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By Greg Bump WisBusiness.com Assembly Democrats want to expand a program that encourages banks to issue commercial loans. Dem Reps. Peter Barca, Andy Jorgensen and Ted Zigmunt led a press conference Tuesday to tout Assembly Bill 532, which bring to the rest of the state the Capital Access Program. The program has been available in Milwaukee since 1992. Listen to the press...

By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com Dissatisfied with Wisconsin's shrinking tourism budget, industry leaders are seeking ways to raise millions of dollars to better promote the Badger State's $13 billion travel industry. One way to do that, they say, might be to break the Department of Tourism off from state government and set up something modeled on the independent Wisconsin Milk...

DOJ CONTACT: Kevin St. John, 608-266-1221 DWD CONTACT: Dick Jones, 608-261-6705 SHEBOYGAN – Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen and Department of Workforce Development Secretary Roberta Gassman today announced the recovery of $36,000 in compensation that 15 former employees of Reliant Glass & Door Systems, LLC, lost when the Sheboygan firm filed for bankruptcy. “It is clear in Wisconsin that laws protecting the...

Contact: Jane Larson Office: (608) 224-5005 Cell: (608) 212-3094 MADISON—Start the new year right and join the Landscape Pesticide Advance Notice Registry before the February 1 deadline, urge officials with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. The pesticide advance notice registry is a way for homeowners and renters to receive...

For more information, contact: Michael Sproul, Bureau of Highway Operations (608) 266-8680, michael.sproul@dot.wi.gov Law affects log haulers and transporters of salt or abrasives for roads Wisconsin's frozen road law goes into effect in central and southwestern Wisconsin on Wednesday, January 6 at 12:01 a.m. in a region designated by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) as Zones 3 and 4 – roughly between...

CONTACT: Stephanie Marquis, (608) 266-1683 Exposure Ranks First Among Non-Smokers Noting that January is National Radon Action Month, state health officials today cited federal estimates that identify exposure to radon gas as the nation’s second leading cause of lung cancer and the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers. “Radon causes more lung cancer among non-smokers than even second-hand tobacco...

Contacts: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 MADISON – The fourth annual recognition of National Entrepreneurship Week (NEW) occurs February 20 through February 27, 2010. Sponsored by the National Consortium for Education Excellence, National Entrepreneurship Week is a celebration of American entrepreneurs and the educational programs currently preparing youth to develop a passion toward entrepreneurship as a viable career...

MADISON - Immigrants with legal questions about their immigration status can receive help through a free clinic staffed by Madison-area attorneys and students from the University of Wisconsin Law School. The Community Immigration Law Center, created by Madison-area attorneys and advocates for immigrants, offers twice-monthly walk-in clinics where people who might not otherwise have access to affordable help can receive...