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MADISON - We've all heard it. Many of us in fact believe it. Girls just aren't as good at math as boys. But is it true? After sifting through mountains of data - including SAT results and math scores from 7 million students who were tested in accordance with the No Child Left Behind Act - a team of scientists...

New On Demand Option Gives REALTORS® Greater Flexibility on Mandatory Continuing Education Madison –The WRA is pleased to have been awarded top online education feature from the National Association of REALTORS® for its new Distance Learning on Demand product. This innovative program allows REALTORS® to take their mandatory 12 hours of continuing education anytime, anywhere simply using a Web browser...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – When Kevin Conroy took over as head of Third Wave Technologies in December of 2005, its shares were selling for around $3 and the company was struggling as it sought to develop more than a dozen products. To Conroy, a lawyer who had formerly worked for GE and joined Third Wave as general...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- The state's Global Warming Task Force has overwhelmingly endorsed a list of recommendations that would significantly reduce the state's carbon dioxide emissions. With three dissents, the 30-plus member group sent the report on to the Public Service Commission for review. It will then go to the governor, who may put some of the suggestions...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com SUN PRAIRIE - The state's Global Warming Task Force today overwhelmingly endorsed a list of recommendations that would significantly reduce the state's carbon dioxide (C02) emissions. With three dissents, the 30-plus member group sent the report on to the Public Service Commission for review. It will then go to the governor, who may put...

WisBusiness.com: A report by the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute says the state's minimum markup law is adding $278 million a year to price consumers pay for gasoline. The study, by Christian Schneider, says the markup has jumped by 400 percent in the past decade. It says state motorists currently pay 30.2 cents per gallon as a result of the minimum...

Mandatory Gas Markup Has Increased 400% in Last Decade While politicians scramble to offer motorists gas price relief this summer, government may actually be contributing to consumers’ pain at the pump, according to a new study by the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute. In “Wisconsin’s Minimum Markup Law: Government Mandated Pain at the Pump,” author Christian Schneider demonstrates how...

Wisconsin’s 8th Biennial Bicycle and Pedestrian Conference will focus on walking and bicycling as viable transportation options and how transportation professionals and others can be a force for creating this change in communities across the state. The two-day conference, to be held in Eau Claire, August 13-14, will feature workshops and discussions for planners and others involved in...

MADISON – Today, Governor Jim Doyle’s Task Force on Global Warming announced it has finalized its report on addressing global warming in Wisconsin. The 29-member Task Force, comprised of environmental, agricultural, industry, citizen, tribal and utility leaders will now forward the report on to Governor Doyle for consideration. “By working together the Task Force has developed an aggressive...