Federal transportation bill means $719M for Wis.
Wisconsin – 7/5/2012 The new highway bill that Congress approved this week preserves funding flexibility for transit systems in Green Bay and Appleton, and provides Wisconsin $1.4 billion in funding over the next two years. The bill passed Friday in a rare show of bipartisanship. It passed in the House by a vote of 373-52, and in the Senate by a 74-19 vote… Sort Order 21 ID 6985
Epic expansion: Verona company’s project will add buildings, employees
Verona – 7/5/2012 Epic Systems Corp. is rapidly expanding again with a hiring surge and another building boom on its sprawling Verona campus and plans are shaping up for even more growth. The privately held electronic medical records company is increasingly seen as the dominant force in its industry, racking up $1.2 billion in revenue last year double its $603 million revenue in 2008 and a growing number of client hospitals and clinics, including its first contract in the United Kingdom….Epic expected to hire more than 300 employees in June, part of a total 1,000 workers to be added this year. That would bring employment to 6,000 by the end of the year. As of mid-June, Epic had 5,400 employees, up from 4,200 a year ago…”We just have a lot going on right now,” Dickmann said, in what could be considered an understatement. Sort Order 11 ID 6983
Marquette Law School and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel announce conference to examine regions 
future – Milwaukees Future in the Chicago Megacity
Wisconsin – 7/5/2012 Major business, political and civic leaders will come together to discuss Milwaukees economic future as part of the tri-state region at a conference sponsored by the Lubar Fund for Public Policy Research at Marquette University Law School and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Milwaukees Future in the Chicago Megacity will take place Tuesday, July 17, at Marquette Law Schools Eckstein Hall, 1215 W. Michigan Street, from 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. The conference will feature Tom Barrett, mayor of Milwaukee; Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Board president; Paul Jadin, CEO and Secretary, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation; Jeff Joerres, chairman and CEO of Manpower; Gale Klappa, CEO and president of Wisconsin Energy Corp. and We Energies; Julia Taylor, president of the Greater Milwaukee Committee; John Gurda, author of The Making of Milwaukee; Richard Longworth, senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs…The event is open to the public. Cost is $20 and includes lunch. Seating is limited; register by July 9. Sort Order 11 ID 6973
OPINION: Open Wisconsin Retirement System to private sector workers
Wisconsin – 7/4/2012 All workers deserve financial security in their retirement years. Wisconsin should use the Wisconsin Retirement System as a model and expand the WRS to cover workers in the private sector to ensure that all Wisconsin workers public and private will have financial security. Wisconsin could be the first state in the nation to provide a defined benefit pension plan with guaranteed fixed payments for life to all retired workers…. Sort Order 55 ID 6979
Sun Prairie police: More than $15,000 in equipment stolen from construction site
Madison Area – 7/5/2012 Sun Prairie police are seeking information after more than $15,000 in equipment was stolen from a construction site overnight Sunday. A collection of batteries and multi-conductor cabling was stolen from the Costco construction site at 2850 Hoepker Road, Sun Prairie police Lt. Brian Teasdale said. Items stolen include two 12-volt batteries from a water truck, one coiled multi-conductor electrical wire from a Grout Hog, five 24-volt batteries from Tralee concrete smoothers, five 40-foot sections of multi-conductor cabling from Multiquip and Wacker light towers and two 30-foot sections of multi-conductor cabling from Somero laser levelers… Sort Order 66 ID 6980
TDS Team Cos. debuts new Fitchburg data center
Fitchburg – 7/1/2012 TDS’ Team Cos. showed off its new Fitchburg data center to news media and business representatives this week. The 15,000-square-foot structure doubles the space available at the high-security facility at 5515 Nobel Drive and cost about $15 million to build. Tri-North Builders was the general contractor. To enter, visitors are required to go past a security guard and biometric iris scanners. Their movements are under video surveillance. Also monitored are the power supply, along with the heating and cooling and fiber-optic systems… Sort Order 73 ID 6986
Hotel management company moves to Madison area
Madison – IDM Group has relocated its corporate headquarters from Fort Atkinson to the Madison area. The company, founded in 1999, specializes in the development, acquisition and management of boutique hotels around the Midwest. The new headquarters office is at 6000 Gisholt Drive, Suite 203, near South Towne Mall… Sort Order 77 ID 6990
Census shows state lost 6,700 businesses from 2007-2010
Wisconsin – 7/5/2012 New U.S. Census Bureau data shows Wisconsin lost 6,700 companies from 2007 to 2010. The loss amounts to about 163,000 jobs. The biggest declines during the recession years came in construction, which was down about 24 percent, and manufacturing, down nearly 16 percent. While most industries in Wisconsin lost companies and employees, some managed to grow, including health care and the social assistance sectors…. Sort Order 78 ID 6987
US manufacturing shrinks for first time in 3 years
National – 7/2/2012 U.S. manufacturing shrank in June for the first time in nearly three years, adding to signs that economic growth is weakening. Production and exports declined, and the number of new orders plunged, according to a monthly report released Monday by the Institute for Supply Management…. Sort Order 82 ID 6982
In Milwaukee, dairy moves downtown
Milwaukee – 7/4/2012 At La Merenda, the cheese made at the state’s newest cheese plant is used as a filling for ravioli. The INdustri Caf uses the soft, young cheese, known as quark, in crab rangoons. For Smyth restaurant in the Iron Horse Hotel, the cheese is used as a pizza topping. But instead of coming from a cheese plant nestled in the hills of southwest Wisconsin or on a rural road in some other part of the state, this cheese is made just blo
Milwaukee manufacturer plans expansioncks from the restaurants located south of this city’s downtown…. Sort Order 102 ID 6984
Milwaukee – Hellermann Tyton Corp., a Milwaukee injection molder of engineered nylon fasteners, plans to buy a building on the city’s northwest side, and expand its operations at that location. The company, now at 7930 N. Faulkner Road, plans to buy and renovate a 92,300-square-foot building at 6701-6711 W. Good Hope Road and add production equipment, according to information filed with the Milwaukee Economic Development Corp… Sort Order 107 ID 6999
Wisconsin Business Resources – (Got Moo-La) New link!
Wisconsin – The mother-load of information resources for starting and funding a Wisconsin Business. A special thanks to Carl Rainey for compiling this data. Updated weekly!… Sort Order 201 ID 3821
