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By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com Sen. Ted Kanavas, R-Brookfield, announced a package of economic incentives Tuesday morning, dubbed "Invest Wisconsin 2.0," that includes a proposal to cut state income taxes by 1 percent. Kanavas, ranking minority member of the state Senate Committee on Job Creation, Economic Development, and Consumer Affairs, said the reduction would cost the state treasury $65 million...

By Gregg Hoffmann WisBusiness.com La CROSSE – Tia Nelson, the daughter of the late Senator and Governor Gaylord Nelson, has taken up where her environmentalist father left off and is bringing her message to the Coulee Region. Nelson is the keynote speaker Friday night at the Coulee Progressives State of the Union event, called “State of the Union 2007: Global...

Spring Valley, Wisconsin— In keeping with its mission to keep family farmers on their land and strengthen local and sustainable food production, Farm Aid awarded grants this week to 59 family farm groups across the country totaling $563,700. The western Wisconsin-based Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) received $5000 in Farm Aid support for its Help Wanted: Organic...

NORTH HILLS, Calif., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Meet the nation's BEST woodworkers ... The Woodworking Shows, scheduled February 23-25, 2007 at Wisconsin Exposition Center, Milwaukee, WI, is the premier event for woodworkers. Learn from Master Craftsmen, save on tools and supplies, find unique woodworking tools and see how-to demonstrations. FREE educational attractions provide endless opportunities to sharpen woodworking skills...

EAU CLAIRE, WI, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Silicon Logic Engineering Inc. (SLE), a high-end semiconductor design services division of Tundra Semiconductor Corporation today announced the development of a licensable Interlaken protocol IP core for use in ASIC or FPGA designs. SLE's Interlaken IP Core is scalable, with early versions providing from 10Gbps to 60+Gbps bandwidth across the interface. Future versions...

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Midwest Air Group, Inc. (AMEX:MEH) , parent company of Midwest Airlines, said today that it will hold a Webcast in conjunction with the release of its fourth quarter and full-year 2006 financial results. The airline holding company will release the results before the stock market opens on Thursday, January 25, 2007. Company management will then...

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless announced today it has expanded the national rollout of its Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) third generation (3G) wide-area network to Green Bay and the Fox Cities area: Oshkosh, Sheboygan and Fond du Lac. The company has also built out its current coverage in the greater Milwaukee and Madison areas. The launch of the wireless...

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Midwest Airlines (AMEX:MEH) today announced continued route expansion as part of its 2007 strategic growth plan with the launch of service to Seattle/Tacoma International Airport -- the 49th destination in the airline's nationwide network. The daily service, starting April 1, will be offered nonstop from Kansas City, with easy connections via Kansas City to...

SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bucyrus International, Inc. (NASDAQ:BUCY) , a world leader in the design and manufacture of equipment for the surface mining industry, will release its fourth quarter 2006 earnings report after the close of business on Thursday, February 15, 2007. Bucyrus' quarterly teleconference to discuss fourth quarter 2006 results will be held on Friday,...