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MADISON – Fifty entries from nearly 30 communities are competing in the second round of the fourth annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest, contest producers announced Wednesday.   The contestants were selected from a field of 270 first-round entries by an independent panel of judges organized through the Wisconsin Technology Council, which is producing the contest in conjunction with its membership...

MILWAUKEE - Governor Jim Doyle today unveiled a new plan to provide all children in Wisconsin with access to comprehensive dental care.  The Governor's plan will address the shortage of providers that offer care, dedicate more than $4 million to growing successful programs targeting underserved kids and families, and invest $8.8 million to create a new statewide system that...

MADISON – Today the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) denied Dane County and the City of Madison’s request for an independent study on the need for new transmission facilities in the Dane County area. “One-hundred years ago, the Wisconsin Legislature created the PSC, an independent state agency, to ensure the state has a safe, reliable and affordable energy infrastructure and that the public’s...

Madison – Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman today announced Wisconsin’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.9 percent in February, which was an increase of four-tenths of a percentage point since January.  The state’s current rate is two-tenths of a percentage point higher compared to February 2006.  The national unadjusted rate was 4.9 percent in...

By WisBusiness Staff MILWAUKEE -- Shell Oil Co. President John Hofmeister says Gov. Jim Doyle's proposed oil surcharge amounts to corporate discrimination. Hofmeister, speaking at a Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce meeting on Tuesday, said the inability to pass on costs that are incurred in the normal course of business is "changing the economic model." But Doyle's administration secretary,...

DODGEVILLE, Wis., March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Lands' End Business Outfitters is so confident in the power of a comprehensive branded apparel program that it is offering to provide apparel makeovers to three companies this summer. Companies have until May 25, 2007 to visit http://www.makeover.landsend.com/ to enter their story to possibly receive a new look for their employees. "We have helped...

MEQUON, Wis., March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Mortgagebot, LLC, the leading provider of online mortgage origination technology, announced the launch of its newly designed website, http://www.mortgagebot.com/ . The site is constructed to educate prospective customers about online mortgage origination technology and its benefits, and provides a framework for selecting a technology partner. Existing customers can access Mortgagebot's comprehensive site administration...

ADA, Minn., March 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hundreds of Wisconsin farmers who purchased the BASF herbicide POAST(R) may now be eligible for cash benefits from a $62.5 million fund established from the judgment of a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit claimed that BASF Corporation fraudulently marketed the same herbicide as different products -- POAST(R) and POAST Plus(R) -- at different prices...