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PRESS CONTACT: Chris Thorne 202.545.4000 cthorne@growthenergy.org Growth Energy: Maintain the Tariff on Foreign-Subsidized Ethanol WASHINGTON, DC – A University of Missouri study shows that Wisconsin would suffer significant job losses and a severe decline in economic activity if the tariff on foreign-subsidized ethanol is allowed to lapse at the end of the year. The University of Missouri analysis found that Wisconsin would see...

MADISON - Former astronaut Harrison Schmitt, one of the last people to walk on the moon, will present a forceful case for manned space exploration in a talk at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Monday, April 19. The talk comes several months after the Obama administration proposed to cancel the Constellation Program, which was developing hardware and systems...

MILWAUKEE – University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM) alumna Raquel Rutledge has won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for local reporting for a series of articles she wrote for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel revealing fraud in Wisconsin’s child-care subsidy program. Rutledge’s series, “Cashing In on Kids,” exposed mismanagement of the state’s taxpayer-subsidized child-care system that left it vulnerable to fraud and criminal activity....

Cudahy, Wis. – Jared Pelski, a sales and marketing veteran with experience across multiple business segments, has joined Pantheon BC as a senior adviser. Pelski will advise Pantheon BC clients on strategies to generate more revenue via improved sales planning and processes. In addition to providing sales and negotiation skills training, he counsels about pricing products and services to match...

CONTACT: John Dipko, Communications Director, 608-266-6753 On the Web: http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/newsreleases/2010/100415_march_jobs_unemployment_rates.pdf Wisconsin adding manufacturing jobs, further signaling economic recovery MADISON – Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman announced today that Wisconsin added manufacturing jobs in March on a seasonally adjusted basis, further evidence of a slow, but steady economic recovery. Current employment statistics show a gain of 2,500 manufacturing jobs in...

Contact: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle announced today the appointment of Aaron Olver as the Secretary of the Department of Commerce, effective Monday, April 19, 2010. Olver, the department’s current Deputy Secretary, has been an integral part of the agency’s management team since 2003. “Aaron Olver has been a key leader at the...

CONTACT: John Valley, valley@geology.wisc.edu, (608) 263-5659; Noriko Kita, noriko@geology.wisc.edu, (608) 262-7118 or (608) 265-9528 MADISON - Researchers in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Geoscience are making a plea for anyone finding pieces of the meteorite that blazed through the skies of southern Wisconsin last night (Thursday April 14) to bring them to the department for possible analysis. It is...

University Relations and Communications, 715-346-3046, Fax 715-346-2042, http://www.uwsp.edu/news Groundbreaking for a sustainable new facility for the Military Science program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will be part of the campus’ Earth Day festivities on Thursday, April 22. The groundbreaking will be held at 10 a.m. at the north side of the Health Enhancement Center (on the practice football field). Speaking...

MADISON - The University of Wisconsin-Madison has received athletics recertification from the NCAA for another 10 years. In preparation for recertification, UW-Madison conducted a self-study assessment to evaluate athletics in key areas: governance and commitment to rules compliance, academic integrity, and gender/diversity and student-athlete well-being. "This is a significant accomplishment, and one in which we take pride," says Chancellor Biddy Martin....

Contact: Carrie Hermanson (608) 758-6565 ext. 350 Janesville -- The secrets of CSI: Crime Scence Investigation, one of the most popular TV shows in the world, will be revealed by stars David Berman and Jon Wellner at UW-Rock County on Saturday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. This event will be held in the Kirk Denmark Theatre on the campus at...

CONTACT: Kelly Edwards Phone: 715-340-1264 E-mail: kelly.edwards@wi.usda.gov The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development and the Kuehn Dairy Farm, in Egg Harbor, Wis, will be holding a community Earth Day Celebration on April 22. The celebration will feature a brief history of Earth Day; a presentation on alternative energy and alternative energy sources, how they work and benefit...

MADISON, WISCONSIN (4/15/2010) – Wisconsinmade.com, an e-commerce gourmet food and gift store, is pleased to announce that Old Man Charleys of Oshkosh, Wisconsin now offers his six varieties of gourmet brat sauce on Wisconsinmade.com . Wisconsinmade.com carefully selects only the finest-quality products made in Wisconsin and offers them for sale on the Internet. Previously, the Old Man Charley sauces...

Contact: Keith Reopelle, Senior Policy Director, 608.251.7020 ext. 11, 608.212.2935 (cell) Full Assembly, Senate now have One Week to Pass Bill Madison, Wis. – The Assembly Committee on the Clean Energy Jobs Act held an executive session in the Capitol today, where they voted 6-3 to pass the Clean Energy Jobs Act. “The Clean Energy Jobs Act...

By WisBusiness staff Backers of the “Clean Energy Jobs Act” hailed a revised bill unveiled Tuesday as a positive step to move the state toward energy independence. But critics complained the legislation still largely resembles the unacceptable original plan. The new version of the bill drops low-carbon fuel requirements, California vehicle emission standards and a boiler inspection and efficiency requirement...