May U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $191.93 million a report issued Wednesday by the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI) and AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology says. This total, as reported by companies participating in the ...
MILWAUKEE – Wisconsin’s “right to work” effort signed into law by Governor Scott Walker in 2015 was upheld by a federal appeals court July 13, 2017. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal reports: MADISON – A federal appeals court on Wednesday ...
HARRISBURG, IL – Writer Dwyer Gunn takes a sobering look at the once-thriving mining towns in Southern Illinois – now desperate for an economic revival that may never arrive. Fracking has yet to begin in ...
SCHAUMBURG – “HELP WANTED” That’s a sign manufacturers nationwide are displaying everywhere – on the web, in their local papers, in their yards. But not just any kind of help – manufacturers want skilled help. ...
The Girl Scouts want to see more women in STEM careers. The organization announced this week it is adding 23 new badges related to science, technology, engineering, math and the outdoors. Girl Scouts can now ...
Walmart announced Wednesday morning its plans to invest in policies they believe it would take to begin to move manufacturing back into America – reflecting the Trump Administration’s efforts to bring jobs and industry back ...
Investors.com’s Stephen Moore wrote Wednesday on the fiscal crisis going on in Illinois … The media has hyper-obsessed over the Kansas tax hike this year and has sold this as a repudiation of “supply side economics.” ...
The State Journal Register is reporting that a Kansas company has filed Illinois’ first request to drill since fracking was signed into law four years ago. Woolsey Companies Inc, based in Wichita, Kansas, is seeking permission to ...
TMA Education Foundation presented McHenry High Schools a grant check totaling $25,000. The grant fulfilled the schools’ request for funds to purchase two refurbished Monarch 10EE lathes. The check was presented by Nicole Wolter, President ...
A new study commissioned by the city of Seattle – well-known for its progressive politics and pushing mandates on employers – shows that hiking the minimum wage requirement to $13 per hour hurts low income ...