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Contact: Jessica Burda, (608) 443-1952 Endorsed Candidates are Committed to Growing and Retaining Jobs in the Region Madison – The Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce (GMCC) announced today their candidate endorsements for Madison Common Council. With more than 1,600 member businesses in the Madison region, a GMCC endorsement is a powerful validation to a candidate’s knowledge on business and enlightened economic...

Contact: Amy Gores, Marketing Director Email: agores@murphydesmond.com Direct Dial: 608.268.5582 Madison, WI – Attorney Margery M. Tibbetts has joined the Janesville law office of Murphy Desmond S.C. in the firm’s Litigation and Labor & Employment practice groups. Tibbetts has practiced law for 20 years, primarily in civil litigation matters including commercial litigation, insurance defense, construction issues, personal injury, workers compensation,...

Contact: Cheryl Van Tessier, PR Specialist 608-467-4408, ctessier@finessepr.net Darin Tessier, Marketing Manager 608-210-2701, darin.tessier@mastergraphics.com MADISON, Wis. — MasterGraphics, design process experts and leading Midwest supplier of design data solutions for the manufacturing, building and civil engineering industries, has pledged to donate a total of $14,000 at six area student competitions. The scholarship donations, which are made possible through the assistance of Autodesk, include: ...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton is giving the opening address at the 2009 Governor’s Conference on Economic Development at 8:30 a.m. today at the Monona Terrace Convention & Community Center. Also scheduled to speak today: state economist Dennis Winters, Commerce Secretary Richard Leinenkugel and Jerold Franke, vice chair of the board of directors of Forward Wisconsin See...

Contact: Christel Henke, 414-332-2933 chenke@hansondodge.com ASQ Survey: Career Not on Radar for Kids or Parents Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 26, 2009 – When it comes to kids’ dream jobs, engineering has its own problem to solve. An overwhelming 85% of kids* say that they are not interested in a future engineering career for a variety of reasons, according to recent...

CONTACT: Troy Runge, 920-721-4869, troy.runge@kcc.com MADISON - Troy Runge, research director at Kimberly-Clark Corp., has been named director of the Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative (WBI), a public-private partnership in bioenergy research, outreach, training and economic development based in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Runge's position is supported by a gift to WBI from...