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Contact: Anne Lupardus, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 MEDIA ADVISORY Governor Jim Doyle will join Hurley Mayor Joe Pinardi to announce a major state investment in the City of Hurley tomorrow, Thursday, May 4, 2006 at 3:30 p.m. Governor Doyle will announce a major grant to support a comprehensive and long-term community redevelopment plan for...

CONTACT: Perry Rettig, (920) 424-1410 OSHKOSH – To help college students graduate earlier, high school students jump-start their college careers and professionals develop skills to increase salaries and advance careers, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh is growing its summer session. “There are more than 250 classes...

Contacts: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Anne Lupardus, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 MILWAUKEE - Governor Jim Doyle today launched a new initiative to strengthen Wisconsin manufacturing. Governor Doyle made the announcement at the Harley-Davidson Motor Company manufacturing facility in...

CONTACT: Consuelo Lopez-Springfield, (608) 262-1849, cspringf@wisc.edu MADISON - People of color comprise of nearly 30 percent of the U.S. population, while only 10 percent of U.S. attorneys are minorities. Students for Equal Access to Law Schools (SEALS), a student organization at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, founded in 2003 by a group of pre-law students, and Consuelo Lopez-Springfield, a pre-law adviser...

Ocean Spray implements solution that exceeds retailer requirements; plans to use data to gain efficiencies in production process Milwaukee, WI – RedPrairie Corporation, a global leader in supply chain technology solutions that enable business process transformation, announced today they have completed a three day implementation of an automated RFID labeling system at Ocean Spray’s Sulphur Springs, Texas facility. Ocean...

MADISON, Wis. -- The Center for Technology Transfer, Inc. (CTT), soon to be renamed CleanTech Partners, Inc., announced that it provided a $130,000 lease of equipment to four WISCO Hotel Group hotels. WISCO Hotel Group is a privately owned operator of nine hotels in the state of Wisconsin. The CTT lease financing of energy efficiency equipment commonly...

For further Information contact: Dave Cary, Communication Specialist, Orion Energy Services, 1204 Pilgrim Rd., Plymouth WI 53073, (920) 892-2935, dcary@oriones.com Tim Zandron, Pressroom Manager, Wetzel Brothers Inc., Milwaukee WI tim.zandron@wetzelbrothers.com Anything that decreases electric power usage will benefit the environment because power that isn't generated doesn't pollute. Wetzel Brothers, a state-of-the-art point of purchase printing firm replaced...

Contacts: Anne Lupardus, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 State Provides $250,000 to Help Create Up To 150 Workers KENOSHA - Governor Jim Doyle today celebrated the grand opening of the new Roundy's Commissary in Kenosha. When fully operational, the facility will employ up to 150 workers. Governor Doyle joined Bob Mariano, Chairman and CEO, Roundy's, Inc., Kenosha County...

Contacts: Anne Lupardus, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Action Needed Before Legislature Adjourns Tomorrow Governor Jim Doyle today urged members of the Legislature to finish work on important anti-gas gouging legislation before adjourning tomorrow. Earlier today, the Senate passed an anti-gouging law, but in a different form than what the Assembly passed last week. Unless the two houses...

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Madison now has 475 high-tech businesses, up 15 from 2005, that employ about 27,000. According to the 2006 Madison Gas & Electric Directory of High-Tech Companies, those firms now employ about 9 percent of the area workforce. That's a big gain from when the first directory came out two decades ago. Back then, Madison had about 7,000 high-tech workers who were...