The state is now projected to have nearly $1.7 billion in extra revenue to assemble the next two-year budget.

Green Bay, Wis.-based Associated Banc-Corp. is consolidating its Chicago operations into one larger office in the West Loop from four other buildings in the market.

Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. Inc. announced its 2012 financial results, which include a record dividend payout to policy owners expected to exceed $5 billion in 2013. The company paid $4.97 billion in dividends last year.

Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Inc. today reported that its fourth quarter motorcycle sales increased 7.5 percent worldwide during the fourth quarter of 2012.

Menomonee Falls-based Kohl’s Department Stores today announced it will donate more than $4 million over five years to Penfield Children’s Center.

Milwaukee-based Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. today announced that Jon Langenfeld has been promoted to head of global equities with overall responsibility for Baird’s equity research, sales and trading operations.

Hundreds of job cuts stemming largely from the pending loss of two major federal contracts will begin soon at Monona-based WPS Health Insurance.

The president has held up the Keystone XL Pipeline for far too long. This week, the Governor of Nebraska dismantled the last possible obstruction to this project that would spur the creation of thousands of jobs and improve our nation’s energy security. It is time for the President to put politics aside and place our national interest first.

The Waukesha-Ozaukee-Washington Workforce Development Board hosted a job fair Friday for workers displaced when the Golden Guernsey dairy processing facility in Waukesha closed suddenly this month.

Waukesha-based crane manufacturer Superior Crane Corp. is preparing to ship two 320,000 pound cranes to a major steel mill in Arkansas.

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. has promoted two employees to senior executive positions.

Many manufacturers struggle to maintain their competitive positions in regional and global markets that are changing faster than ever.