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For Immediate Release MILWAUKEE, Wis. - To help small businesses provide affordable, quality health insurance to their employees, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin (BCBSWi) announced today the launch of Business Options, a new health insurance product line that gives small businesses the ability to better manage and control their benefit costs, while providing employees with a wide array of health plans. Business Options allows employers...

Contacts: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Ethnie Groves, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2156 Elizabeth Moran, Mid-State Technical College, 715-422-5326 College Will Establish a National Center for Pulp and Paper Technology on its Wisconsin Rapids Campus WISCONSIN RAPIDS - During a visit to Wisconsin Rapids today, Governor Jim Doyle announced that Mid-State Technical College will lead...

Contact: Rose Lynch (608) 266-6753 Audio: http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/dwd/newsreleases/multimedia/ui_041021.mp3 Madison - Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman today announced that Wisconsin's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased from 4.8 percent in August to 5.0 percent in September. The national rate was unchanged at 5.4 percent. In September 2003, Wisconsin's rate was 5.6 percent, while the national rate was...

Contact: Mark Skidmore, (262) 472-1354, skidmorm@uww.edu  Bucking the conventional wisdom that “sales below cost” bans inflate gas prices, a new University of Wisconsin-Whitewater study concludes that retail gas prices actually declined in the 13 states that imposed such laws over the past two decades.UW-Whitewater economist Mark Skidmore and colleagues found that, on average, gas prices are about one cent...

Contact: Timothy Bednarz – Timothy.Bednarz@majorium.com 800-654-4935 715-342-1018 Stevens Point (WI) – October 21, 2004 - The American Society for Training and Development has announced the BEST Awards in T+D Magazine (October, 2004) for companies that “demonstrate they foster, support and leverage enterprise-wide learning for business results.” The winners have invested heavily in maximizing their performance and results proving that these learning strategies...

Contact: Ethnie Groves, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2156 "This morning, Republican lawmakers had one last chance to do what's right for Wisconsin's working families. But instead of working to make the lives of Wisconsin families better, Republican members of the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules today passed a bill that will prevent not only my Administration, but any future Governor from...

Contact: Christine Leonard Punzel Dean Health Communications 250-1437 MADISON, WI- Before you pack your bags for your next business trip, it’s important to add a health check-up to your itinerary. The...

Contacts: Nan Roach, 277-5222, nroach@wisctv.com Jeff Robbins, 277-5136, jrobbins@wisctv.com Television Wisconsin is proud to announce that Neil Heinen, Editorial Director for WISC-TV and Editor of Madison Magazine, has been elected Secretary of the National Conference of Editorial Writers. This honor sets Heinen up to assume acting as the organization's president in 2008, a role that has been held by only one other...

News Release LA CROSSE, Wis. - Oct. 20, 2004 - The shareholders of First Federal Capital Corp (NASDAQ: FTFC) today overwhelmingly approved the company’s sale to Associated Banc-Corp (NASDAQ: ASBC). Ninety-five percent of the First Federal shares represented at the company’s special meeting voted in favor of the transaction. “We are extremely pleased with the First Federal shareholders’ strong affirmation of...