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Wisconsin exports end 2019 down more than $1 billion
A 10% decline in December left Wisconsin’s exports down by more than $1 billion last year compared to 2018 totals as companies dealt with global trade uncertainty and economic slowdowns in Europe and China, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
VISIT Milwaukee is creating a sports division
VISIT Milwaukee today announced that it is creating a new sports division within the organization and has promoted Marissa Werner to be its director of sports development.
Silicon Pastures takes new direction with Sprecher Brewery investment
Silicon Pastures' investment in Sprecher Brewering Co. is not typical for the Wauwatosa-based angel investment group – and it also happens to be the group’s largest investment to date.
New Sprecher Brewing CEO to push brand, product line nationally
Sharad Chadha, the leader of a local investment group that purchased Glendale-based Sprecher Brewing Co. Inc., has ambitious plans for growing the company, including a larger distribution footprint, new products and an additional local location in a highly-visible area.
Viewpoints: The best and worst of the 2020 Super Bowl ads
The Super Bowl commercials have grown into an event unto themselves. These are the ads I’d like to watch again and the ones I’m good never seeing again.
Handcuffed: State regulations hamper licensing of ex-offenders
In late 2014, Trista Pomella was charged with a misdemeanor cannabis possession offense in Tampa, Florida.
Pomella made her court...
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Innovations: UW-Milwaukee professors’ discovery could disrupt battery, computer markets
Two physics professors at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have discovered a new material with properties that could disrupt the...
Commentary: Am Fam makes an impact in Milwaukee
“How does American Family Field sound?”
That’s what I wrote in this space a year ago, commenting on the Milwaukee...
A ‘Beautiful Day’
The movie “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” recently played in theaters across the country. The movie calls up...
Jump Start: Pump Hero helps working mothers find places to pump
When Inge Plautz returned to the workforce as a new mother in 2017, she found herself in an uncomfortable...