WisBusiness.com: Flambeau River Biorefinery still on track despite missing federal grant
Bill Johnson was disappointed this spring when the proposed Flambeau River Biorefinery did not make the cut for an $80 million grant from the federal Department of Energy. (The DOE gave out $385 million for six cellulosic ethanol plants, covering about 40 percent of the investment costs.)
But that doesn’t mean Johnson, whose family is a major player in...
DOR report: Wisconsin economy continues to grow – slowly
Preliminary estimates of first quarter GDP came in at 1.3 percent, according to a Department of Revenue Wisconsin Economic Outlook report issued today.
Growth will pick up later in the year, and total 2007 growth in GDP is projected to be 2.1 percent.
Wisconsin employment is expected to follow the trend in the national economy this year, growing 0.4...
