Education & Workforce Development

The Milwaukee County Board today overrode Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele’s veto of a “living wage” ordinance with a 12-6 vote.

Women in Manufacturing (WiM) has announced the launch of its first community chapter in Milwaukee.

The Fund for Lake Michigan has approved a $500,000 grant to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences to support its $53 million expansion along Milwaukee’s inner harbor.

The State of Wisconsin's unemployment rate fell from 6.3 percent in December to 6.1 percent in January, on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest report from the state Department of Workforce Development.

BMO Harris Bank released a study today that found the majority of business owners and executives in Wisconsin plan on investing in their business in 2014.

Professional Dimensions, a Milwaukee membership organization that promotes the professional and personal growth of women, will recognize Wendy Baumann, president and chief visionary officer of the Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation and Carmen Pitre, executive director of the Sojourner Family Peace Center, as its 2014 Professional Dimensions Sacagawea Award winners.

Lakeland College says it will be build a new $2.8 million center in Bellevue and move its area operations there later this year.

The Wisconsin YES! youth business plan contest is accepting entries from students with science and technology ideas that want to use them to create business plans.

While Wisconsin voters endorse the idea of boosting take-home pay, they reject suggestions the state should increase sales taxes in order to eliminate the income tax.

The hiring outlook for the metropolitan Milwaukee market ranks second-best in the nation, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.