Illinois and the federal government have approved an environmental impact statement for the high-speed rail line under construction between Chicago and St. Louis.

The Milwaukee Brewers are encouraging fans to take part in the “Design A YOUniform” contest beginning Friday morning.

America's high-speed rail program is experiencing the best of times. Congress has appropriated more than $10 billion for the effort in the past three years. Thirty-two states and the District of Columbia are advancing numerous projects. And about 62 percent of Americans say they would use high-speed rail service between U.S. metro areas, according to the American Public Transportation Association.

Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. has announced Jason Aldean as the first big headliner scheduled for Summerfest 2013.

AT&T Inc. announced Wednesday it has turned on its 4G LTE network in the Milwaukee market, bringing customers the latest generation of wireless network technology.

The new 127-room Hilton Garden Inn hotel in downtown Milwaukee opened Tuesday.

For the 10th annual BizTimes Commercial Real Estate & Development Conference, held recently at Potawatomi Bingo Casino, BizTimes conducted an experiment.

Milwaukee-based The Boerke Company Inc. announced that it has added three additional brokers: Rand Wolf, formerly a senior vice president and industrial broker for CBRE; Kristian Sydow, formerly vice president of retail brokerage for Grubb & Ellis|Apex Commercial and Nathan Powers, former retail broker for Grubb & Ellis|Apex Commercial.

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