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Manitowoc, Wisconsin, U.S.A. – Burger Boat Company is pleased to announce that CHICAGO’S LEADING LADY, a 98’ steel passenger vessel for Chicago’s First Lady Cruises, Chicago, IL, has been nominated for a WorkBoat magazine Significant Boats of 2011 Award. The winners will be announced during the 6th Annual Shipyard Day Awards Ceremony on November 30, 2011 at the International...

November 16, 2011 For Immediate Release Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303 Madison—Today Governor Walker signed AB 179 in Green Bay. The Governor called for the legislation in his special session. It allows municipalities to work together to create Tax Incremental Financing Districts across jurisdictions. The bill passed the Senate and the Assembly with unanimous votes. “This legislation will...

Press RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1:00PM CDT, November 16th, 2011 CONTACT: TOM EGGERT ...

Press Contact Jennifer Hacker Olsen 952.548.3389 jolsen@wipfli.com www.wipfli.com Milwaukee, Wisconsin (November 16, 2011) — Wipfli is proud to offer a new webinar series focused on sales and use tax for controllers,...

Contact: Sheena Lindahl Telephone: (800) 930-8021 x703 Cell Phone: (917) 569-2996 Email: sheena@iempact.com Contact: Zach Vruwink Cell Phone: (715) 204-9299 Email: zach@gozaxx.com Young Entrepreneurs, Aged 30 and Under, Named to Empact100 List to be Honored at the White House WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WIS. (November 15, 2011) – Zach Vruwink of ZAXX Technology Specialists based...

November 17, 2011 For Immediate Release Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303 Madison—Today Governor Walker delivered the weekly radio address that is titled “Saving Taxpayers & Protecting Schools”. Transcript below: Hi this is Scott Walker. Earlier this year a 60 year old custodian sent me a note about his property taxes. He wrote about how his taxes were skyrocketing and how he...

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release – November 17, 2011 Contact: Amalia Piehl Address: 13040 W. Lisbon Road Brookfield, WI 53005 Phone: (262) 781-4100 Fax: (262) 781-6300 E-mail: amalia.piehl@jpcullen.com Janesville, Wis. — On December 1, 2011 at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, in Madison, WI, J. P. Cullen & Sons, Inc. (Cullen) along with the City of Whitewater, Whitewater Community Development Authority, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and Eppstein Uhen Architects will...

CONTACT: John Dipko, Communications Director, 608-266-6753 On the Web: http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/news.htm On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WIWorkforce On Twitter: http://twitter.com/WIWorkforce MADISON – Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Reggie Newson announced today preliminary state jobs and unemployment data for the month of October 2011. “Wisconsin’s unemployment rate decreased over the month and our state’s labor market has improved over the course of this year, but the decline in...

By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com Rep. Mark Honadel, R-South Milwaukee and head of the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities, says he plans to introduce legislation next spring that would repeal Wisconsin’s moratorium on development of new nuclear power plants. No new nuclear plants have been built in Wisconsin in more than 35 years. Wisconsin law requires that a federal nuclear...

Below is an excerpt from the most recent edition of WisBusiness Tuesday Trends. The full version of this weekly look at the state of Wisconsin business is now available for free to anyone who signs up for the Tuesday Trends mailing list. The full product includes several items in each of the rising, mixed and falling categories plus a...

By Jason Smathers WisBusiness.com The head of a Senate committee on mining says he wants a mining bill finished before the current legislative session ends next year. Committee chair Neal Kedzie, R-Elkhorn, said he hoped that the rest of the process would include collaboration with the rest of the Legislature. He would not put a timeline on the committee's work, other than...