Education & Workforce Development

The Wisconsin YES! youth business plan contest is accepting entries from students with science and technology ideas that want to use them to create business plans.

While Wisconsin voters endorse the idea of boosting take-home pay, they reject suggestions the state should increase sales taxes in order to eliminate the income tax.

The hiring outlook for the metropolitan Milwaukee market ranks second-best in the nation, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.

The Wisconsin YES! youth business plan contest is accepting entries from students with science and technology ideas that want to use them to create business plans.

Kathryn M. Buono has been named managing partner of the Milwaukee office of law firm Quarles & Brady LLP.

Stocks traded higher this morning with the news that U.S. employers added 175,000 jobs in February, above most predictions.

College Possible Milwaukee, a nonprofit organization that serves low-income high school students with college preparation resources, plans to expand its outreach into more area high schools thanks to a $700,000 grant from the Burke Foundation.

Discussion heated up at the standout afternoon panel at the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership's “Manufacturing Matters!” event on Thursday afternoon.

The Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, Inc. and UMOS will manage the “Transform Milwaukee Jobs Program” under Gov. Scott Walker's Transform Milwaukee initiative, according to an announcement made by the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families on Tuesday.

The push to expand the Cristo Rey Network to Milwaukee has gained momentum with a $2 million grant from The Burke Foundation.