Madison has been named the top Midwestern metropolitan area for tech jobs, according to a recent report. The rankings were compiled by CommercialCafe, a real estate listing service that frequently produces market analysis and other industry reports. His latest post ranked the 20 best metro areas for tech growth in the Midwest, placing Madison at the top based on nine different metrics. These include factors such as patents granted, unemployment rate, education level, and more. Among the cities included in the analysis, Madison had the highest ratio of tech jobs, with 70.6 for every 1,000 occupations in the area. The…
Author: Cecil Larson
Big plans for a $2 billion − with a “b” − theme park and resort in northeast Oklahoma sound like something out of Branson, Missouri.That's because the developer of American Heartland Theme Park and Resort, just west of Grand Lake near Vinita, Oklahoma, is a subsidiary of Branson-based Mansion Entertainment Group.The project, announced Wednesday by developers and state and local officials, will be built in phases starting with a large RV park with cabins opening in the spring of 2025, followed by a world-class theme park and resort opening in 2026. The location is about 170 miles northeast of Oklahoma…
Dominic Genetti, Staff writerNovember 30, 2023 Bally Sports could be a thing of the past in St. Louis. The sports affiliate could stop broadcasting Cardinals and Blues games after the 2024 baseball season. Chris Coduto/Getty Images The following year, sports fans of St. Louis could watch two of the city's most storied franchises play on another channel and another network. According to several reports, including St. Louis Business JournaThe parent company of Bally Sports Midwest — Diamond Sports Group — which broadcasts St. Louis baseball games. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis hockey games. Louis Blues, is reportedly set to close…
The cost of renting a home has steadily declined across the country since the highs of the pandemic, but the Midwest continues to see rising prices.Data from Realtor.com shows that the national median rent has fallen by about 2.3% over the past six months.But Midwest metros aren't seeing that decline. In fact, the region saw the fastest rent increases of any region over the past six months, according to the data. Realtor.com research analyst Hannah Jones said the rental affordability typically displayed by the Midwest has turned into a headache.”The Midwest tends to be more affordable, which increases demand,” Jones…
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSaveOne of the many whirlwinds of social media Wednesday morning centered on a series of tweets from Jonathan Weisman of the New York Times.In the tweets, which have since been deleted, Weisman was responding to Waleed Shahid of the Justice Democrats group, who shared a video clip of former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) saying “free stuff from government doesn't play well in the Midwest.” Shahid noted that Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) were both from the Midwest and both supported health care expansions that McCaskill opposed.“Saying @RashidaTlaib (D-Detroit) and @IlhanMN…
Photography-Illustration: The Cut; Photos: Getty,. Retailer You just never know where Kendall Jenner will show up: One minute, it could be sunbathing with her reggaeton boyfriend on a Miami rooftop after seeing Luis Miguel in New York? The next, he might swing by an Indiana Kroger to chat with the manager. That's how Jenner's routine has gone this week, thanks to what appears to be a major tour of the American Midwest to promote her troubled tequila brand, 818. So far, Jenner has squeezed in an impressive number of college-adjacent drinking spots on her mid-country adventure. It started, as few…
Flooding is driving millions of people from their homes, curtailing growth in some thriving communities and accelerating the decline of others, according to a new study detailing how climate change and floods transform where Americans live. In the first two decades of the 21st century, the threat of flooding convinced more than 7 million people to avoid dangerous areas or leave places that were dangerous, according to a paper Monday in the journal Nature Communications and research from the Risk Analysis Agency First Street Foundation. Climate change does bad hurricanes more intense and increasing the amount of rain that storms…
Listen to this article A Midwest company bought 215 Benefitfocus Way, the 145,800-square-foot building on Daniel Island for $61.5 million. CBRE arranged the sale of the Class A corporate headquarters office building, which Benefitfocus has a long-term lease, CBRE said in a press release. based in Chicago Zelleroffice owner and operator operating in the Southeast since 2017, purchased the four-story, single-tenant property from an undisclosed seller. The acquisition is part of a long-term commitment to invest in “growth-oriented markets with high-quality assets,” according to the statement. “Charleston's impressive demographics, especially employment growth and population growth, continue to attract new sources…
History links Release courtesy of the Great Midwest Athletic ConferenceLINCOLN, NE – The Great Midwest Athletic Conference has entered into a three-year exclusive partnership with Hudl to be its live streaming home. Through this partnership, the 14 G-MAC institutions will broadcast all of their games exclusively on Hudl TV. “As the Great Midwest Digital Network enters its seventh year, it is poised to make great strides in this exciting new partnership with Hudl,” said Tom Daeger, Great Midwest Commissioner. “Our network is a tremendous asset and we are grateful for Hudl's commitment to allow us to continue to…
Plans to merge Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health and St. Luke, Minnesota, took a step forward Monday, with an announcement that the nonprofits had signed a definitive agreement to collaborate. The tentative deal announced in July would give St. Luke's to join the larger, 17-hospital Aspirus. The definitive agreement was unanimously approved by the two organizations' boards of directors and outlines the terms for Aspirus' support in St. Luke's. These include investing at least $300 million in strategic St. Luke for eight years, implementing Epic and other standardized systems within two years, and expanding Aspirus Health Plan into the St. Louis…