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How States Lure the Big Fish
1 Mar 2022
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Governors Greg Abbott of Texas and Laura Kelly of Kansas are covered extensively in this issue as the winners of the 2021 Governors’ Cups — the former for total qualified capital investment projects last year and the latter for total per capita projects. The governors of the other ranking states in these facilities races also deserve recognition. All governors are their states’ main salesmen and women when it comes to landing the transformative projects that add billions of dollars to their economies and create hundreds or thousands of jobs.
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Global trade venture will help Wisconsin companies connect to markets in Germany, Austria in May
Mar 1 2022The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) is inviting Wisconsin companies to explore exporting opportunities during an in-person global trade venture to Germany and Austria from May 14-21. Registration for the venture closes March 11.
The trade venture will include visits to Munich, Linz and Vienna, with each city offer...

Hudson Physicians expects to break ground in May on a 12,500-square-foot facility in New Richmond.
The New Richmond Medical Center will host six primary care doctors, rotate four specialty physicians and see about 200 patients a day.
The new Hudson Medical Center is set to open in January...

Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor saw firsthand on Monday, Feb. 28, how University of Wisconsin-Stout is doing its part to help ease the state’s labor shortage.
Mandela Barnes visited the university’s Spring Career Conference, which got underway Monday. More than 340 employers from across the state and U.S. were recruiting students...