Economic Development

The Kenosha Area Business Alliance (KABA) announced the hiring of a new chief financial officer and a new executive director of Downtown Kenosha Inc. and its newly created Main Street program.
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Gov. Scott Walker called an emergency meeting of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation board today to discuss an audit of the organization conducted by the Legislative Audit Bureau and released last week.
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The Milwaukee-area manufacturing industry contracted in April, according to a monthly report from the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.
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The U.S. stock market rose to all-time highs today as the U.S. Department of Labor reported that the national unemployment rate dropped to 7.5 percent in April, its lowest rate since December 2008.
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A new audit by the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau cites the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.'s failure to comply with basic accounting requirements and accountability for the state's job creation resources.
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Wisconsin is expected to face a shortfall in financial services employees within the next 10 years, according to several reports aggregated by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.
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A report on Biztimes.com about the state Department of Transportation's plans to add aesthetic multi-color LED lights as part of the $278 million project to rehabilitate Milwaukee's Hoan Bridge recently sparked a substantial multi-media community debate.
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The U.S. Treasury Department announced $155 million in new markets tax credit allocations for four Wisconsin-based community development entities.
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The Waukesha County Economic Development Corporation has elected its officers and directors for 2013.
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