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The unique tax-related webinars provide in-depth, industry-specific information and education Press Contact Jennifer Hacker Olsen 952.548.3389 jolsen@wipfli.com http://www.wipfli.com Milwaukee, Wisconsin (August 2, 2012) — Due to the high demand for sales and use tax information pertinent to manufacturing companies, Wipfli LLP (“Wipfli”) is offering a unique webinar series focused on sales and use taxes for Wisconsin manufacturers. Wipfli’s Sales and Use Tax for Wisconsin...

MILWAUKEE – John M. Murphy, shareholder in Reinhart's Real Estate Practice, was accepted as an American College of Mortgage Attorneys (ACMA) Fellow. According to the ACMA, its Fellows are regarded as the "best of the best in the mortgage law industry." To be considered for membership, a qualified lawyer must be nominated by an ACMA Fellow and must meet...

Contact: Jason A. Smith, communications director Jody Clowes, exhibitions manager / 608-265-2517 MADISON—About Seeing, an art exhibition that explores the fascinating differences in how we see, opens on August 31, 2012, at the Wisconsin Academy's James Watrous Gallery on the 3rd floor of Overture Center for the Arts in Madison. Exhibition details and related events are as follows: ...

Contacts: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303 George Althoff, DFI Communications Director, (608) 261-4504 David Mancl, Director, Office of Financial Literacy (608) 261-9540 Madison—Governor Scott Walker announced today $250,000 in grants awarded to enhance the level of personal finance education in 24 Wisconsin school districts. The recipients of the funding were selected by the Governor’s Council on Financial Literacy out of a field of...

MEDIA CONTACT: Magda Peck, 414.227.3128. mpeck@uwm.edu. The women’s health provisions in the Affordable Care Act that went into effect Aug. 1 will help keep women healthier at every stage of life, says Magda Peck, dean of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health. Peck was one of 15 national experts on women’s health who served on...

Media Contact: George Papakis, papakis@uwm.edu (Email is the best way to reach him to arrange an interview) UWM course looks at Olympics’ aftermath in cities What happens to the East End of London when the stadium lights go off and the crowds return home after the London Olympics? Will Britain’s hopes for revitalizing the area be realized? Those and other issues...

Curt Neuhauser, Project manager (608) 242-8038, curt.neuhauser@dot.wi.gov Beltline frontage road set for partial closure Business access will remain open Damon Road, the frontage road on the north side of the Beltline, will be closed from the Fish Hatchery Road/Emil Street intersection to the Perkins Restaurant beginning Monday (Aug. 6). The closure is expected...

Curt Neuhauser, Project Manager, (608) 245-2676 Neuhauser.curt@dot.wi.gov. Verona Road/County PD intersection work begins Monday Improvements to the Verona Road (US 18/151) and County PD (McKee Road) intersection, Fitchburg, will begin Monday (Aug. 6). Additional left turn lanes will be constructed at the County PD approaches to Verona Road to improve safety...

Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch congratulated finalists from the 2012 Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan Contest Wednesday night, noting that small businesses are vital drivers of the U.S. and Wisconsin economies. "You are our future," Kleefisch told an audience of more than 50 contest finalists and sponsors who gathered at the Executive Residence in Maple Bluff. The reception capped a contest season...