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The Recovery Act at One Year One year in, the Recovery Act is at work across the country creating jobs and driving economic growth. >From major highway projects to green retrofits of military facilities and manufacturing of advanced batteries, more than 55,000 projects across the country have now been funded through the Recovery Act. To get an up...

Contact: Sandra Kallio, 608-890-3558 sandra.kallio@uwex.edu Wisconsin Idea Forum Focuses UW Resources on State’s Toughest Challenges MADISON, Wis. – The Sustainable Communities Public Policy Forum to be held March 25-26 at UW-Fox Valley’s LEED-certified Communication Arts Center in Menasha will offer an opportunity for community and business leaders, labor leaders and union members, elected officials, citizen activists and others to connect with sustainability...

Media Contact Michelle Rothmeyer Senior Public Relations Specialist TMA+Peritus 715.849.4200 mrothmeyer@tmaperitus.com Healthy Grown® Wisconsin Potatoes Priced Equivalent to Other Wisconsin Potatoes Antigo, WI -- The eco-friendly Healthy Grown® Wisconsin potato label announces its quality potatoes will, effective immediately, be priced at the same current market prices of other Wisconsin potatoes. “The recession, increasing rates of childhood obesity, REAP Farm to School initiatives — there are plenty...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 Be on the Lookout for Fake Check Scams MADISON – Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is warning Wisconsin consumers to be on the lookout for “fake check” scams. “New scams are being developed every day and often seek to take advantage of an individual’s trust and good will,” said...

What will implementing Governor Doyle’s Global Warming Task Force recommendations mean to Wisconsin’s economy? It is perhaps the hottest issue in Madison today. Just this week, we’ve seen articles in the BizTimes -- Clean Energy Act would kill Wisconsin jobs -- and the Journal Sentinel -- Debate over Clean Energy Jobs Act centers on prices -- debating...

CONTACT Nick Sayers (608) 283-7577 nsayers@boardmanlawfirm.com Boardman Law Firm announced that Andrew Hebl has joined the firm as an associate. Andrew will work with the firm's insurance litigation team. "We are excited to add Andrew to our trial team," comments Boardman litigation attorney Claude Covelli. "He's smart, personable, and a hard worker--a great combination." Andrew received his J.D. from Michigan State University in...

University Relations and Communications, 715-346-3046, Fax 715-346-2042, http://www.uwsp.edu/news A congressional panel has tapped a University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point scientist to share his experiences in the kind of “high-risk, high-reward” research that leaders in Washington and Madison alike are eyeing as key to jump-starting the nation’s economy. Professor Michael Zach will discuss his groundbreaking work in nanotechnology at a briefing co-hosted...

Website delivers "Hot advertising from a menu" If an advertising campaign worked great for a local business in Peoria, Illinois, why couldn't it also work for a similar, but non-competing business in Albuquerque, New Mexico? That's the premise of the Ad Diner (http://www.AdDiner.com), a new web-based company that takes existing ads and customizes them for local businesses anywhere in the...

For more information, contact: Michael Sproul, WisDOT Bureau of Highway Operations (608) 266-8680, michael.sproul@dot.wi.gov Plows clear more highway in a single pass A new type of snowplow is making its debut in Wisconsin. In an effort to maximize snowplowing capabilities, two counties, Eau Claire and Marquette, will be experimenting with “TowPlows.” The plows are pulled as trailers by regular snowplows and...

Contact info: Cheri Dubiel Buckner cbuckner@communityshares.com 608-256-1066 MADISON, Wis. — AFP Greater Madison Chapter is proud to announce a new slate of board members for 2010. The new board draws on the diverse array of fundraising professionals in the community. “The new board possesses amazing leadership in our fundraising community,” stated incoming board chair, Cheri Dubiel Buckner, “and I am so proud to...