WisBusiness: Ag groups relieved to avoid property tax changes
By Brian Clark
For WisBusiness.com
The state's agriculture interests are generally satisified with the $62 billion state budget signed into law this week, especially considering some of the proposals that were included in the bill and then removed.
Wisconsin Farm Bureau spokesman Casey Langan said farmers dodged a bullet on a proposed “11th-hour” change that would have greatly increased property taxes for...
Wis. Farm Bureau: Retail food prices decrease in second quarter of 2009
Contact: Casey Langan 608-828-5711
Link: Market Basket
MADISON – Wisconsin’s second quarter 2009 retail food prices fell just over 4-percent from the first quarter of 2009.
The Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s ‘Market Basket’ quarterly survey found the average cost of 20 basic food items totaled $53.40 in the second quarter of 2009. That is a $2.45 decrease from the survey’s average price...
AG Van Hollen: Joins in crackdown on scammers trying to take advantage of the economic downturn
For More Information Contact:
Bill Cosh 608/266-1221
New Public Education Video Helps Consumers Steer Clear of Business Opportunity Fraud
MADISON - Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen joined with the Federal Trade Commission and other state law enforcement agencies in announcing a crackdown on scammers trying to take advantage of the economic downturn to bilk vulnerable...
