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Contact: Thad Nation 414.412.7814 Governor Doyle requests $23 million in stimulus dollars for broadband in WI MILWAUKEE— Wired Wisconsin is calling on the Joint Finance Committee to approve Governor Doyle’s request to spend nearly $23 million in recovery act funds to expand broadband to 467 state schools and libraries in nearly 380 communities. Governor Doyle asked Monday for the Legislature’s budget...

MEDIA CONTACT: Mark Treichel Hoffman York 414.225.9554 mtreichel@hyc.com - Focus on Energy, in partnership with Wisconsin Public Service, offers bonus incentives to residential and business customers - Madison, Wis. (June 15, 2010) - Focus on Energy, Wisconsin's statewide program for energy efficiency and renewable energy, has partnered with Wisconsin Public Service to offer several new energy-efficiency and renewable energy programs for customers throughout the WPS...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 MADISON — The Department of Justice has filed an enforcement action in Dane County Circuit Court against ACT Distributing, Inc., which does business under the name “Kirby of Madison.” ACT Distributing, located at 2044 South Stoughton Road in Madison, is a distributor of Kirby vacuum cleaners produced...

CONTACT: Tia Nelson, Executive Secretary (608) 266-8369 MADISON – The Board of Commissioners of Public Lands approved a land exchange with Marinette County and a private landowner. While the Trust Lands being conveyed are isolated and only moderately productive, the property to be acquired by the Board in the exchange is heavily forested and will increase timber revenues...

Contact: Anita Clark 262-472-1193 clarka@uww.edu Christopher Veldkamp, assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, has published research in a top scientific journal that could lead to new cancer drugs. It is well known that primary cancer tumors are often...