Tom Still

Amid pandemic and other troubles, parts of tech economy surging

In most presidential election years, the marketplace for initial public offerings closes...

Statewide tech growth challenges Madison’s tech franchise

For the better part of three decades starting in the 1980s, Madison...

COVID-19 crisis throws into focus the problems of rural broadband

In Kenya, a Google-related company called Loon is working with an East...

Three companies give prominent face to COVID-19 testing partnership in Wisconsin

Much of the news about the COVID-19 pandemic has been trending somewhere...

Pushing the boundaries of the ‘Endless Frontier’ in science

Vannevar Bush is a giant of American science and technology whose name...

Collapse of foreign student rule may bring more market sense to immigration

Some people would be tempted to blame pointy headed campus intellectuals for...

Safe reopening of schools good for students, communities, and the economy

An enduring strength of the American education system is local control. While...

Sense of urgency evident in WEDC report on COVID-19 economic recovery

Missy Hughes, the secretary of Wisconsin’s leading economic development agency, doesn’t need...

Thompson’s history of backing research good fit for UW System

He may be in the seat for only a year or so,...

Old ‘chickens’ come home to roost in unequal Midwest economy

The criminal charging of police officers in connection with the separate deaths...