NEW: women of color report outlines industry’s challenges, opportunities
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Contact Joan Toth, Executive Director, Network of Executive Women (NEW)
Tel. (312) 373-5628 | E-mail jtoth@newonline.org | www.newonline.org
NEW urges action on the promotion of women of color
CHICAGO (June 15) -- The Network of Executive Women has issued a new report urging action on the promotion of women of color in the consumer products and retail...
UWM: Geography Scholar and Wife Set Major BEquest to AGS Library
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A distinguished geography scholar and his wife have committed to a
seven-figure bequest to the American Geographical Society Library (AGSL),
housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Robert McColl, professor emeritus of geography and East Asian studies at the University of Kansas, and Suzanne Ecke McColl recently completed plans to provide this major bequest.
“Essentially, the AGS Library...
Greater Brookfield Chamber of Commerce: “Business After Five”
Networking hosted by the Greater Brookfield Chamber of Commerce.
Held at Innovative Signs, Inc., 2323 Bluemound Road, Suite F, Waukesha
$10 for members with advance reservations by 12:00 pm two days prior to the event
$15 at the door for members without advance reservations; $15 non-members
To register call the Chamber office at 262-786-1886 or email...
WisBusiness: Bipartisan health plan calls for mandatory employer assessments to fund purchasing pool
By Joanne M. Haas
WisPolitics.com/Wisbusiness.com
MADISON -- A bipartisan health insurance plan aimed at easing Wisconsin’s health care cost crisis got a chilly reception Wednesday by a key Assembly committee.
The Republican chair of the panel urged his skeptical colleagues to overlook the numbers and consider the idea, which would couple mandatory employer assessments with personal portable health insurance purchasing accounts.
“I...
Dept. of Commerce: Gov. Doyle Announces Funding for Technology Development Projects
Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661
MADISON - Governor Jim Doyle today announced that three Wisconsin businesses
will receive funding for technology development projects from the Department
of Commerce (Commerce) Technology Matching Grant (TMG) and Technology
Venture Fund (TVF) Programs.
"Through my Grow Wisconsin initiative, we are supporting and assisting
entrepreneurs develop new high-tech businesses to create more good paying
jobs for our state,"...
Dept. of Commerce: Governor Doyle Commends Inland Lable and MArketing Services LLC for Earning Workplace Safety and Health Award
Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661
Terry Moen, Wisconsin Health Consultation Program, 608/226-5239
MADISON - Gov. Jim Doyle today congratulated Inland Label and Marketing
Services LLC, La Crosse, on their receipt of the Safety and Health
Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) award from the federal Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). SHARP honors small and medium
employers that...
RENEW: praises utility takeover of wind project
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Michael Vickerman
Executive Director, RENEW Wisconsin
608.255.4044
mvickerman@renewwisconsin.org
Renewable energy advocates welcomed yesterday’s decision of Wisconsin’s largest utility to take over development of a large wind power installation in Fond du Lac County.
“We Energies’ commitment to...
Dept. of Commerce: Gov. Doyle Announces $1.2 Million in Wisconsin Fresh Start Grants
Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661
MADISON - Gov. Jim Doyle today announced grants totaling $1.2
million to 11 statewide Wisconsin Fresh Start (WFS) programs. The awards
were made by the Wisconsin Fresh Start Initiative administered by the
Department of Commerce (Commerce).
"The Wisconsin Fresh Start initiative invests in at-risk youth to
help them turn their lives around and become active participants...
