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MADISON – Warning that the vitality and global competitiveness of Wisconsin and U.S. manufacturing is threatened, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) – the combined state chamber and manufacturers’ association – urged President Joe Biden to adopt policies that will lower the cost of energy and improve its reliability.  In a letter sent to the White...

Madison, WI (June 21, 2022) – Blaming gas station owners for high gas prices is ridiculous. Wisconsin's retail motor fuels market is one the most competitive marketplaces in the country. Retailers are required by state law to post their prices on big signs where a one penny difference can decide whether a retailer gets...

Today, County Executive Joe Parisi joined Alliant Energy and SunVest Solar executives to kick off the construction of a 90-acre solar project on county-owned land in the Town of Cottage Grove. Known as the Yahara Solar Project, construction of this project will achieve Dane County’s goal of using 100% renewable electricity at all county facilities.

MADISON, Wis. (June 21, 2022)— Summit Credit Union, a member-owned financial cooperative, is the top mortgage lender in the state of Wisconsin, according to data collected under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). For more than a decade, Summit Credit Union has been the #1 Mortgage Lender in Dane County. “We’re...

MILWAUKEE — The Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce is pleased to welcome MilliporeSigma as the organization’s newest gold member. MilliporeSigma has previously been a regular corporate member of the LGBT Chamber since early 2021.“We are honored that MilliporeSigma has decided to increase its partnership with the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber to become our newest gold member,” said Jason Rae, President...

Madison, Wisconsin. June 21, 2022.  Johnson Financial Group is pleased to announce that Sei Kidau has joined the company as Vice President, Community Mortgage Field Manager. As Vice President, Community Mortgage Field Manager, Kidau will be focused on growing and managing a team of community mortgage loan officers in the Madison, Janesville and Northeast...

MADISON, Wis. – In the Wisconsin Bankers Association’s biannual Economic Conditions Survey of Wisconsin bank CEOs, 71% of respondents rated Wisconsin’s current economic health as “excellent” or “good.” This marks a decline from the mid-year 2021 survey, when 91% of survey respondents gave “excellent” or “good” ratings. Nearly all (over 98%) of the Wisconsin bank CEOs who completed the most recent survey predict that the economy will stay the same or weaken...

CONTACT:  Patty Mayers, Communications Director 608.266.2300 or DORCommunications@wisconsin.gov MADISON— The Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR), in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA), and on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), distributed the second tranche payment of American Rescue Plan Act – State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (ARPA-SLFRF) to Wisconsin non-entitlement units (NEUs)...

MADISON— The Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR), in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA), and on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), distributed the second tranche payment of American Rescue Plan Act – State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (ARPA-SLFRF) to Wisconsin non-entitlement units (NEUs) of government today. A total of 1,824 Wisconsin NEUs are...

A spokesman for DATCP says the lack of new avian flu cases in Wisconsin over the past month is “definitely promising.”  The agency yesterday lifted a statewide order prohibiting movement of poultry to live events, as 30 days had passed since the last case of highly pathogenic avian influenza had been confirmed in the...

-- A spokesman for DATCP says the lack of new avian flu cases in Wisconsin over the past month is “definitely promising.”  The agency yesterday lifted a statewide order prohibiting movement of poultry to live events, as 30 days had passed since the last case of highly pathogenic avian influenza had been confirmed in...