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Contacts: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today announced that the City of Neenah Community Development Authority has received a $700,000 Blight Elimination and Brownfield Redevelopment (BEBR) grant from the Department...

Contact: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle announced today a series of events at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. Governor Doyle will join a delegation of leaders in Copenhagen from December 14-18, 2009, including California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Washington Governor Chris Gregoire, Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger, Quebec Premier Jean...

Media Contact: Nancy Craig (319) 786-4788 200-megawatt wind farm now online providing emissions-free energy to customers CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – December 11, 2009 – With construction completed, Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT), has initiated commercial operation of its first owned-and-operated wind farm in Iowa. The Whispering Willow Wind Farm-East in Franklin County,...

For more information, please contact: The Milwaukee Press Club Joette Richards, (262) 894-2224 milwaukeepressclub@gmail.com http://www.milwaukeepressclub.org MILWAUKEE, WI – December 2, 2009 The Milwaukee Press Club's next Newsmaker Luncheon will feature a discussion on the year ahead in Wisconsin politics. The featured Newsmakers will be Michael Tate, chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, and Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. The Newsmakers will...

Administrator: Joan Fischer, joan@joanfischer.com South Central Wisconsin businesses that need professional writing, editing, and other communications services—whether via freelance or traditional employment—now have a free resource at their fingertips: the Madison Writers Network (MWN). The 130-member group includes individuals experienced in everything from writing books, magazine articles, grant proposals, press releases, speeches and Web copy to editing, researching, and proofreading. To...

Wausau, Wis. -- Opening this month, the Maple Grove Hospital in Minnesota features a distinctive, copper-colored exterior with custom, "Maple Green" accents. Painted by Linetec to withstand the demanding Northern climate, metal canopies, column covers and panels were manufactured by Quality Metalcrafts and installed by Armetex, Inc., both Minnesota-based companies. BWBR designed the new health care facility guided by...

Contact: Keith Reopelle, Senior Policy Director, 608.251.7020 ext. 11, 608.212.2935 (cell) Madison, Wis – Keith Reopelle, Senior Policy Director at Clean Wisconsin, the state’s largest environmental advocacy organization, released the following statement today regarding this afternoon’s release of a draft bill (LRB 3883/1) designed to implement the recommendations of the Global Warming Task...

By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness Former state Insurance Commissioner Jo Musser is convinced that data from a new group called the Wisconsin Health Information Organization will improve medical care and save money. How many dollars it might save is unknown, acknowledges Musser, who served from 1993 to 1999 under former Gov. Tommy Thompson. “But we do know there is...

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