Author: Wisconsin Public Radio

Half of Wisconsin’s working women are considering quitting their current jobs, according to new research released on December 9 by Milwaukee-based Kane Communications Group. The number of dissatisfied working women in Wisconsin is at 60 percent for those working in retail, food service and hospitality industries, the research indicates. This is a contrast from McKinsey & Company’s national 2021 Women in the Workplace report that found 40 percent of working women are considering leaving their jobs. Kimberly Kane, president and CEO of Kane Communications Group, said the Wisconsin findings show employers in the state have a lot of work...

Wisconsin’s largest utility company plans to drop coal from its power mix by 2035, moving the state closer to carbon reduction goals. The company, which owns We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service, expects coal to make up less than 5 percent of its power mix by the end of the decade. “We’re well on our way to achieving some of the most aggressive goals in our industry for reducing carbon emissions,” said Gale Klappa, executive chair of WEC Energy Group. The company plans to make changes to its two coal-fired units at the Elm Road Generating Station that would...

Dr. Nwando Olayiwola finished medical school and a fellowship at Harvard University focused on minority health disparities, but it was not until she was pregnant with her second child that she confronted the inequities Black women often face. Olayiwola, who is the chief health equity officer at Humana, said her pregnancy was complicated and her concerns were often dismissed by doctors. “As a corporate health care executive and educated physician, that did not protect me from some of those disparities that existed during my pregnancy” Olayiwola said. “It underscores the importance of looking at what is structurally underneath some...