Viewpoints

Americans have a choice to make. A choice that's going to determine our country's future.

The vestiges of a high-speed rail project that was rejected by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker continue to play out in the state, as the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee rejected a Wisconsin Transportation Department request for $2.5 million in bonding for design costs for a passenger rail maintenance facility in Milwaukee.

After nearly 50 years as head of styling, Willie G. Davidson will retire from Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Inc. on April 30.

Milwaukee-based workplace quality organization ASQ has partnered with Washington, DC-based manufacturing improvement organization The Manufacturing Institute to address the national manufacturing skills gap.

Lisa Johnson, the Madison entrepreneur who is vice president of innovation for the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., had a front row seat at a recent gathering of angel investors from across the United States and beyond.

In a Milwaukee Biz Blog last week, we told you that the U.S. economic recovery is picking up steam.

Dane County Judge Richard Niess today granted the Government Accountability Board (GAB) more time to finish its review of recall petitions against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, setting the stage for primary elections on May 8 and general elections on June 5.

Die by the monthly job numbers, live by the monthly job numbers. Last week new monthly job numbers were out for January and the results looked better than they have for months for Wisconsin workers. According to the latest numbers, Wisconsin employed in the private sector an estimated 15,700 people more than it had the previous month. Unemployment has dropped to 6.9 percent, the lowest since December 2008.

As the debate on the mining bill raged, we all heard the hyper political language about the environmental harm that would result from any iron ore mine. It was very difficult for me to sit back and watch. I was ever hopeful that calmer heads would prevail considering the $1.5 billion investment and the thousands of resulting jobs that the state could have welcomed while the environment is protected.

We are in the midst of change. Change that is dominated by the certainty of demographics and by the manner in which our economy – and those of others – is transitioning.