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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: SPEAKER GARD 608-266-2402 MADISON…Building upon last session’s successful Job Creation Act, three Republican lawmakers aim to make sure Wisconsin remains “open for business.” On Wednesday, Assembly Speaker John Gard (R-Peshtigo), Representative Jean Hundertmark (R-Clintonville) and Senator Joe Leibham (R-Sheboygan) unveiled the Job Creation Act Part Two. The package contains two bills which will help stimulate job growth...

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Haney, (608) 258-3400 Jim Pugh, (608) 258-3400 or (608) 219-0157 Litigation Reform Needed to Provide Certainty to Business MADISON – Litigation reform is needed to attract jobs to Wisconsin as the state and national economies expand, the president of the state’s largest business group told a legislative committee Thursday. “Wisconsin businesses need certainty,” said James S. Haney, president of...

For More Information Contact: Scott Reigstad, Forward Wisconsin, 608.261.2506 National Economic Development Magazine Rates Eight Wisconsin MSAs as “5-Star Quality of Life Metros” MADISON - - Wisconsinites all know that the Badger State is a great place to live, but now we have more evidence to prove it. The proof comes in the form of the seventh annual “2005 Quality of...

Madison, WI--March 31, 2005—Cellular Dynamics International (CDI), a privately held company, announced today that it recently began construction of laboratory facilities for a new biotechnology based drug screening company at University Research Park in Madison, Wis. CDI was founded by James Thomson, Craig January, and Timothy Kamp, noted researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Tactics II Ventures...

Contacts: Ethnie Groves, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2156 Andi Fuentes or David Schull, Thorp & Company, 305-446-2700 BadgerRx GoldTM Offers Lower Costs on Many Carefully Selected Medications Monitored for Safety, Effectiveness by Team of Physicians, Pharmacists Governor Jim Doyle and Allan Zimmerman, president and...

By Gary Fisher For WisBusiness.com Lawyers this afternoon are scheduled to argue the pros and cons of Madison's new minimum wage law before Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi. Last year, the Main Street Coalition for Economic Growth Inc. filed a lawsuit against Madison challenging the city's legal authority in trying to mandate a minimum wage requirement that is higher than the statewide wage. In January,...

Contact: Rose Lynch, (608) 266-6753 Wisconsin Counties Madison – Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman today announced that local unemployment rates for February 2005 were generally lower compared to February 2004. Of Wisconsin’s 72 counties, 46 had lower unemployment rates, 19 had higher unemployment rates, and the remaining counties were the same. "Overall, Wisconsin...