Gov. Doyle’s Office: During Trip to Washington, D.C., Governor Doyle to Urge Military Officials to Protect Wisconsin Bases
Contact: Ethnie Groves, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2156
Will Also Testify On Mercury Marine Before the International
Trade Commission
Governor Jim Doyle is headed to Washington, D.C. to fight to
preserve Wisconsin jobs on Monday, December 13 and Tuesday, December 14,
2004. The purpose of his visit is twofold: Governor Doyle will meet with
officials to urge the federal government to preserve Wisconsin's military
bases,...
Dane Co. Exec. Falk: Announces New Press Liaison
Contact: Sharyn Wisniewski (608) 267-8823
Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk today (12/10/04) announced that
she has hired Lesley Sillaman to serve as her Executive Assistant and Press
Secretary.
Falk said: "Lesley will do a great job of helping the press and
citizens get accurate, timely information about county government. I'm
impressed by her intelligence, energy, and integrity."
Ms. Sillaman has served as Press Secretary...
WisBusiness.com: Budget-strapped Forward Wisconsin Trying to Meet Gov.’s Funding Challenge and Sell the State
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
At a time when most state agencies are facing cuts of 10 percent, Forward Wisconsin could see its budget tripled.
Or not.
It all depends on how much money members of the business community will pony up to fund the quasi-public agency that markets the Badger State. If they pitch in $2 million, Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle...
CGM: Toy Developer Touts Fall/Winter As Prime Time For New Children’s Ideas.
CGM Says NOW Is The Time To Show New Products.
(Stamford, Connecticut) - When it comes to bringing new toys to market, TIMING, one expert says, can be everything. And, according to Gary Ahlert of CGM, that timing in the next several months can be the difference between getting a new toy invention idea successfully to the development stage, or...
Great Wolf Lodge at Wisconsin Dells: Wins Wisconsin Tourism Trailblazer Award
Media Contact: Joan Collins Publicity (608) 222-2899
Great Wolf Lodge, Wisconsin Dells, won the Outstanding Partnership Tourism Trailblazer Award at the Wisconsin Fall Tourism Conference, sponsored by the Wisconsin Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus. Helen Wick, director of meetings and conventions who was instrumental in organizing the campaign accepted the award from Jim Holerpin,...
Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives: President Bush Signs Omnibus Budget Bill
Contact: Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives, 608.258.4400
Co-op Care Will Receive Much-Needed Appropriations for ‘Stop-Loss’ Fund
MADISON, Wis.—With his signature on the FY2005 federal budget appropriations bill, President George W. Bush on Dec. 7 made official the $2.25 million earmarked for Co-op Care, a Wisconsin and Minnesota health care cooperative being developed to increase access to affordable health benefit plans.
The provision was...
