Education & Workforce Development

The minimum retirement age for public employees would increase by two years under a bill proposed by a state lawmaker who said the change would reflect increasing life spans and later retirement ages in general while possibly strengthening the pension system.

Alto-Shaam, Inc., a foodservice equipment manufacturer in Menomonee Falls, plans to add up to 110 jobs at its newly expanded facility. There are currently 300 workers at the plant.

Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Reggie Newson today announced two Special Response federal grants of $25,000 each to assist more than 400 workers displaced by business closings in Burlington and Pleasant Prairie.

If you reflect back on your career, you likely remember people who shared their knowledge and experience making a very real difference in decisions you’ve made both great and small.

Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity, Inc. plans to build 15 new homes in the Washington Park neighborhood beginning this spring.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker applauded the bipartisan passage of legislation to support workforce development in the state Tuesday.

If you reflect back on your career, you likely remember people who shared their knowledge and experience making a very real difference in decisions you’ve made both great and small.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has appointed Amanda Braun athletic director.

“Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.” – Japanese Proverb

A new graduate degree program at Marquette University is preparing its students for a long-term career in health care information technology, an area of the health care industry seeing significant change as hospitals and providers work to improve outdated systems and embrace electronic medical records.