Ideas

In general, politicians don’t know how to generate jobs. Most don’t understand how businesses operate. Some mean well, but they make decisions based on their beliefs of what business want. Often they put the public’s capital to work in weak industries or use these funds to reward supporters.

*Friday, Aug. 30, The Salvation Army wraps up its school supplies drive benefitting students in Milwaukee. Needed items include...

BizTimes Media’s third annual Giving Guide offers southeastern Wisconsin’s business community an outlet to connect with area nonprofit organizations for philanthropic involvement.

Earlier this month, high school students participating in Milwaukee's Conservation Leadership Corps met with corporate and community leaders at Johnson Controls' Glendale headquarters for "Green Jobs Day."

BMO Harris Bank has announced plans to sponsor this year’s performance of “The Nutcracker” by the Milwaukee Ballet to ensure that the holiday tradition can take the stage for its 43rd year.

Marquette University’s Social Innovation Initiative, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and Catholic Relief Services will host a presentation on social entrepreneurship presented by Dr. Carolyn Woo, president and chief executive officer of Catholic Relief Services, on Monday, Sept. 9, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Union’s Monaghan Ballroom.

The Waukesha County Technical College (WCTC) Foundation has been awarded a $5,000 AT&T Innovation & Investment Award to provide funding to its “Schools2Skills” program, which gives Waukesha county high school students, parents, teachers and school administrators the opportunity to tour three area manufacturing sites and WCTC’s Engineering and Manufacturing Center.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee is in the process of filling about 150 full- and part-time positions at its 38 clubhouses in metro Milwaukee.

” Engaging non-sales employees in the process of selling is an area of increasing emphasis for companies around the...

St. Marcus Lutheran School, in the midst of the Brewer’s Hill and Harambee neighborhoods, wants to expand by opening a new school in the nearby former Malcom X School. However, Milwaukee Public Schools is blocking that plan.