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MILWAUKEE, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Midwest Airlines (AMEX:MEH) is now offering seating choice to passengers flying on its MD-80 aircraft. The aircraft have been configured with 12 wide leather Signature seats, arranged 2-by-2 with exceptional legroom, and either 127 or 131 leather Saver seats, arranged 2-by-3 with generous legroom. Midwest Airlines MD-80 aircraft primarily fly on longer-distance, leisure-oriented routes. Customers...

TEAMS Put 2008 Presidential Candidates to the Test on Energy & Sustainability MILWAUKEE, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls, Inc. today announced its search for Tomorrow's Energy Ambassadors, Managers and Scholars (TEAMS). It kicks off a competition that calls for select college seniors and graduate students to collaboratively draft an open letter to the field of 2008 presidential candidates...

WisBusiness.com MADISON - Communities across Wisconsin brought in more than $30 million in traveler spending this past fiscal year as a result of the Joint Effort Marketing (JEM) grant program, the state Tourism Department said today. (Fiscal year 2007 ran from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007.) More than $1.4 million in JEM funding was awarded to 59 non-profit...

WisBusiness: Legislators at the first Wisconsin Freight Rail Day suggested that gas tax indexing, eliminated by lawmakers and the governor under political pressure, may return some day. Rep. Jerry Petrowski, Sen. Neal Kedzie and Sen. Jeff Plale discussed rail and broader transportation funding issues at the forum in Madison yesterday. The lawmakers suggested transpo funding in Wisconsin needed a...

MILWAUKEE, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE:HOG) today announced that it is scheduled to release its third quarter 2007 financial results before market hours on Friday, October 19, 2007. On Friday, October 19, 2007, the public is invited to participate in a web-cast conference call with Jim Ziemer, President and CEO, and Tom Bergmann, Vice President and CFO,...

MADISON - With the help of a $7.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers will explore the potential of stem cells and natural growth factors to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.The grant, to be awarded over five years, will fund research aimed at...

MADISON—Governor Jim Doyle announced today that BFU II, LLC, Kenosha, Kenosha County, will receive a Blight Elimination and Brownfield Redevelopment (BEBR) grant of $150,000 to help redevelop land to construct condominiums.   “Cleaning up brownfields is about more than just renewing damaged or vacant land,” Governor Doyle said. “It’s about renewing the pride of a community BFU II, LLC is...

Project to create 18 jobs   MADISON- Governor Jim Doyle today announced $10,000,000 in Industrial Revenue Bond allocations for Fairmount Mineral, Ltd. in Menomonie, Dunn County.   "Manufacturing is a big part of who we are in this state, and will pave the way for our future," Governor Doyle said.  "One of the top priorities of my administration is to help move industries,...