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Press Club extends deadline for ‘Milwaukee Made’ contest
The Milwaukee Press Club will continue to accept nominations through Friday for a contest it is holding in honor of the City of Milwaukee’s 169th birthday party.
Hupy and Abraham expands focus on nursing home malpractice cases
With two new attorneys onboard, Milwaukee-based personal injury law firm Hupy and Abraham, S.C. aims to bolster its litigation and nursing home and abuse cases practice area.
BizTracker: MMAC economic dashboard picks up speed
Business activity indicators in the metro area posted strong results in November as 19 of 22 available indicators registered improvement over year-ago levels, according to the latest monthly report by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC).
City receives redevelopment proposals for Bronzeville sites
City of Milwaukee officials are reviewing two redevelopment proposals for the former Garfield School property at 2215 N. Fourth Ave. and for the former America’s Black Holocaust Museum property southwest of Fourth and North avenues, next to the former Garfield School.
Survey finds widespread business optimism for 2015
Newtek Business Services Corp., with a portfolio of more than 100,000 business accounts, has announced the findings of its Small Business Authority Market Sentiment Survey, indicating the vast majority of small business owners across the nation are more optimistic than pessimistic about the U.S. economy in 2015.
Hall will return to lead WEDC
Reed Hall will be reappointed by Gov. Scott Walker as secretary and chief executive officer of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.
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STEVENS POINT – MSTC Stevens Point campus dean to retire March 13
As a student at D.C. Everest High School, Steve Smith told his guidance counselor he wanted to be a truck driver. When the counselor insisted he should attend college, Smith responded that he would as long as it wasn’t to become a teacher.
MADISON – Bill would force persistently low-performing public schools to be made into charters
Persistently low-performing public schools would be turned into charter schools and state funding would be cut off for problem private schools, under school accountability legislation introduced Wednesday.
Milwaukee Biz Blog: A better way to fund municipal roads
The League of Wisconsin Municipalities is proposing a better way to fund local roads in the state.
A better way to fund municipal roads
Partnership is the key to economic success. Wisconsin's villages and cities invite the Wisconsin Legislature to become partners in the state's prosperity. Instead of debating whether and how the state can or should limit local government authority, the League of Wisconsin Municipalities is proposing a partnership focusing on the future.
