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Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303 Madison – Today Governor Scott Walker issued the following statement on the resignation of Public Service Commission Commissioner Lauren Azar. Commissioner Azar is leaving the PSC to work as a Senior Advisor to Secretary Steven Chu at the United States Department of Energy. “The state of Wisconsin appreciates Commissioner Azar’s continued commitment to public service,” said...

Homes For Heroes® honors local community heroes and offers large discounts to them when buying or selling a home Madison, WI – May 23, 2011 – Local professional affiliates for Homes For Heroes and their many Friends of Homes For Heroes will be showing their appreciation to the many local heroes in our community including military personnel, police officers, firefighters,...

MADISON, Wis. (Monday, May 23, 2011) — Madison Children’s Museum will welcome The Roman Candle, a local kid-friendly restaurant, to its DeAtley Community Concourse on June 11. The museum will be the fourth location for The Roman Candle, which opened its first restaurant six years ago in the near-east side Williamson Street neighborhood. Since then, it has expanded to...

Contact: Andrew Reschovsky, (608) 263-0447, reschovsky@lafollette.wisc.edu MADISON - Despite a majority of Wisconsin school districts losing substantial amounts of state aid, most districts will be forced to reduce school property taxes under Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget, unless voters agree to raise revenue limits, a new University of Wisconsin-Madison study finds. "The combined impact of Governor Scott Walker's proposal to reduce...

CONTACT: Jennifer Kopach, (630) 792-1251, jrkopach@comcast.net MADISON - A team of middle-school students from Solon Middle School, Solon, Ohio, and a team of high-school students from Solon High School, also of Solon, Ohio, took top honors in the 2011 Science Olympiad National Tournament, held Saturday, May 21 on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. An after-school team activity, Science Olympiad is one...

CONTACT: Su-Chun Zhang (608) 265-2543, zhang@waisman.wisc.edu MADISON - Pity the lowly astrocyte, the most common cell in the human nervous system. Long considered to be little more than putty in the brain and spinal cord, the star-shaped astrocyte has found new respect among neuroscientists who have begun to recognize its many functions in the brain, not to mention its role in...

Contact: Nedra Darling (ASIA) 202-219-4152 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk will be joined by Office of the First Lady, Executive Director of Let’s Move! Initiative Robin Schepper, USDA Deputy Administrator for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Lisa Pino, IHS Director for Improving Patient Care Program Lyle A. Ignace M.D., M.P.H., and Menominee Tribal...

A group of 12 nationally and internationally known artists will gather at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point May 27-June 2 to create monoprints in support of the Department of Art and Design printmaking area. During “Monoprint 2011: A Gathering of Artists,” the 12 artists will create several 15 by 22-inch monoprints with the assistance of upper-level art students. Each artist...

CONTACTS: The Hoyt Organization Erik Hamilton, ehamilton@hoytorg.com Mike Besack, mbesack@hoytorg.com (310) 373-0103 As new CEO, Lee & Associates veteran Edward J. Indvik will help oversee the firm’s nationwide expansion LOS ANGELES — May 23, 2011 — In a clear signal of the firm’s ongoing nationwide expansion and evolutionary growth, Lee & Associates, one of the nation’s largest commercial brokerage firms, has named its first CEO...

Media Contact: Sada Kempf, Senior PR Associate (920) 232-2230 Sada.Kempf@cliftoncpa.com MILWAUKEE, Wis. (May 20, 2011) – Clifton Gunderson, ranked as one of the nation’s largest certified public accounting and consulting firms, today announced Stan Babicz has joined the Milwaukee office as a tax partner. Babicz has more than 25 years of public accounting experience. He specializes in tax services for corporations, partnerships and high...

Contact: Jen Pino-Gallagher Tel: 608-516-3257 Email: Communications@mitatrade.org MADISON, WI - Members of the Madison International Trade Association (MITA) this month elected three Madison-area professionals to the MITA board for a three-year term beginning September 2011. Elected were Daniela Branco, Ryan Knaack and Karen Nielsen. Daniela Branco is a native of Brazil and came to Madison with her family in...

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenna Kriviskey Sadler (414) 276-6237 MILWAUKEE – The Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) has awarded Zeppos & Associates, Incorporated 10 Paragon awards for outstanding work in 2010. Zeppos & Associates’ professionals were honored for their work in media relations, special events, public affairs, public relations tactics, marketing consumer products and services and...

CONTACT: Bill Malkasian, WRA President, (608) 345-9004, wem@wra.org or David Clark, Economist, C3 Statistical Solutions and Professor of Economics, Marquette University, (414) 803-6537, dclark@c3stats.com Madison – Not surprisingly, existing home sales fell significantly in April according to data just released by the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association (WRA). Sales of existing homes fell 32.3 percent in April compared to the same month last...