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The City of Milwaukee implemented its Milwaukee Shines program in 2009 to promote both solar manufacturing and installation while working to lower the costs. It piggybacks on the existing Milwaukee Energy Efficiency, or Me², program.

At first glance, it would seem counterintuitive to think that Milwaukee, in the midst of a cold Wisconsin winter, would be a national hotspot for solar energy.

Stress can cause massive physical changes in the body. When we perceive a threat, the body floods with stress hormones and our adrenalin accelerates the body's ability to respond rapidly. Heart rate and breathing increase, muscles tense and we sweat more as the body goes into "fight or flight" mode to deal with the perceived danger.

As the Affordable Care Act is implemented, employers' vested stakes in the health and well-being of their employees will be greater than ever.

Many businesses in the U.S. are challenged with trying to figure out how to deal with, and how they will be affected by, federal health care reform.

Michael Wiggins Jr., tribal chairman of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, says his tribe “will do whatever it takes” as a sovereign nation to stop a proposed iron mine near its reservation, including taking the case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

A lthough a high-speed rail line that was proposed for Wisconsin is instead being built across the state of Illinois just south of the border, some Wisconsin manufacturers ultimately may benefit from the expansion of high-speed rail across the nation anyway, according to a new report by the Environmental Law & Policy Center (ELPC).

Several apartment developments have either been completed recently, are under construction or are in the planning stages in downtown Milwaukee, the East Side and the Historic Third Ward.

When business partners Dave Sachse and Justin Webb head to the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas, on Friday, March 8, they'll be following in the footsteps of some of the most successful startup companies to date – including social media platforms Foursquare and Twitter.

History is littered with the bodies of those who could not agree about what was said vs. what was meant.