Business
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Madison paddling shop owner says he’ll sell rather than close Rutabaga
Madison’s Rutabaga Paddlesports will not be closing after all, though owner Darren Bush still plans to transition to a new career as a hospice chaplain.
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Gold price fluctuations are challenging Wisconsin jewelers, shoppers in new ways
Jewelers in the state also say they are in a holding pattern of “wait and see” with tariffs.
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Trump’s H-1B fee raises legal questions, lacks payment clarity, Wisconsin attorney says
A Wisconsin immigration attorney Grant Sovern says the Trump administration’s fee for H-1B visas lacks clarity on how to pay and raises legal questions.
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Microsoft scraps plans for Caledonia data center site, working to find an alternate location
Microsoft will not move forward with a data center development in a Racine County community and will look to find a new site for the project.
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Wisconsin lawmakers, regulators clash over PFAS protections in GOP bills
Republican lawmakers say their bills to address PFAS would offer financial aid and protect innocent landowners from footing the bill for contamination they didn’t cause. But state regulators argue the proposals would still let polluters off the hook.
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Wisconsin lawmakers and hemp producers both want regulations on THC products. They disagree on how.
A new bill in the state legislature would ban hemp-derived THC products in Wisconsin. Producers say it would destroy their businesses.
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From electrification to automation: How small Wisconsin businesses can best utilize AI
“If I were in 1928 explaining to a carpenter how electricity was going to make his tools more powerful and that it was also going to light his dinner table, it would have been very difficult for him to wrap his head around what that meant. It’s the same thing with artificial intelligence,” Ed Volke,…
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No more pennies at Kwik Trip as company adopts new ‘cash rounding’ policy
Kwik Trip announced it will no longer accept pennies months after the U.S. Department of Treasury announced it would end penny production.Â
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Wisconsin moves to bring PFAS limits in line with contested federal standards
Environmental advocates are urging state regulators to bring Wisconsin’s PFAS standards in line with federal drinking water standards for the chemicals despite an ongoing legal challenge.
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DNR names paper companies responsible for PFAS contamination in a Wisconsin county
The current and former owners of a Rhinelander paper mill are responsible for widespread PFAS contamination in the northern Wisconsin town of Stella, state environmental regulators said in new letters obtained by WPR.










