Steve Jagler, for BizTimes Media

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to reject additional federal Medicaid funding for the state’s BadgerCare program is drawing mixed reviews, mostly divided along party lines.

A great deal of positive chatter about Wisconsin’s economy in 2013 is coming out of the state’s banking sector.

There was a palpable tension in the room when Bob Chernow began his recent speech to Tempo Milwaukee by telling the women that the original title for his talk was, “The Future of Women in Business or There Ain’t Nothing Like a Dame.”

The common stock shares for Kohl’s Corp. rose 56 cents Thursday amid growing Wall Street speculation that the Menomonee Falls-based retailer could be a prime target to be acquired by a private equity firm in 2013.

BizTimes Media is accepting nominations for its 2013 Bravo! Entrepreneur and IQ (Innovation Quotient) Awards.
The awards salute southeastern Wisconsin's most bold, dynamic and innovative companies and corporate leaders.

Regardless of the impact of the Affordable Care Act, the members of the board of directors of the Council of Small Business Executives (COSBE) are remarkably bullish about their prospects for 2013.

A September research report by Ceres, a Boston, Mass.-based business sustainability advocacy organization, was eerily prescient.

The U.S. stock market soared this morning as investors welcomed the last-minute Congressional approval of a bill to avoid sending the federal government over the fiscal cliff.

Editor’s note: This blog was originally posted online on Christmas Eve in 2010. Merry Christmas from BizTimes!

As we prepare to discard the calendar of a tumultuous and often nasty 2012 in Wisconsin, it’s time to launch into 2013 with a clean slate and try to begin the year with no grudges and a spirit of compromise.

BizTimes Media has an ongoing commitment to keep our readers informed about the implementation and the impact of the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare.

One southeastern Wisconsin executive recently told me that the question was posed to the members of his CEO Roundtable: “What is your company budgeting for employee health care in 2013?”