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More than $1 million to fuel agricultural ingenuity Contact: Mike Bandli 608-224-5136 MADISON - Time is running out for innovators looking to compete for more than $1 million in state agricultural grant funds. This year there are two grant opportunities: $700,000 available in the state's first-ever Biobased Industry Opportunity (BIO) grant program.  Maximum grant award is $150,000 and applications...

Cap on pain and suffering crucial in protecting health care system Madison (February 3, 2006) What has been happening throughout the country already has begun in Wisconsin, less than seven months after the Wisconsin Supreme Court invalidated the state’s monetary limit on noneconomic damages in medical liability cases. A Dane County jury this week awarded $8.4 million, including $4.25 million...

Paige Besson 678-258-1500 Eve Galanter 608/238-0333, (c) 608/469-2796 “Mad City Broadband” On Track Installation of First Radio Transmitter on City Property Scheduled Madison - Louis Kek, CIO of Cellnet Technology, Inc. (Cellnet), today announced plans for installation of...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com Terry Ludeman, the recently retired chief labor economist for the state, has been known for speaking his mind. Apparently retiring from state service isn't changing that. In an exit interview with WisBusiness.com, Ludeman said he's not sure if giving companies tax breaks to locate in Wisconsin is a good idea. "It's kind of a zero-sum game," said Ludeman,...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – Angel investing in new Wisconsin start-up companies rose significantly in 2005 over the previous year, rising to more than $19 million, according to a report prepared by NorthStar Economics. Officials lauded the increase, which they said was due in part to the efforts of the Wisconsin Angel Network -- which has been putting groups...

Sonic Foundry Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFO), a leader in automated rich media communications technology, announced results for its first quarter of fiscal 2006 today. Financial and company highlights for the first quarter include: Revenues increasd 18 percent year-to-year. For the first quarter of fiscal 2006, Sonic Foundry reported revenues of $1.9 million, an increase of 18 percent from $1.6 million reported for the first...

For more information, contact: Cindy Lorentzen, Marketing Specialist 414-287-9622 clorentzen@gklaw.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Milwaukee, Wisconsin (February 2, 2006). The law firm of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. announced the addition of Brian L. Pierson as leader of the firm’s Indian Nations Law Team. Prior to joining the firm, Pierson chaired the Indian Law practice at the Milwaukee office...

University Relations and Communications, 715-346-3046, Fax 715-346-2042, www.uwsp.edu/news Jared Diamond, a scientist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., an environmental activist, attorney and best-selling author, will be the featured speakers at a conference on environmental sustainability in Stevens Point in June. Diamond and Kennedy will address the 4th International Conference on Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities (EMSU 2006)....