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Website To Launch This Weekend on National Survivors of Suicide Day MILWAUKEE, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Suicide hurts. According to the Center for Disease Control, there are approximately 30,000 suicides annually in the United States. It is estimated that for every suicide, there are approximately six Survivors of Suicide, the loved ones who are left behind. This weekend, Survivors of...

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A spokesman for the Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED) said the Midwestern Governors Association (MGA) should continue to keep energy security and economic growth as basic tenets of its efforts to create a Midwest Climate Stewardship Platform. Scott Wiseman, CEED Midwestern Regional Vice President, said discussions at the energy summit that focused on...

MADISON – The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) will hold public hearings on Tuesday, November 27 in Madison, Green Bay and Wausau on Wisconsin Public Service Corporation’s (WPSC) request to adjust its electric rates by 3.6 percent. In December 2006, the Commission set 2007-2008 electric and natural gas rates for WPSC customers. The utility is now asking for an electric rate increase...

Proposal places priority on safety improvements for the freeway system Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Secretary Frank Busalacchitoday announced the state's plan for rebuilding the I-94 North-Southcorridor in Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee counties.  "The state Legislature gave strong support to this project by providing $245million in the current budget," said Busalacchi.  "This plan keeps theprocess moving forward for work...

Hotline, local counselors and network of lenders team up to help homeowners in trouble Madison – The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, Housing Resources, Inc of Milwaukee, NeighborWorks® America and the City of Milwaukee announced a new initiative aimed at preventing foreclosures in the City today. WHEDA Executive Director Antonio Riley was joined by Mayor Tom Barrett and John Santner...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – By the year 2050, there will be 1 million electronic sensors for every person on earth – collecting data for reasons we now can’t possibly conceive. And while 2050 is a long ways off, how we live and how the world does business will change many times because of advances in...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP) today announced it is expanding the services it offers to help Wisconsin manufacturers bridge language and cultural gaps with Hispanic-speaking workers.   “World class manufacturing strategies require the full participation of employees, from the production floor to the executive suite,” said Mike Klonsinski, WMEP’s executive director.  “Given the demographics of today’s workers,...

(Milwaukee/WI)  Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle led Midwestern states in reducing the threat of global warming and promoting a new energy economy when he signed an historic multi-state accord Thursday.     Doyle joined governors of other Midwest states in a pact to cut global warming pollution by 25% by 2025.  The agreement, signed at a meeting of the Midwest Governors Association...

Also Establish Regional Goals and Initiatives to Achieve Energy Security and Promote Renewable Energy   MILWAUKEE – Ten Midwestern leaders – Governor Jim Doyle of Wisconsin, Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois, Governor Mitch Daniels of Indiana, Governor Chester J. Culver of Iowa, Governor Jennifer Granholm of Michigan, Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas, Governor Ted Strickland of...

GREENDALE, Wis., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The editors of Reminisce magazine have released a three-set DVD tribute to the 1940s, a time of patriotism and heroism lauded in books and TV documentaries as one of America's greatest. "The 1940s" is a unique multimedia time capsule with exclusive video clips, photos and storytelling in the words of the people who...