it’s behaving more like a restless startup. Over the past decade, the Delafield-based company’s revenue...

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Finance

Viewpoints: Caledonia’s Microsoft rejection – a cautionary tale in economic self-sabotage

Elizabeth Morin October 8, 2025 0 Comment

Christopher Carter When Microsoft announced it was abandoning plans for a data center in Caledonia, citing “community feedback,” many opponents celebrated what they saw as a victory for local interests. But let’s be honest...

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Finance

🔒 Aldermen press DCD to reopen bidding for Marcus Performing Arts Center parking structure site, but delay vote

Elizabeth Morin October 7, 2025 0 Comment

Members of the Milwaukee Common Council’s Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development (ZND) Committee pressed the Department of City Development (DCD) on Tuesday to consider reopening the bidding process for a high-profile downtown development site, as...

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Business

🔒 Real Estate Spotlight: Four major projects bring $100 million investment to Milwaukee’s near northwest side

Elizabeth Morin October 7, 2025 0 Comment

In a part of Milwaukee where development has often lagged, four major projects – ranging from affordable housing to emergency mental health services – within three blocks of each other are nearing construction or...

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Business

🔒 Milwaukee Rep’s Associated Bank Theater Center is city’s newest cultural jewel

Elizabeth Morin October 6, 2025 0 Comment

For decades, the Milwaukee Repertory Theater has stood as a leader in the city’s vast arts and culture landscape. But other venues, such as the Bradley Symphony Center and the Milwaukee Ballet’s Baumgartner Center...

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Business

🔒 Sweet growth: Jackson’s expands again as health-conscious consumers fuel demand

Elizabeth Morin October 5, 2025 0 Comment

In the crowded, highly competitive field of salty snack production, Muskego-based Jackson’s Food Company is proving sweet potato chips are king. Over the past 13 years, Jackson’s has seen explosive demand for its sweet...

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Finance

🔒 Playoff games provide revenue boost to Brewers

Elizabeth Morin October 4, 2025 0 Comment

While finishing the regular season with the best record in franchise history, and tops in Major League Baseball at 97-65, the Milwaukee Brewers had a 4.4% increase in home game attendance this year, and...