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Contact: Zach Lowe & Katie Rowley - (202) 224-5323 Calls on FCC to Use Its Influence to Help Wisconsinites Unable to Watch Wisconsin-Related Programming Such as Green Bay Packers Football Games Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is continuing his effort to make it easier for residents living in northern and western Wisconsin to receive Wisconsin-related television programming, including in-state...

Contact: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Rail Project to Create 5,500 Jobs over Next 2.5 Years WATERTOWN – Governor Jim Doyle and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced $46.5 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds for work to continue on the state’s high-speed rail program. Wisconsin Transportation Secretary Frank Busalacchi, Watertown Mayor Ron Krueger and...

Media Contact: Kathy Kiedrowski, Marketing Senior Associate (608) 662-8600 Kathy.Kiedrowski@cliftoncpa.com MIDDLETON, Wis. (July 29, 2010) – Clifton Gunderson, ranked as one of the nation’s largest certified public accounting and consulting firms, today announced the addition of Austin P. Burby to the Middleton office of Clifton Gunderson. Burby joined Clifton Gunderson as a tax associate. His area of specialization includes tax return preparation for...

Contact: Zach Lowe & Katie Rowley - (202) 224-5323 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold released the following statement after Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s visit to Watertown, Wisconsin today to sign an agreement providing $46.5 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds for the high-speed rail program that will connect Chicago to Madison via Milwaukee. “I want to thank...

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CONTACT: Valeria Davis, 608-890-3079, vadavis2@wisc.edu MADISON - The largest group ever to complete the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) will graduate into their senior year of high school Friday, July 30, at the Madison Marriott West in Middleton. The 180 members of the PEOPLE high school program Class of 2011 are wrapping up...

Dane County Parks will again play host to the 7th Annual Sugar Maple Traditional Music Festival at Lake Farm County Park on August 6th and 7th. Presented by the Four Lakes Traditional Music Collective, the Festival is a two-day outdoor festival in Madison that celebrates traditional music and dance through performances, educational workshops, and interactive jam sessions. This...

CONTACT: Craig Thompson, Transportation Development Association (TDA) Executive Director (608) 256-7044; Craig.Thompson@tdawisconsin.org Daniel J. Fedderly, Wisconsin County Highway Association (WCHA) Executive Director (715) 505-9242; hwype@wwt.net More counties set to vote on advisory referendum next month MADISON – A grassroots campaign to safeguard money in the state transportation fund continues to gain momentum across the state. In the past few weeks,...

Contact: Joshua Morby 414.791.9120 Study examines cost of biofuel tax credits while disregarding benefits MILWAUKEE – A new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the cost to taxpayers of biofuel tax credits – including the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) – is deeply flawed, failing to take into account any of the economic benefits of biofuel production or...

Wisconsin tourism is on a pace this year to grow roughly 7 percent over 2009, but still won’t be back to 2008 levels until next year. That’s the word from Kelli Trumble, secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, who calls the “uptick” in travel in the Badger State a positive trend. She said it is unrealistic to think that tourists...