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WASHINGTON -- Vice President Biden today announced 94 Recovery Act investments in broadband projects that will create jobs and expand economic opportunities within 37 states. To see a list of projects impacting Wisconsin click HERE http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/20100818_Broadband_Awards.pdf These investments in high-speed Internet infrastructure will help bridge the technological divide in communities that are being left in the 20th century economy and...

Contact: Patrick Stevens, WBA General Counsel, (608) 242-5151 ext. 22, pstevens@wisbuild.org Annie Rubens, WBA Director of Communications, (608) 242-5151 ext. 19, arubens@wisbuild.org (MADISON-August 18, 2010) In a major victory for affordable housing, sound science and more sensible regulations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to withdraw a key portion of new storm water management regulations for builders and developers...

Contact: Dan Cunningham, Forward Janesville (608) 757-3160 (JANESVILLE, Wis.)—A coalition of businesses, citizens and elected officials in South-central Wisconsin today is commending Gov. Jim Doyle’s decision to convene a meeting of the Transportation Projects Commission (TPC) this fall to consider the expansion of Interstate 39/90 between Beloit and Madison. “This project is critical for economic development, safety and mobility not only for...

MILWAUKEE – The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Research Foundation (UWMRF) announced $475,000 in Catalyst Grants to fund research on a range of topics, from testing new drug therapies for cancer to developing innovative materials for energy. The grants are made possible by support from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and the Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation. The Catalyst Grant Program...

For more information contact: Attorney David Halbrooks – 414-840-0228 Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Charles Kahn ruled today that the procedures used by the City of Milwaukee in licensing matters violates the due process rights of license holders. This decision came during the judicial review hearing of the city’s non-renewal of the tavern license of a popular Walker’s Point nightclub,...

CONTACT: Judi Murphy, Vice President, Strategic Alliances ActionCOACH of Elm Grove P: 262-790-1213 F: 262-790-1516 E: JudiMurphy@actioncoach.com W: http://www.actioncoach.com Demand for executive coaching services prompts the world’s leading business coaching organization to offer executive coaching. Elm Grove, Wisconsin, August 19, 2010 – In the past few years there has been a paradigm shift in the way people think about executive coaching. Making use of executive coaching...

Contact: Zach Lowe & Katie Rowley – (202) 224-5323 More Than $38 Million Will Help Improve Access to Broadband Internet Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is praising today’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Commerce that Wisconsin will receive more than $38 million in Broadband Technology Opportunities Program grants funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), also...

Madison, WI (August 18, 2010) Quincy Bioscience announces the launch of the Quincy Animal Health division. Based on the success of the company’s patented jellyfish protein apoaequorin in human trials, Quincy Bioscience has begun product development for canine cognitive health. Mark Underwood the company’s president explains the expansion into animal health was a logical step for Quincy Bioscience, “The...