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By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com The U.S. economy has improved since a year ago when it was on the “brink of financial collapse, but it’s still not on solid ground yet,” U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, said Tuesday at a seminar on boosting exports from Wisconsin. “Economic growth depends in part on increasing exports,” she told operators of small and...

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...