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Madison – Mayor Dave Cieslewicz praised today’s unanimous State Senate vote in favor of legislation clarifying the property tax status of low-income housing projects (SB 403). The legislation now moves to the State Assembly for consideration.   “This has been a difficult issue to resolve, but thanks to a great deal of hard work and compromise from all sides, we are...

MADISON--Each year, the Governor recognizes Wisconsin firms and organizations that have achieved extraordinary results in international markets or have contributed to Wisconsin's ability to compete globally. Nomination deadline is April 11, 2008. The 2008 awards will be presented on May 13, 2008 at the 44th annual Wisconsin International Trade Conference in Milwaukee.   “During Governor Jim Doyle’s tenure, Wisconsin’s exports have...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com If movie-making takes off on the country’s “Third Coast” - as Wisconsin's promoters like to call this state - Scott Robbe says Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton should get a big pat on the back. Robbe, executive director of Film Wisconsin, said Lawton’s “leadership in building our state’s creative economy overall has been impressive, especially with the...

*************************** DISCOUNT TICKETS FOR FEB. 11 ENERGY EVENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THURSDAY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) member Philip Moeller will join Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., and former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chair James Hoecker as keynoters at the "Midwest Energy: Coping with Climate Change" conference on Monday, Feb. 11. The conference at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison will bring together...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com Aided by more than $4 million in state tax credits and grants, Sargento Foods is in the midst of a $50 million expansion that officials said should add 500 jobs during the next five years to plants in Hilbert, Kiel and Plymouth. The growth will increase the number of Sargento employees by 45 percent....

CHICAGO, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 announced today that five Fortune 500 corporations in the region are now buying a total of more than 286.6 million kilowatt-hours of green power annually. They are Kohl's Department Stores, Menomonee Falls, Wis., 236 million kWh; Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, Ill., 20.5 million kWh; GE Healthcare Headquarters, Waukesha, Wis.,...

MANITOWOC, Wis., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (NYSE:MTW) will release its fourth-quarter 2007 financial results on Monday, February 4, after the market closes. The fourth-quarter results will also be discussed by Manitowoc's management team during a live conference call for security analysts and institutional investors which will be held at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on Tuesday,...

Reduces Board Size to 12 Members Determines to Add New Independent Unaffiliated Director FLINT, Mich., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRBC) today announced that, as part of its ongoing commitment to good corporate governance, its Board of Directors has determined to reduce the size of the Citizens Board to 12. The Board also amended Citizens' bylaws...