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Tarik Moody, who has spent nearly 15 years with 88Nine Radio Milwaukee as an on-air host, digital director and director of digital strategy and innovation, will lead 88Nine’s new Urban Alternative channel as its program director, the station announced Monday.

The number of people quitting their jobs surged to 4.27 million in August and new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics suggests Wisconsin workers were part of that trend.

The plan for a second new flex industrial building at Century City is the latest sign the business park on Milwaukee's northwest side is gaining momentum.

Mequon-based Medicardia Health Inc. announced it raised $3 million in its first major financing round.

Milwaukee Area Technical College is widening its free-tuition Promise program to students who have received GED credentials and other equivalency diplomas.

The Sherman Phoenix Foundation has named its inaugural board of directors and is beginning the search for its founding executive director.

Milwaukee-based nonprofit research group Data You Can Use has named Victor Amaya as its next president.

Wisconsin’s private sector employment remained essentially flat in September as job gains in the manufacturing sector were more than offset by losses in educational services.

Two hundred miles south of the Wisconsin border on the University of Illinois campus, a $200-million initiative announced Oct. 19 offered ample evidence that our neighbors are gearing up to compete for an infusion of federal science and technology money.

Advocate Aurora Health said it reached near full compliance with its COVID-19 vaccine policy.