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By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com Boosting jobs shouldn’t be a partisan issue in Wisconsin. That’s the word from Thomas Howatt, new chairman of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, the state’s largest business lobbying organization. Howatt, 60, is also president and CEO of Wausau Paper, which he has headed since 2000. According to state figures, Wisconsin has lost more than 163,000 jobs during the current...