Hospitality open to increasing minimum wage, but not now

The Wisconsin Restaurant Association chief says now is not the time to raise wages in restaurants.  Association President and CEO Kristine Hillmer was a panelist on the latest WisBusiness.com virtual luncheon “Hospitality industry stirs after year of COVID.” Yesterday’s lunch

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VC experts advocate for state investment fund

Talent retention should be the state’s main focus in its effort to create a Wisconsin fund of funds, according to a panel of venture capital and investment experts. MadREP President and CEO Jason Fields, Rep. Mike Kuglitsch, eCourt Reporters Founder

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Men’s Leadership Summit panel on fatherhood

Not long ago, we made an exciting announcement: The first-ever Men’s Leadership Summit will take place April 14-15, and you can register now, and Registration is free! Another big announcement: Wisconsin Badgers and NFL veteran Brandon Williams will moderate the panel titled

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Dem Party donations help Underly outraise Kerr nearly 16-1

Jill Underly outraised state superintendent rival Deb Kerr nearly 16-to-1 in the latest reporting period, thanks largely to the state Dem Party pumping almost $743,000 into her campaign. Underly, the Pecatonica superintendent, reported $1.1 million raised compared to the $71,466

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Marquette University: Faculty experts available for Easter stories

Contact: Kevin Conway, Associate Director of University Communications, (414) 288-4745 – office, (414) 202-9329 – mobile, kevin.m.conway@marquette.edu This release is also available online. MILWAUKEE — With Holy Week upon us and Easter Sunday on April 3, Marquette University has faculty experts and resources available for media stories. Holy Week Rev. Ryan

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How campus R&D fuels Wisconsin economy Tech Council webinar

The chancellors of Wisconsin’s two largest public research universities and a venture capitalist whose firm and partners focus on campus-based innovation will take part in a 10 a.m. Thursday, April 1 webinar produced by the Wisconsin Technology Council. The webinar is the latest in the Tech Council Innovation Network’s continuing webinar series,

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Cocktails-to-go should have come a year ago, Tavern League says

— The hospitality industry notched a win with Gov. Tony Evers signing a bill allowing restaurants, bars and brewpubs to sell cocktails-to-go after bipartisan passage in the Legislature. During a WisBusiness.com event ahead of Friday’s action, Tavern League of Wisconsin President Chris Marsicano, a supper club owner from Delavan, urged

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Hospitality open to increasing minimum wage, but not now

The Wisconsin Restaurant Association chief says now is not the time to raise wages in restaurants.  Association President and CEO Kristine Hillmer was a panelist on the latest WisBusiness.com virtual luncheon “Hospitality industry stirs after year of COVID.” Yesterday’s lunch hour event featured Wisconsin’s eatery and alehouse leaders a year

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VC experts advocate for state investment fund

Talent retention should be the state’s main focus in its effort to create a Wisconsin fund of funds, according to a panel of venture capital and investment experts. MadREP President and CEO Jason Fields, Rep. Mike Kuglitsch, eCourt Reporters Founder Karen Renee and WEDC Deputy Secretary Sam Rikkers joined the

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Men’s Leadership Summit panel on fatherhood

Not long ago, we made an exciting announcement: The first-ever Men’s Leadership Summit will take place April 14-15, and you can register now, and Registration is free! Another big announcement: Wisconsin Badgers and NFL veteran Brandon Williams will moderate the panel titled “Fatherhood through COVID and Racial Strife” at the Men’s Leadership

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Dem Party donations help Underly outraise Kerr nearly 16-1

Jill Underly outraised state superintendent rival Deb Kerr nearly 16-to-1 in the latest reporting period, thanks largely to the state Dem Party pumping almost $743,000 into her campaign. Underly, the Pecatonica superintendent, reported $1.1 million raised compared to the $71,466 pulled in by Kerr, the former Brown Deer superintendent, a

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TUE AM Update: Dem Party donations help Underly outraise Kerr nearly 16-1

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Climate Reality Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — Jill Underly outraised state superintendent rival Deb Kerr nearly 16-to-1 in the latest reporting period, thanks largely to the state Dem Party pumping almost $743,000 into her campaign. Underly, the Pecatonica superintendent, reported $1.1 million raised compared

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American Federation for Children ad labels Underly a hypocrite

A new American Federation for Children Action Fund digital ad labels state superintendent candidate Jill Underly a hypocrite for calling herself a public schools advocate while sending her kids to private school. The group added the $40,000 digital buy last week. That upped its investment in the race to $106,500,

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