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Contact: Jane Larson, (608) 224-5005 MADISON – Just over 140,000 acres in Wisconsin have been recommended to become part of the Agricultural Enterprise Area program, where connecting blocks of mainly agricultural land are targeted for agricultural preservation and agricultural development by local communities. Seven petitions were submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection. Following an evaluation, five...

For Information contact: Kathleen Kienitz AVP/Marketing & Banker Relations 608-243-1945 kkienitz@gsb.org Madison, Wis. — The Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin- Madison is pleased to announce the addition of two new sessions of its immensely popular Bank Technology Management School. GSB is now accepting applications for these dates: * October 16-21, 2011 * April 22-27, 2012 The inaugural session of this school, which was...

Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303 MADISON—Governor Scott Walker announced today that Racine County has received a $1.5 million loan from the Community Development Block Grant–Economic Development program of the Department of Commerce (Commerce). Racine County will lend the funds to American Metal Technologies, LLC, Pulaski, for the purchase of new equipment. “We’re pleased with the decision by American Metal Technologies, LLC,...

CONTACT: John Zumbrunnen, zumbrunnen@wisc.edu MADISON - Popular sovereignty - the idea that ultimate political authority rests with the people - is today widely accepted as the basis for legitimate democratic government. Still, key questions remain, say political scientists. What does popular sovereignty look like - free elections? Protests in the streets? A conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will...