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The Greater Milwaukee Foundation has committed $100,000 to two area agencies to support their efforts in educating low-income Milwaukee residents on their health insurance coverage options.

Port Washington-based Allen Edmonds Shoe Corp. announced the start of its annual Rediscover America national sales event, the company's largest sale of the year.

As Tesla Motors Inc. rolls out its revolutionary electric cars and builds its network of superchargers across the country, the company will have plenty of Wisconsin voltage fueling its journey.

Robert Arzbaecher, the outgoing chief executive officer of Menomonee Falls-based Actuant Corp., and Glen Hackmann, managing director, general counsel and secretary of Milwaukee-based Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc., will be co-chairs of the 2014 fund drive for the United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF) of Greater Milwaukee.

The Pfister Hotel is seeking applicants for its sixth Artist in Residence, who will take over the hotel’s in-house studio space for a year beginning in April 2014.

Mary Isbister, president at Mequon-based GenMet, will be the next chair of the Council of Small Business Executives (COSBE) board of directors.

Employers are invited to attend the fifth annual BizTimes Get Smarter Conference, which will focus on how companies can use apprenticeships, internships and mentorships to develop their future workforce and become more productive.

The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce’s Council of Small Business Executives recently held the 23rd Annual COSBE Executive Roundtable...

Should the sale of raw milk be legal in Wisconsin?

*Now through Thursday, Oct. 10, the Milwaukee Film Festival will continue screening its collection of 240 films from 44...