Business Procurement Assistance Center: Training offered to help Wisconsin businesses with government contracting
CONTACT: Al Cooper (608) 243-4697
Is your business aware of all the opportunities that Wisconsin government procurement has to offer?
Madison Area Technical College is hosting a seminar to help area businesses learn how to compete effectively for contracts, and to sell their products/services to the State government.
“Selling to the State of Wisconsin” will be held in the morning from 9:00...
Gov. Walker: Commends Senator Hopper and Representative Tauchen for introducing venture capital legislation
Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303
MADISON—Governor Scott Walker issued the following statement on Senator Hopper and Representative Tauchen’s announcement that they would be bringing forward venture capital legislation.
“I commend Senator Hopper and Representative Tauchen for working on another important jobs bill with venture capital legislation,” said Governor Walker. “For too long venture capital has been lacking in our...
MMAC: Governor signs bill into law blocking sick leave mandates
Today, the MMAC was pleased to host Gov. Scott Walker as he signed into law a bill blocking local sick leave mandates.
Senate Bill 23, which received bi-partisan support in the state Assembly and was passed with a unanimous vote in the state Senate, creates a uniform statewide standard of benefits for family and medical leave. Significantly, the bill pre-empts...
WisBusiness: MATC head sees ‘perfect storm’ of rising enrollment, cuts in aid
By Kay Nolan
For WisBusiness.com
Milwaukee Area Technical College president Michael Burke deplored an anticipated 30 percent cut in state aid as part of Gov. Scott Walker's proposed state budget, telling a business group it comes at a time when enrollment has increased 16 percent and community interest is high in the tech school programs.
Burke, who took the helm of MATC...
