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Contact: Brian Taffora             Vice President of Government Relations and Operations, Wisconsin Business Council             Office: (608) 252-9245, Mobile: (262) 689-3538             Taffora@wibusiness.org Wisconsin Business Council applauds bipartisan support to reallocate financing and provide flexibility in funding economic development projects MADISON – Thanks to timely action by the Legislature Thursday, state businesses will soon be able to take full advantage of $238 million in low-cost...

CONTACT: Scott Gehlbach, 608-263-2391, gehlbach@polisci.wisc.edu MADISON - A new study reconsiders and ultimately rejects a well-publicized claim that mass privatization of state enterprises caused a drastic increase in premature deaths after the fall of communism in ex-Soviet countries. The new research, carried out by social scientists at the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, shows that...

Don’t miss the Sunday, Jan. 31, 5 p.m. deadline to enter the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. It’s the nation’s first statewide, tech-based business plan competition and the Grand Prize is worth $50,000 in cash and services. Last year’s winner, Bonnie Reinke of Eso-Technologies, has since raised $1 million in private equity for her company. Since 2004, winners and finalists...

CONTACT: Sarah Orr, 608-890-2454, sorr@wisc.edu MADISON - University of Wisconsin Law School students will help Dane County homeowners facing foreclosure take their cases through a mediation process with their lenders. Beginning in February, Dane County Circuit Court will require lenders to tell homeowners they have an option to mediate their foreclosure cases and notify them of available resources, including a clinic...