Ideas

After raising more than $300,000 through donations and fundraising events, the Justin J. Watt Foundation is in search of deserving athletic programs and organizations focused on youth to benefit from those dollars.

In the end, Wisconsin may get higher-speed passenger rail after all.

The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter has announced honorees to be recognized at this year's National Philanthropy Awards Event on Nov. 12.

The U.S. economy added a modest 169,000 new jobs in August, and the national unemployment rate fell to 7.3 percent from 7.4 percent, according to the latest report issued today by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Should Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) sell some of its vacant buildings to charter or voucher schools?

The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) has rolled out its new Refi Advantage program, which offers refinancing loans to borrowers whose loans are owned or serviced by WHEDA.

Should Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) sell some of its vacant buildings to charter or voucher schools?

The current policies of the Wisconsin state government are holding the state’s economy back, not sparking job growth, according to Milwaukee futurist Bob Chernow.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will present a Talent Conference to explore how top companies are recruiting and retaining talented professionals.

On the day I met and interviewed Rebecca Blank, the newly appointed chancellor at the University of Wisconsin, one of the headlines of the day out of Madison was that a journalist had been arrested because he was reporting that people were being arrested for gathering and singing in the Capitol building without a permit.