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Effort will Build on Recommendations of Landmark Institute of Medicine Report Contact: Ed Taylor, Dir. Of Marketing & Communications, Edgewood College 608-663-2333 Madison, Wis. (Dec. 1, 2010) - Key health and community leaders gathered this week to begin advancing recommendations aimed at transforming the nursing profession—and much of the health care system—to improve the quality of care throughout the region....

For more information, please contact: The Milwaukee Press Club Joette Richards, (262) 894-2224 milwaukeepressclub@gmail.com http://www.milwaukeepressclub.org MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Press Club, Wisconsin Black Media Association (WBMA) and Diederich College of Communication will co-host a reception to welcome and honor the National Association of Black Journalists at Marquette University (NABJ-MU), on Tuesday, December 7. The event will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the...

Contact: Nancy Giere, (414)315.9809, nancy@nancy.giere.com or Teresa Smith, (608)266-9600 MADISON - The Statewide Energy Efficiency and Renewable Administration (SEERA) will release a request for proposal (RFP) for the Wisconsin Focus on Energy Program Administrator on December 9, 2010. SEERA intends to use the results of this solicitation to award a contract for the period of April, 2011 through...

Contacts: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Project to create 21 jobs MADISON—Governor Jim Doyle today announced that U.S. Aluminum, Inc., Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, will receive $35,000 in tax credits from the Economic Development Tax Credit Program from the...

Popularity of firm’s web-based medical transcription software puts Emdat on track for 11th consecutive year of revenue gains Fitchburg, WI (Dec. 1, 2010) – Emdat Inc., a leading provider of web-based medical transcription software, announced today it has moved its Fitchburg, Wis., headquarters in order to accommodate the company’s robust growth over the past several years. The 11-year-old company, whose...

Contacts: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 MADISON—Governor Jim Doyle today announced that 7 Rivers Alliance, Inc., a regional economic development partnership comprised of La Crosse, Trempealeau, Jackson, Monroe, Vernon and Juneau Counties, as well as parts of...

Contacts: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 MADISON—Governor Jim Doyle today announced that the City of Princeton, Green Lake County, will receive a $137,000 Blight Elimination and Brownfield Redevelopment (BEBR) grant from the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to...

Contact: Alison Nolan, (414) 266-5420 or (866) 416-1511 ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Caroline Letiecq, Communications Manager caroline.letiecq@quarles.com (602)...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 GREEN BAY – Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announces that his office on behalf of the State of Wisconsin along with the United States Department of Justice, has filed a Second Proposed Consent Decree along with an Amended...

DE PERE, WI: The mission each year is clear: Learn how to run a business and raise money for charity. That’s what Discoveries International is all about. The non-profit store is operated by St. Norbert College international business majors dedicated to importing products primarily from developing nations. Proceeds received from the sale of these goods are reinvested in developing...

CONTACT: Madhav Chitturi, 608-890-2439, mchitturi@wisc.edu MADISON - University of Wisconsin-Madison transportation-safety engineers are testing a system on a northern Wisconsin highway that could help reduce crashes at rural intersections across the country. While a vast system of limited-access interstate highways connects major cities around the United States, an even greater number of back roads and county and state highways enables drivers...

Across northern Wisconsin, many of the state's Christmas tree growers struggle to protect their trees from an insect pest known as the white grub, which lurks in the soil, feeds on tree roots and destroys the crop. The grub is the industry's Grinch, causing persistent damage on as many as 30 percent of the state's 1,100 tree farms. It...