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Distrust of state government continues to rise in five-state region, public supports broad political reform agenda to make government more effective CHICAGO, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Midwesterners are calling for political reform amid a growing distrust of state government. Furthermore, they are looking for political candidates who understand that fixing how government works will be necessary in order to...

Many Landline Phones Function During Power Outages FORT WAYNE, Ind., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon technicians have made significant progress in restoring telephone service to customers affected by the historic flooding and severe storms that have wracked the Midwest over the last two weeks. Overall, Verizon's landline telecommunications network in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin has held up well...

WASHINGTON – Wisconsin Farm Bureau leaders were in Washington D.C., June 14-18, to lobby lawmakers on pressing issues facing agriculture and give first-hand accounts of flood damage.   “Our members did a great job of expressing the need for leadership when it comes to big issues like energy, trade and immigration policy,” said Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation president Bill Bruins. ...

More Than 240,000 Bottles of Water Donated to Support Displaced Citizens and Volunteer Relief Workers in Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin GREENWICH, Conn., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Nestle Waters North America has donated 244,344 half-liter and one-liter bottles of Nestle(R) Pure Life(R) and Ice Mountain(R) Natural Spring Water during the past week to citizens and disaster relief workers in flood-stricken...

MADISON, Wis., June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonic Foundry, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFO) , the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, will host a webinar featuring Dr. Russ Scaduto from Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Med-students: enthusiastic, ambitious, successful and adaptable, they're also expected to have an unprecedented amount of information at their fingertips. Dr. Russ Scaduto, Director of...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., June 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Flooding across the Midwest has devastated communities across several states. Among those hardest hit are farmers, who have lost homes, livestock and thousands of acres of farmland. "We haven't seen an event like this since 1993," said Bob Parkerson, President of National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS). "We want to reassure farmers that they...

New System Will Improve Safety and Health Care Quality for 2.5 Million Patients   Governor Jim Doyle announced today that Ministry Health Care will begin using an electronic health record (EHR) software suite developed by Marshfield Clinic - CattailsMD™ - for the majority of its hospitals and Ministry Medical Group, creating the largest patient database in Wisconsin.   “This is an important...

MADISON - University of Wisconsin-Madison nuclear engineering doctoral student Rachel Slaybaugh never dreamed she'd have the opportunity to chat with a Nobel Prize-winning physicist - much less several of them.Yet, from June 29 through July 4, Slaybaugh will join nearly 500 young researchers from around the world at a unique meeting in Lindau, Germany, that draws 25 Nobel laureates...

MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle announced today that individuals in Grant, Kenosha, Rock, and Sheboygan counties affected by the recent severe storms and floods that began on June 5, 2008 are eligible to apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). These four counties are in addition to 15 counties the Governor announced Disaster...

Reps. Baldwin & Ryan to Intro Free Workshop   Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) will introduce a free workshop for homeowners hoping to prevent foreclosure and minimize financial loss in the current economic climate.   The "Homeownership Preservation and Foreclosure Prevention Workshop" is free and open to the public on Monday, June 30th from 9 AM - 3 PM...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- The Badger State's unemployment rate for May fell to 4.2 percent, down 0.2 percentage points from the April rate of 4.4 percent and one-half of a percentage point lower than the rate in May of 2007, state Department of Workforce Development Secretary Roberta Gassman announced. By contrast, the national rate for May was 5.2,...

WisBusiness.com Wisconsin’s unemployment rate for May was 4.2 percent, down 0.2 percentage points from the April rate of 4.4 percent and one-half of a percentage point lower than the rate in May of 2007, state Department of Workforce Development Secretary Roberta Gassman announced. The national rate for May was 5.2, up 0.4 percentage points from April's 4.8 percent, and up...

WisBusiness.com The UW-Milwaukee Research Foundation and MPP Group LLC have announced the completion of a license agreement for a series of compounds that may be useful in the treatment and control of alcohol addiction. The family of compounds licensed by MPP Group LLC, a Wauwatosa-based biopharma company, appears to interact with certain neurotransmitters in the brain to block the...

WisBusiness.com Massachusetts, which just passed a $1-billion life sciences bill to invest in high-tech infrastructure and research and development over the next 10 years, is in the best position of any state to achieve high-quality economic growth thanks to its vast array of technology and science assets, a new Milken Institute study shows. Massachusetts ranks first in the Milken Institute’s...